diff --git a/node_modules/vfs-child/parent.js b/node_modules/vfs-child/parent.js
index e47c0838..cf6b53c5 100644
--- a/node_modules/vfs-child/parent.js
+++ b/node_modules/vfs-child/parent.js
@@ -23,17 +23,22 @@ function Parent(fsOptions) {
     // Override Consumer's connect since the transport logic is internal to this module
     this.connect = connect.bind(this);
     function connect(callback) {
-        child = spawn(nodeBin[0], args, options);
+        try {
+            child = spawn(nodeBin[0], args, options).on("error", tryNext);
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            return tryNext(e);
+        }
         child.stdin.readable = true;
         Consumer.prototype.connect.call(this, [child.stdout, child.stdin], tryNext);
         child.on("exit", disconnect);
-        child.on("error", tryNext);
         child.stdin.resume();
         var _self = this;
         // try all possible locations of node before giving up
         function tryNext(err, vfs) {
             if (!child) return;
             child.removeListener("error", tryNext);
+            child.on("error", function ignore() {});
             if (err && err.code == "ENOENT" && nodeBin.length > 1) {
                 child = null;
                 nodeBin.shift();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 557c322c..dab9c7d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         "c9.ide.find": "#6cc6d3379d",
         "c9.ide.find.infiles": "#72582de3cd",
         "c9.ide.find.replace": "#44772dd796",
-        "c9.ide.run.debug": "#c7f1ed5d5d",
+        "c9.ide.run.debug": "#0f244ecdfc",
         "c9.automate": "#47e2c429c9",
         "c9.ide.ace.emmet": "#6dc4585e02",
         "c9.ide.ace.gotoline": "#a8ff07c8f4",