diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2f60722..5937eb4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ tokio-stream = "0.1"
 async-stream = "0.3"
 futures-core = "0.3"
 futures-util = "0.3"
-inotify = "0.9"
 tokio-util = "0.6"
 
 
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index f04750a..4dc24b9 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ pub fn initialize_server(config_dir_override: Option<std::path::PathBuf>) -> Res
         .parent()
         .context("config file did not have a parent?!")?
         .to_owned();
-    std::env::set_current_dir(&config_dir).with_context(|| { format!("Failed to change working directory to {}", config_dir.display()) } )?;
+    std::env::set_current_dir(&config_dir)
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to change working directory to {}", config_dir.display()))?;
     let scss_file_path = config_dir.join("eww.scss");
 
     log::info!("reading configuration from {:?}", &config_file_path);
@@ -108,7 +109,17 @@ fn init_async_part(config_file_path: PathBuf, scss_file_path: PathBuf, ui_send:
     });
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+async fn run_filewatch<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+    config_file_path: P,
+    scss_file_path: P,
+    evt_send: UnboundedSender<app::DaemonCommand>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Watch configuration files for changes, sending reload events to the eww app when the files change.
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 async fn run_filewatch<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     config_file_path: P,
     scss_file_path: P,