diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 418032a7..93489eb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "327762f6e5a765692301e5bb513e0d9fef63be86bbc14528052b1cd3e6f03e07"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bstr"
 version = "1.6.2"
@@ -97,12 +103,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cfg-if"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4785bdd1c96b2a846b2bd7cc02e86b6b3dbf14e7e53446c4f54c92a361040822"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -168,6 +168,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a33c2bf77f2df06183c3aa30d1e96c0695a313d4f9c453cc3762a6db39f99200"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a22b2d63d4d1dc0b7f1b6b2747dd0088008a9be28b6ddf0b1e7d335e3037294"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "difflib"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -200,14 +219,14 @@ checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "filetime"
-version = "0.2.20"
+version = "0.2.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a3de6e8d11b22ff9edc6d916f890800597d60f8b2da1caf2955c274638d6412"
+checksum = "d4029edd3e734da6fe05b6cd7bd2960760a616bd2ddd0d59a0124746d6272af0"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
- "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -219,41 +238,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fsevent"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5ab7d1bd1bd33cc98b0889831b72da23c0aa4df9cec7e0702f46ecea04b35db6"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "fsevent-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fsevent-sys"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "4.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f41b048a94555da0f42f1d632e2e19510084fb8e303b0daa2816e733fb3644a0"
+checksum = "76ee7a02da4d231650c7cea31349b889be2f45ddb3ef3032d2ec8185f6313fd2"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fuchsia-zircon"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2e9763c69ebaae630ba35f74888db465e49e259ba1bc0eda7d06f4a067615d82"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "fuchsia-zircon-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "fuchsia-zircon-sys"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3dcaa9ae7725d12cdb85b3ad99a434db70b468c09ded17e012d86b5c1010f7a7"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -278,7 +271,7 @@ version = "0.5.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "747309b4b440c06d57b0b25f2aee03ee9b5e5397d288c60e21fc709bb98a7408"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -306,11 +299,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "inotify"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.9.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4816c66d2c8ae673df83366c18341538f234a26d65a9ecea5c348b453ac1d02f"
+checksum = "f8069d3ec154eb856955c1c0fbffefbf5f3c40a104ec912d4797314c1801abff"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "inotify-sys",
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -330,16 +323,7 @@ version = "0.1.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a5bbe824c507c5da5956355e86a746d82e0e1464f65d862cc5e71da70e94b2c"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "iovec"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b2b3ea6ff95e175473f8ffe6a7eb7c00d054240321b84c57051175fe3c1e075e"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
+ "cfg-if",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -358,13 +342,23 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "453ad9f582a441959e5f0d088b02ce04cfe8d51a8eaf077f12ac6d3e94164ca6"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "kernel32-sys"
-version = "0.2.2"
+name = "kqueue"
+version = "1.0.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7447f1ca1b7b563588a205fe93dea8df60fd981423a768bc1c0ded35ed147d0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "kqueue-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "kqueue-sys"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7507624b29483431c0ba2d82aece8ca6cdba9382bff4ddd0f7490560c056098d"
+checksum = "ed9625ffda8729b85e45cf04090035ac368927b8cebc34898e7c120f52e4838b"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.2.8",
- "winapi-build",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -373,17 +367,11 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazycell"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.140"
+version = "0.2.150"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "99227334921fae1a979cf0bfdfcc6b3e5ce376ef57e16fb6fb3ea2ed6095f80c"
+checksum = "89d92a4743f9a61002fae18374ed11e7973f530cb3a3255fb354818118b2203c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
@@ -391,7 +379,7 @@ version = "0.4.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "abb12e687cfb44aa40f41fc3978ef76448f9b6038cad6aef4259d3c095a2382e"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "cfg-if",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -402,56 +390,14 @@ checksum = "8f232d6ef707e1956a43342693d2a31e72989554d58299d7a88738cc95b0d35c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "0.6.23"
+version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4afd66f5b91bf2a3bc13fad0e21caedac168ca4c707504e75585648ae80e4cc4"
+checksum = "3dce281c5e46beae905d4de1870d8b1509a9142b62eedf18b443b011ca8343d0"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 0.1.10",
- "fuchsia-zircon",
- "fuchsia-zircon-sys",
- "iovec",
- "kernel32-sys",
  "libc",
  "log",
- "miow",
- "net2",
- "slab",
- "winapi 0.2.8",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "mio-extras"
-version = "2.0.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52403fe290012ce777c4626790c8951324a2b9e3316b3143779c72b029742f19"
-dependencies = [
- "lazycell",
- "log",
- "mio",
- "slab",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "miow"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ebd808424166322d4a38da87083bfddd3ac4c131334ed55856112eb06d46944d"
-dependencies = [
- "kernel32-sys",
- "net2",
- "winapi 0.2.8",
- "ws2_32-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "net2"
-version = "0.2.38"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74d0df99cfcd2530b2e694f6e17e7f37b8e26bb23983ac530c0c97408837c631"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 0.1.10",
- "libc",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "wasi",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -462,20 +408,32 @@ checksum = "61807f77802ff30975e01f4f071c8ba10c022052f98b3294119f3e615d13e5be"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "notify"
-version = "4.0.17"
+version = "6.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ae03c8c853dba7bfd23e571ff0cff7bc9dceb40a4cd684cd1681824183f45257"
+checksum = "6205bd8bb1e454ad2e27422015fb5e4f2bcc7e08fa8f27058670d208324a4d2d"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
  "filetime",
- "fsevent",
  "fsevent-sys",
  "inotify",
+ "kqueue",
  "libc",
+ "log",
  "mio",
- "mio-extras",
  "walkdir",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "notify-debouncer-mini"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d40b221972a1fc5ef4d858a2f671fb34c75983eb385463dff3780eeff6a9d43"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "log",
+ "notify",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -550,11 +508,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.3.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
+checksum = "567664f262709473930a4bf9e51bf2ebf3348f2e748ccc50dea20646858f8f29"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -590,7 +548,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glob",
  "home",
  "indicatif",
- "notify",
+ "notify-debouncer-mini",
  "predicates",
  "regex",
  "serde",
@@ -653,15 +611,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "slab"
-version = "0.4.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6528351c9bc8ab22353f9d776db39a20288e8d6c37ef8cfe3317cf875eecfc2d"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -757,10 +706,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "winapi"
-version = "0.2.8"
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "167dc9d6949a9b857f3451275e911c3f44255842c1f7a76f33c55103a909087a"
+checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
@@ -772,12 +721,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi-build"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d315eee3b34aca4797b2da6b13ed88266e6d612562a0c46390af8299fc699bc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -790,7 +733,7 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -814,37 +757,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-sys"
-version = "0.45.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.42.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-targets"
-version = "0.42.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e5180c00cd44c9b1c88adb3693291f1cd93605ded80c250a75d472756b4d071"
-dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.2",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.2",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -954,13 +873,3 @@ checksum = "7c2e3184b9c4e92ad5167ca73039d0c42476302ab603e2fec4487511f38ccefc"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "ws2_32-sys"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d59cefebd0c892fa2dd6de581e937301d8552cb44489cdff035c6187cb63fa5e"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.2.8",
- "winapi-build",
-]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a055d4f3..24bee7cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 indicatif = "0.17.6"
 console = "0.15"
-notify = "4.0"
+notify-debouncer-mini = "0.4.1"
 toml = "0.7.6"
 regex = "1.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bbff712d..f17d9d95 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use crate::run::{reset, run};
 use crate::verify::verify;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use console::Emoji;
-use notify::DebouncedEvent;
-use notify::{RecommendedWatcher, RecursiveMode, Watcher};
+use notify_debouncer_mini::notify::{self, RecursiveMode};
+use notify_debouncer_mini::{new_debouncer, DebouncedEventKind};
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{self, prelude::*};
@@ -331,8 +331,10 @@ fn watch(
     let (tx, rx) = channel();
     let should_quit = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
 
-    let mut watcher: RecommendedWatcher = Watcher::new(tx, Duration::from_secs(1))?;
-    watcher.watch(Path::new("./exercises"), RecursiveMode::Recursive)?;
+    let mut debouncer = new_debouncer(Duration::from_secs(1), tx)?;
+    debouncer
+        .watcher()
+        .watch(Path::new("./exercises"), RecursiveMode::Recursive)?;
 
     clear_screen();
 
@@ -350,38 +352,44 @@ fn watch(
     loop {
         match rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(1)) {
             Ok(event) => match event {
-                DebouncedEvent::Create(b) | DebouncedEvent::Chmod(b) | DebouncedEvent::Write(b) => {
-                    if b.extension() == Some(OsStr::new("rs")) && b.exists() {
-                        let filepath = b.as_path().canonicalize().unwrap();
-                        let pending_exercises = exercises
-                            .iter()
-                            .find(|e| filepath.ends_with(&e.path))
-                            .into_iter()
-                            .chain(
+                Ok(events) => {
+                    for event in events {
+                        let event_path = event.path;
+                        if event.kind == DebouncedEventKind::Any
+                            && event_path.extension() == Some(OsStr::new("rs"))
+                            && event_path.exists()
+                        {
+                            let filepath = event_path.as_path().canonicalize().unwrap();
+                            let pending_exercises =
                                 exercises
                                     .iter()
-                                    .filter(|e| !e.looks_done() && !filepath.ends_with(&e.path)),
-                            );
-                        let num_done = exercises
-                            .iter()
-                            .filter(|e| e.looks_done() && !filepath.ends_with(&e.path))
-                            .count();
-                        clear_screen();
-                        match verify(
-                            pending_exercises,
-                            (num_done, exercises.len()),
-                            verbose,
-                            success_hints,
-                        ) {
-                            Ok(_) => return Ok(WatchStatus::Finished),
-                            Err(exercise) => {
-                                let mut failed_exercise_hint = failed_exercise_hint.lock().unwrap();
-                                *failed_exercise_hint = Some(to_owned_hint(exercise));
+                                    .find(|e| filepath.ends_with(&e.path))
+                                    .into_iter()
+                                    .chain(exercises.iter().filter(|e| {
+                                        !e.looks_done() && !filepath.ends_with(&e.path)
+                                    }));
+                            let num_done = exercises
+                                .iter()
+                                .filter(|e| e.looks_done() && !filepath.ends_with(&e.path))
+                                .count();
+                            clear_screen();
+                            match verify(
+                                pending_exercises,
+                                (num_done, exercises.len()),
+                                verbose,
+                                success_hints,
+                            ) {
+                                Ok(_) => return Ok(WatchStatus::Finished),
+                                Err(exercise) => {
+                                    let mut failed_exercise_hint =
+                                        failed_exercise_hint.lock().unwrap();
+                                    *failed_exercise_hint = Some(to_owned_hint(exercise));
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                _ => {}
+                Err(e) => println!("watch error: {e:?}"),
             },
             Err(RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => {
                 // the timeout expired, just check the `should_quit` variable below then loop again