diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py
index 1493133..64d5c23 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from watchdog.observers import Observer
-from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
+from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler as FileSystemWatchdogEventHandler
 
 from tfw.networking.event_handlers.server_connector import ServerUplinkConnector
 from tfw.components.decorators import RateLimiter
@@ -8,34 +8,10 @@ from tfw.config.logs import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class WebideReloadEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.uplink = ServerUplinkConnector()
-        self._paused = False
-        self.ignore = 0
-
-    def pause(self):
-        self._paused = True
-
-    def resume(self):
-        self._paused = False
-
-    @RateLimiter(rate_per_second=5)
-    def on_modified(self, event):
-        if self._paused: return
-        if self.ignore > 0:
-            self.ignore = self.ignore - 1
-            return
-        log.debug(event)
-        key = 'webide'
-        self.uplink.send(key, {'data': {'command': 'reload'}})
-
-
 class DirectoryMonitor:
     def __init__(self, directory):
         self.observer = Observer()
-        self.eventhandler = WebideReloadEventHandler()
+        self.eventhandler = WebideReloadWatchdogEventHandler()
         self.observer.schedule(self.eventhandler, directory, recursive=True)
         self.pause, self.resume = self.eventhandler.pause, self.eventhandler.resume
 
@@ -52,7 +28,7 @@ class DirectoryMonitor:
 
     @ignore.setter
     def ignore(self, value):
-        self.ignore = value if value >= 0 else 0
+        self.eventhandler.ignore = value if value >= 0 else 0
 
     @property
     def pauser(self):
@@ -65,3 +41,27 @@ class DirectoryMonitor:
             self.directorymonitor.pause()
         def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
             self.directorymonitor.resume()
+
+
+class WebideReloadWatchdogEventHandler(FileSystemWatchdogEventHandler):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.uplink = ServerUplinkConnector()
+        self._paused = False
+        self.ignore = 0
+
+    def pause(self):
+        self._paused = True
+
+    def resume(self):
+        self._paused = False
+
+    @RateLimiter(rate_per_second=2)
+    def on_modified(self, event):
+        if self._paused: return
+        if self.ignore > 0:
+            self.ignore = self.ignore - 1
+            return
+        log.debug(event)
+        key = 'webide'
+        self.uplink.send(key, {'data': {'command': 'reload'}})
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitoring_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitoring_event_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afceaaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitoring_event_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from os.path import isdir, exists
+
+from tfw.components.directory_monitor import DirectoryMonitor
+from tfw.event_handler_base import TriggerlessEventHandler
+from tfw.config.logs import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class DirectoryMonitoringEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler):
+    def __init__(self, key, directory):
+        super().__init__(key)
+        self._directory = directory
+        self._monitor = None
+        self.reload_monitor()
+        self.commands = {'pause':     self.pause,
+                         'resume':    self.resume,
+                         'ignore':    self.ignore,
+                         'selectdir': self.selectdir}
+
+    @property
+    def directory(self):
+        return self._directory
+
+    @directory.setter
+    def directory(self, directory):
+        if not exists(directory) or not isdir(directory): raise EnvironmentError('No such directory!')
+        self._directory = directory
+
+    @property
+    def monitor(self):
+        return self._monitor
+
+    def reload_monitor(self):
+        if self._monitor:
+            try: self._monitor.stop()
+            except KeyError: logging.debug('Working directory was removed – ignoring...')
+        self._monitor = DirectoryMonitor(self._directory)
+        self._monitor.watch()   # This runs on a separate thread
+
+    def handle_event(self, key, message):
+        try:
+            message['data'] = self.commands[message['data']['command']](message['data'])
+            return message
+        except KeyError:
+            log.error('IGNORING MESSAGE: Invalid message received: {}'.format(message))
+
+    def pause(self, data):
+        self.monitor.pause()
+        return data
+
+    def resume(self, data):
+        self.monitor.resume()
+        return data
+
+    def ignore(self, data):
+        self.monitor.ignore += data['ignore']
+        return data
+
+    def selectdir(self, data):
+        try:
+            self.directory = data['directory']
+            self.reload_monitor()
+            return data
+        except EnvironmentError:
+            log.error('Failed to switch directory!')
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        self.monitor.stop()
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/source_code_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/components/source_code_event_handler.py
index 760b28b..8986bf2 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/source_code_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/source_code_event_handler.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class SourceCodeEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler):
         return data
 
     def write(self, data):
-        self.monitor.eventhandler.ignore = 1
+        self.monitor.ignore = self.monitor.ignore + 1
         try: self.filemanager.file_contents = data['content']
         except Exception: log.exception('Error writing file!')
         del data['content']