diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index c7345bd..86c4f59 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016-2023 Elias Aebi
+Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Elias Aebi
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 
diff --git a/gral.h b/gral.h
index acc2b8f..9c2bbcc 100644
--- a/gral.h
+++ b/gral.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 
-Copyright (c) 2016-2023 Elias Aebi
+Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Elias Aebi
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ struct gral_window_interface {
 };
 struct gral_timer;
 struct gral_file;
+struct gral_directory_watcher;
 
 
 /*================
@@ -181,6 +182,8 @@ void gral_file_remove(char const *path);
 void gral_directory_create(char const *path);
 void gral_directory_iterate(char const *path, void (*callback)(char const *name, void *user_data), void *user_data);
 void gral_directory_remove(char const *path);
+struct gral_directory_watcher *gral_directory_watch(char const *path, void (*callback)(void *user_data), void *user_data);
+void gral_directory_watcher_delete(struct gral_directory_watcher *directory_watcher);
 
 
 /*=========
diff --git a/gral_linux.c b/gral_linux.c
index e5d9648..4a5e4e8 100644
--- a/gral_linux.c
+++ b/gral_linux.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 
-Copyright (c) 2016-2023 Elias Aebi
+Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Elias Aebi
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 
@@ -768,6 +768,14 @@ void gral_directory_remove(char const *path) {
 	rmdir(path);
 }
 
+struct gral_directory_watcher *gral_directory_watch(char const *path, void (*callback)(void *user_data), void *user_data) {
+	// TODO: implement
+}
+
+void gral_directory_watcher_delete(struct gral_directory_watcher *directory_watcher) {
+	// TODO: implement
+}
+
 
 /*=========
     TIME
diff --git a/gral_macos.m b/gral_macos.m
index 47a8a8f..ddadad5 100644
--- a/gral_macos.m
+++ b/gral_macos.m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 
-Copyright (c) 2016-2023 Elias Aebi
+Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Elias Aebi
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 
@@ -803,6 +803,14 @@ void gral_directory_remove(char const *path) {
 	rmdir(path);
 }
 
+struct gral_directory_watcher *gral_directory_watch(char const *path, void (*callback)(void *user_data), void *user_data) {
+	// TODO: implement
+}
+
+void gral_directory_watcher_delete(struct gral_directory_watcher *directory_watcher) {
+	// TODO: implement
+}
+
 
 /*=========
     TIME
diff --git a/gral_windows.cpp b/gral_windows.cpp
index f38f0dc..42b4936 100644
--- a/gral_windows.cpp
+++ b/gral_windows.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 
-Copyright (c) 2016-2023 Elias Aebi
+Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Elias Aebi
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 
@@ -563,12 +563,17 @@ int gral_application_run(gral_application *application, int argc_, char **argv_)
 	}
 	LocalFree(argv);
 	MSG message;
-	while (GetMessage(&message, NULL, 0, 0)) {
-		TranslateMessage(&message);
-		DispatchMessage(&message);
+	while (TRUE) {
+		while (PeekMessage(&message, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)) {
+			if (message.message == WM_QUIT) {
+				application->iface.quit(application->user_data);
+				return 0;
+			}
+			TranslateMessage(&message);
+			DispatchMessage(&message);
+		}
+		MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx(0, NULL, INFINITE, QS_ALLINPUT, MWMO_ALERTABLE);
 	}
-	application->iface.quit(application->user_data);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -1171,6 +1176,61 @@ void gral_directory_remove(char const *path) {
 	RemoveDirectory(utf8_to_utf16(path));
 }
 
+class gral_directory_watcher {
+	HANDLE directory;
+	OVERLAPPED overlapped;
+	void (*callback)(void *user_data);
+	void *user_data;
+	char buffer[4096];
+	static void completion_routine(DWORD dwErrorCode, DWORD dwNumberOfBytesTransfered, LPOVERLAPPED lpOverlapped) {
+		gral_directory_watcher *watcher = (gral_directory_watcher *)lpOverlapped->hEvent;
+		if (dwErrorCode == ERROR_OPERATION_ABORTED) {
+			delete watcher;
+			return;
+		}
+		DWORD offset = 0;
+		while (TRUE) {
+			PFILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION information = (PFILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION)(watcher->buffer + offset);
+			if (information->Action != FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_OLD_NAME) {
+				watcher->callback(watcher->user_data);
+			}
+			if (information->NextEntryOffset == 0) {
+				break;
+			}
+			offset += information->NextEntryOffset;
+		}
+		watcher->watch();
+	}
+public:
+	gral_directory_watcher(char const *path, void (*callback)(void *user_data), void *user_data) {
+		directory = CreateFile(utf8_to_utf16(path), FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, NULL);
+		ZeroMemory(&overlapped, sizeof(overlapped));
+		overlapped.hEvent = this;
+		this->callback = callback;
+		this->user_data = user_data;
+	}
+	~gral_directory_watcher() {
+		CloseHandle(directory);
+	}
+	void watch() {
+		const DWORD notify_filter = FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_ACCESS | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_CREATION | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY;
+		ReadDirectoryChangesW(directory, buffer, sizeof(buffer), FALSE, notify_filter, NULL, &overlapped, completion_routine);
+	}
+	void cancel() {
+		CancelIoEx(directory, &overlapped);
+	}
+};
+
+gral_directory_watcher *gral_directory_watch(char const *path, void (*callback)(void *user_data), void *user_data) {
+	gral_directory_watcher *watcher = new gral_directory_watcher(path, callback, user_data);
+	watcher->watch();
+	return watcher;
+}
+
+void gral_directory_watcher_delete(gral_directory_watcher *watcher) {
+	watcher->cancel();
+}
+
 
 /*=========
     TIME