diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 554692a..0ab7e06 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ test:
 # Drops you into a shell in the development container and mounts the source code
 # You can edit to source on your host, then run go commans (e.g., `go test ./...`) inside the container
 dev:
-	sh -c "if ! docker image ls | grep '$(DEV_IMAGE)'; then echo 'building dev image'; docker build -f $(DEV_DOCKERFILE) -t $(DEV_IMAGE) .; fi"
+	sh -c "if ! docker image ls | grep '$(DEV_IMAGE)' | cut -d ':' -f1; then echo 'building dev image'; docker build -f $(DEV_DOCKERFILE) -t $(DEV_IMAGE) .; fi"
 	docker run -it \
 		       --rm \
 			   -v $(PROJECT_DIR):/go/src/github.com/dominicbreuker/pspy \
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ example:
 # builds one set of static binaries that should work on any system without dependencies, but are huge
 # builds another set of binaries that are as small as possible, but may not work 
 build:
-	sh -c "if ! docker image ls | grep '$(BUILD_IMAGE)'; then echo 'building build image'; docker build -f $(BUILD_DOCKERFILE) -t $(BUILD_IMAGE) .; fi"
+	sh -c "if ! docker image ls | grep '$(BUILD_IMAGE)' | cut -d ':' -f1; then echo 'building build image'; docker build -f $(BUILD_DOCKERFILE) -t $(BUILD_IMAGE) .; fi"
 
 	mkdir -p $(PROJECT_DIR)/bin
 	docker run -it \
diff --git a/internal/fswatcher/inotify/inotify.go b/internal/fswatcher/inotify/inotify.go
index 476769d..3d2e85e 100644
--- a/internal/fswatcher/inotify/inotify.go
+++ b/internal/fswatcher/inotify/inotify.go
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ const maximumWatchersFile = "/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches"
 // set to -1 if the number cannot be determined
 var MaxWatchers int = -1
 
-const EventSize int = unix.SizeofInotifyEvent
+// sizeof(struct inotify_event) + NAME_MAX + 1
+const EventSize int = unix.SizeofInotifyEvent + 255 + 1
 
 func init() {
 	mw, err := getMaxWatchers()
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func (i *Inotify) Watch(dir string) error {
 
 func (i *Inotify) Read(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	n, errno := unix.Read(i.FD, buf)
-	if n < 0 {
+	if n < 1 {
 		return n, fmt.Errorf("reading from inotify fd %d: errno: %d", i.FD, errno)
 	}
 	return n, nil