diff --git a/ports/run/gdb_monitor.run b/ports/run/gdb_monitor.run
index 1f11e0c1c..d241bc755 100644
--- a/ports/run/gdb_monitor.run
+++ b/ports/run/gdb_monitor.run
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ append gdb_cmds {-ex "bt" }
 append gdb_cmds {-ex "q" }
 
 # run GDB and redirect stderr to stdio to get the relevant output into the expect buffer  
-eval spawn [gdb] bin/$gdb_target_binary -batch $gdb_cmds 2&>1
+eval spawn [gdb] bin/$gdb_target_binary -n -batch $gdb_cmds 2&>1
 
 set timeout 120
 expect {