diff --git a/lib/Common.js b/lib/Common.js
index fb1b1e47..757def0b 100644
--- a/lib/Common.js
+++ b/lib/Common.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var fs        = require('fs');
 var path      = require('path');
 var util      = require('util');
 var cronJob   = require('cron').CronJob;
+var isBinary  = require("isbinaryfile");
 
 var UX        = require('./CliUx.js');
 var cst       = require('../constants.js');
@@ -61,7 +62,11 @@ Common.resolveAppPaths = function(app, cwd, outputter) {
       if (extItps[path.extname(app.script)] != 'node' && path.extname(app.script) != '.coffee')
         app.exec_mode = 'fork_mode';
     } else {
-      app.exec_interpreter = 'node';
+      if (isBinary(app.script)) {
+        app.exec_interpreter = 'none';
+        app.exec_mode = 'fork_mode';
+      } else
+        app.exec_interpreter = 'node';
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b7c3f71..9191c5d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -118,39 +118,37 @@
     "pm2": "./bin/pm2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "async"               : "~0.9.0",
-    "chalk"               : "~0.5.1",
-    "chokidar"            : "~0.10.1",
-    "cli-table"           : "0.3.0",
-    "coffee-script"       : "1.8.0",
-    "colors"              : "0.6.2",
-    "commander"           : "2.4.0",
-    "cron"                : "1.0.5",
-    "debug"               : "2.1.0",
-    "eventemitter2"       : "0.4.14",
-    "json-stringify-safe" : "5.0.0",
-    "moment"              : "~2.8.3",
-    "nssocket"            : "0.5.1",
-    "pidusage"            : "0.1.0",
-
-    "axm"                 : "latest",
-    "vizion"              : "latest",
-
-    "pm2-axon"            : "2.0.7",
-    "pm2-axon-rpc"        : "0.3.6",
-    "pm2-deploy"          : "latest",
-    "pm2-multimeter"      : "0.1.2",
-    "pm2-rpc-fallback"    : "3.0.9",
-
-    "punt"                : "2.2.0",
-    "shelljs"             : "0.3.0"
+    "async": "~0.9.0",
+    "axm": "latest",
+    "chalk": "~0.5.1",
+    "chokidar": "~0.10.1",
+    "cli-table": "0.3.0",
+    "coffee-script": "1.8.0",
+    "colors": "0.6.2",
+    "commander": "2.4.0",
+    "cron": "1.0.5",
+    "debug": "2.1.0",
+    "eventemitter2": "0.4.14",
+    "isbinaryfile": "^2.0.2",
+    "json-stringify-safe": "5.0.0",
+    "moment": "~2.8.3",
+    "nssocket": "0.5.1",
+    "pidusage": "0.1.0",
+    "pm2-axon": "2.0.7",
+    "pm2-axon-rpc": "0.3.6",
+    "pm2-deploy": "latest",
+    "pm2-multimeter": "0.1.2",
+    "pm2-rpc-fallback": "3.0.9",
+    "punt": "2.2.0",
+    "shelljs": "0.3.0",
+    "vizion": "latest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "^1.20.1",
     "should": "^4.0.0",
     "better-assert": "^1.0.0",
     "promise-spawner": "^0.0.3",
-    "punt" : "*"
+    "punt": "*"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "pm2-logs": "~0.1.1",
diff --git a/test/bash/binary.sh b/test/bash/binary.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da4efdc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bash/binary.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SRC=$(cd $(dirname "$0"); pwd)
+source "${SRC}/include.sh"
+
+echo -e "\033[1mRunning tests:\033[0m"
+
+cd $file_path
+
+#
+# Testing pm2 execution of binary files
+#
+$pm2 start `which watch` -- ls
+
+OUT=`$pm2 prettylist | grep exec_interpreter | sed "s/[\'|,|:]//g" | awk -F' ' '{print $2}'`
+[ $OUT = "none" ] || fail "$1"
+success "$1"
+
+$pm2 kill
+$pm2 start binary-js-file
+
+OUT=`$pm2 prettylist | grep exec_interpreter | sed "s/[\'|,|:]//g" | awk -F' ' '{print $2}'`
+[ $OUT = "node" ] || fail "$1"
+success "$1"
+
+$pm2 kill
+$pm2 start binary-js-file.js
+
+OUT=`$pm2 prettylist | grep exec_interpreter | sed "s/[\'|,|:]//g" | awk -F' ' '{print $2}'`
+[ $OUT = "node" ] || fail "$1"
+success "$1"
+
+$pm2 kill
+$pm2 start binary-py-file.py
+
+OUT=`$pm2 prettylist | grep exec_interpreter | sed "s/[\'|,|:]//g" | awk -F' ' '{print $2}'`
+[ $OUT = "python" ] || fail "$1"
+success "$1"
+
+$pm2 kill
diff --git a/test/fixtures/binary-js-file b/test/fixtures/binary-js-file
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb17b2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/binary-js-file
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+setInterval(function () {console.log("test")}, 5000)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/binary-js-file.js b/test/fixtures/binary-js-file.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb17b2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/binary-js-file.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+setInterval(function () {console.log("test")}, 5000)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/binary-py-file.py b/test/fixtures/binary-py-file.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d8a5ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/binary-py-file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+while True:
+    print 'hello'
diff --git a/test/main.sh b/test/main.sh
index df1ce4fd..b90c479e 100644
--- a/test/main.sh
+++ b/test/main.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ bash ./test/bash/reset.sh
 spec "Reset meta"
 bash ./test/bash/startOrX.sh
 spec "startOrX commands"
+bash ./test/bash/binary.sh
+spec "binary test"
 
 bash ./test/bash/inside-pm2.sh
 spec "Starting a process inside a PM2 process"