diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/inotify/inotify.py b/lib/tfw/components/inotify/inotify.py
index f26ce6b..2cf9523 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/inotify/inotify.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/inotify/inotify.py
@@ -64,21 +64,21 @@ class InotifyDirDeletedEvent(InotifyEvent):
 
 
 class InotifyObserver:
-    def __init__(self, path, patterns=None, exclude=None):
+    def __init__(self, path, patterns=None, exclude=None, recursive=False):
         self._path = path
         self._patterns = patterns
         self._exclude = exclude
         self.observer = Observer()
-        self.reset(path, patterns, exclude)
+        self._reset(path, patterns, exclude)
 
-    def reset(self, path, patterns, exclude):
+    def _reset(self, path, patterns, exclude):
         dispatch_event = self.dispatch_event
         class TransformerEventHandler(PatternMatchingEventHandler):
             def on_any_event(self, event):
                 dispatch_event(event)
         self.handler = TransformerEventHandler(patterns, exclude)
         self.observer.unschedule_all()
-        self.observer.schedule(self.handler, path, recursive=True)
+        self.observer.schedule(self.handler, path, recursive)
 
     @property
     def path(self):
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class InotifyObserver:
     @path.setter
     def path(self, path):
         self._path = path
-        self.reset(path, self._patterns, self._exclude)
+        self._reset(path, self._patterns, self._exclude)
 
     @property
     def patterns(self):
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class InotifyObserver:
     @patterns.setter
     def patterns(self, patterns):
         self._patterns = patterns
-        self.reset(self._path, patterns, self._exclude)
+        self._reset(self._path, patterns, self._exclude)
 
     @property
     def exclude(self):
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class InotifyObserver:
     @exclude.setter
     def exclude(self, exclude):
         self._exclude = exclude
-        self.reset(self._path, self._patterns, exclude)
+        self._reset(self._path, self._patterns, exclude)
 
     def start(self):
         self.observer.start()
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/inotify/test_inotify.py b/lib/tfw/components/inotify/test_inotify.py
index 702e2c7..6b4bdb3 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/inotify/test_inotify.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/inotify/test_inotify.py
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ class InotifyContext:
 
 
 class InotifyTestObserver(InotifyObserver):
-    def __init__(self, path, patterns=None, exclude=None):
+    def __init__(self, path, patterns=None, exclude=None, recursive=False):
         self.any_list = []
         self.create_queue, self.modify_queue, self.move_queue, self.delete_queue = [Queue() for _ in range(4)]
-        super().__init__(path, patterns, exclude)
+        super().__init__(path, patterns, exclude, recursive)
 
     def on_any_event(self, event):
         self.any_list.append(event)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def context():
             mkdir(newdir)
             Path(join(newdir, generate_name()+'.txt')).touch()
 
-        monitor = InotifyTestObserver(workdir)
+        monitor = InotifyTestObserver(workdir, recursive=True)
         monitor.start()
         yield InotifyContext(workdir, monitor)