diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 918e40b..9c75836 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,23 @@
 # Inotify library for ReactPHP
+
+## Installing
+
+```bash
+$ composer repo add noccylabs composer https://dev.noccylabs.info/api/packages/noccylabs/composer
+$ composer require noccylabs/react-inotify
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```php
+// Create instance; you can pass a poll interval and a custom event loop.
+$inotify = new NoccyLabs\React\Inotify\Inotify(0.1);
+
+// Listen for events
+$in->on("event", function ($event) {
+    var_dump($event);
+});
+
+// Add a watch
+$in->addWatch(__DIR__."/config", IN_CREATE|IN_DELETE|IN_MODIFY);
+```
diff --git a/src/Inotify.php b/src/Inotify.php
index 0977601..e9859c3 100644
--- a/src/Inotify.php
+++ b/src/Inotify.php
@@ -5,8 +5,15 @@ namespace NoccyLabs\React\Inotify;
 use Evenement\EventEmitterInterface;
 use Evenement\EventEmitterTrait;
 use React\EventLoop\Loop;
+use React\EventLoop\LoopInterface;
 use React\EventLoop\TimerInterface;
 
+use function inotify_init;
+use function inotify_add_watch;
+use function inotify_queue_len;
+use function inotify_rm_watch;
+use function inotify_read;
+
 class Inotify implements EventEmitterInterface
 {
     use EventEmitterTrait;
@@ -15,10 +22,18 @@ class Inotify implements EventEmitterInterface
 
     private ?TimerInterface $timer = null;
 
-    public function __construct()
+    private LoopInterface $loop;
+
+    public function __construct(float $pollInterval = 1.0, ?LoopInterface $loop = null)
     {
-        $this->fd = \inotify_init();
-        $this->timer = Loop::addPeriodicTimer(0.1, $this->tick(...));
+
+        if (!is_callable('inotify_init')) {
+            throw new InotifyException("inotify PHP extension not installed");
+        }
+
+        $this->loop = $loop ?? Loop::get();
+        $this->fd = inotify_init();
+        $this->timer = $this->loop->addPeriodicTimer($pollInterval, $this->tick(...));
     }
 
     public function __destruct()
@@ -28,14 +43,14 @@ class Inotify implements EventEmitterInterface
             $this->fd = null;
         }
         if ($this->timer instanceof TimerInterface) {
-            Loop::clearTimer($this->timer);
+            $this->loop->cancelTimer($this->timer);
             $this->timer = null;
         }
     }
 
     public function addWatch(string $path, int $mask): int
     {
-        $descriptor = \inotify_add_watch($this->fd, $path, $mask);
+        $descriptor = inotify_add_watch($this->fd, $path, $mask);
 
         if (false === $descriptor)
             throw new WatchErrorException("Failed to add watch for path \"{$path}\"");
@@ -45,16 +60,18 @@ class Inotify implements EventEmitterInterface
 
     public function removeWatch(int $descriptor): void
     {
-        \inotify_rm_watch($this->fd, $descriptor);
+        if (!inotify_rm_watch($this->fd, $descriptor)) {
+            throw new WatchErrorException("Unable to remove watch descriptor {$descriptor}");
+        }
     }
 
     private function tick(): void
     {
-        $len = \inotify_queue_len($this->fd);
+        $len = inotify_queue_len($this->fd);
 
         if ($len === 0) return;
 
-        $reads = \inotify_read($this->fd);
+        $reads = inotify_read($this->fd);
         while ($read = array_shift($reads)) {
             $event = new InotifyEvent(...$read);
             $this->emit("event", [ $event ]);
@@ -62,4 +79,3 @@ class Inotify implements EventEmitterInterface
     }
 
 }
-
diff --git a/src/InotifyException.php b/src/InotifyException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afafa63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/InotifyException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NoccyLabs\React\Inotify;
+
+use Exception;
+
+class InotifyException extends Exception
+{
+    
+}
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diff --git a/src/WatchErrorException.php b/src/WatchErrorException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..083233b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WatchErrorException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NoccyLabs\React\Inotify;
+
+class WatchErrorException extends InotifyException
+{
+    
+}
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