diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 710bffb..6dbfb94 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "gui.h"
 #include "state.h"
+#include "notify.h"
 
 #define CLEAR_COLOR 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0
 
@@ -61,12 +62,14 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	// demo state
 	auto config = Config::from_file("../config.toml");
 	auto state = DemoState(std::make_shared<Config>(config));
+	auto inotify = NotifyService();
 
 	// set up a GUI state
 	auto gui = Gui(&state);
 
 	if (argc == 2) {
 		auto proj = Project::fromFile(std::string(argv[1]));
+		inotify.watch(*proj);
 		state.current_project = std::move(proj);
 	}
 
@@ -94,11 +97,12 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	glBindVertexArray(0);
 
 	double t, t_prev, dt;
+	unsigned long frame_n = 0;
 	glfwSetTime(0); t_prev = glfwGetTime();
 	while(!glfwWindowShouldClose(window) && state.running) {
 		t = glfwGetTime();
 		dt = t - t_prev; t_prev = t;
-		
+
 		glfwPollEvents();
 		ImGui_ImplGlfwGL3_NewFrame();
 
@@ -135,8 +139,14 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
 		glfwSwapBuffers(window);
 
+		if ((frame_n % 10) == 0) {
+			inotify._poll();
+		}
+
 		std::cout << std::flush;
 		std::cerr << std::flush;
+
+		frame_n++;
 	}
 
 	ImGui_ImplGlfwGL3_Shutdown();
@@ -144,4 +154,4 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	glfwDestroyWindow(window);
 	glfwTerminate();
 	return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}