diff --git a/posix/Reanimate/FileWatch.hs b/posix/Reanimate/FileWatch.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index e259f06..0000000
--- a/posix/Reanimate/FileWatch.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-module Reanimate.FileWatch
-  ( watchFile ) where
-
-import Control.Concurrent
-import           System.Directory
-
-watchFile :: FilePath -> IO () -> IO ()
-watchFile path handler = do
-    t0 <- getModificationTime path
-    forkIO $ loop t0
-    return ()
-  where
-    loop lastModTime = do
-      t1 <- getModificationTime path
-      if t1 /= lastModTime
-        then handler >> loop t1
-        else threadDelay (10^3 * delay) >> loop lastModTime
-    delay = 1000 -- pool delay in ms.
diff --git a/reanimate.cabal b/reanimate.cabal
index c10211b..65af163 100644
--- a/reanimate.cabal
+++ b/reanimate.cabal
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ Source-Repository head
     Type:      git
     Location:  git://github.com/lemmih/reanimate.git
 
-Flag inotify
-  Description: Enable file watching using linux's inotify
-
 library
   hs-source-dirs:     src
   default-language:   Haskell2010
@@ -51,7 +48,6 @@ library
                       Reanimate.Misc
   other-modules:      Reanimate.Svg.NamedColors
                       Reanimate.Cache
-                      Reanimate.FileWatch
                       Paths_reanimate
   build-depends:       base >=4.10 && <4.13,
                        time, text, unix, filepath, process, directory,
@@ -59,13 +55,7 @@ library
                        JuicyPixels, attoparsec, parallel, diagrams, diagrams-svg,
                        diagrams-core, diagrams-lib, diagrams-contrib,
                        svg-builder, matrices, cubicbezier, palette, websockets,
-                       hashable
-  if os(linux) && flag(inotify)
-    hs-source-dirs:    unix
-    build-depends:     hinotify
-  else
-    hs-source-dirs:    posix
-
+                       hashable, fsnotify
 
 Flag server
   Description: Enable rendering server
diff --git a/src/Reanimate/Driver.hs b/src/Reanimate/Driver.hs
index 8b010da..38cfe98 100644
--- a/src/Reanimate/Driver.hs
+++ b/src/Reanimate/Driver.hs
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 module Reanimate.Driver ( reanimate ) where
 
-import           Control.Concurrent  (MVar, forkIO, killThread, modifyMVar_,
-                                      newEmptyMVar, putMVar)
-import           Control.Monad.Fix   (fix)
-import qualified Data.Text           as T
+import           Control.Concurrent (MVar, forkIO, killThread, modifyMVar_,
+                                     newEmptyMVar, putMVar)
+import           Control.Exception  (finally)
+import           Control.Monad.Fix  (fix)
+import qualified Data.Text          as T
 import           Network.WebSockets
-import           Reanimate.FileWatch (watchFile)
-import           System.Directory    (findFile, listDirectory, findExecutable)
-import           System.Environment  (getArgs, getProgName)
-import           System.IO           (BufferMode (..), hPutStrLn, hSetBuffering,
-                                      stderr, stdin)
+import           System.Directory   (findExecutable, findFile, listDirectory)
+import           System.Environment (getArgs, getProgName)
+import           System.FilePath
+import           System.FSNotify
+import           System.IO          (BufferMode (..), hPutStrLn, hSetBuffering,
+                                     stderr, stdin)
 
 import           Data.Maybe
 import           Paths_reanimate
-import           Reanimate.Misc      (runCmd, runCmdLazy, runCmd_, withTempDir,
-                                      withTempFile)
-import           Reanimate.Monad     (Animation)
-import           Reanimate.Render    (renderSvgs)
+import           Reanimate.Misc     (runCmd, runCmdLazy, runCmd_, withTempDir,
+                                     withTempFile)
+import           Reanimate.Monad    (Animation)
+import           Reanimate.Render   (renderSvgs)
 
 opts = defaultConnectionOptions
   { connectionCompressionOptions = PermessageDeflateCompression defaultPermessageDeflate }
 
 reanimate :: Animation -> IO ()
 reanimate animation = do
+  watch <- startManager
   args <- getArgs
   hSetBuffering stdin NoBuffering
   case args of
@@ -67,13 +70,17 @@ reanimate animation = do
                               loop (frame : acc)
                   return tid
             putStrLn "Found self. Listening."
-            watchFile self handler
+            stop <- watchFile watch self handler
             putMVar slave =<< forkIO (return ())
             let loop = do
                   fps <- receiveData conn :: IO T.Text
                   handler
                   loop
-            loop
+            loop `finally` stop
+
+watchFile watch file action = watchDir watch (takeDirectory file) check (const action)
+  where
+    check event = takeFileName (eventPath event) == takeFileName file
 
 ghcOptions :: FilePath -> [String]
 ghcOptions tmpDir =
diff --git a/unix/Reanimate/FileWatch.hs b/unix/Reanimate/FileWatch.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index b9ba747..0000000
--- a/unix/Reanimate/FileWatch.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-module Reanimate.FileWatch
-  ( watchFile ) where
-
-import           System.INotify
-
-watchFile :: FilePath -> IO () -> IO ()
-watchFile path handler = do
-  notify <- initINotify
-  addWatch notify [Modify] path (const handler)
-  return ()