diff --git a/lib/DirectoryWatcher.py b/lib/DirectoryWatcher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c658dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/DirectoryWatcher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# directory_watcher.py
+import threading
+from watchdog.observers import Observer
+from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
+
+class DirectoryWatcher:
+    def __init__(self, directory, callback):
+        self.directory = directory
+        self.callback = callback
+        self.is_watching = True
+        self.event_handler = FileSystemEventHandler()
+        self.event_handler.on_created = self.on_created
+        self.observer = Observer()
+        self.observer.schedule(self.event_handler, path=self.directory, recursive=False)
+
+    def on_created(self, event):
+        if event.is_directory:
+            return
+        # Call your callback method here
+        self.callback(event.src_path)
+
+    def start_watching(self):
+        # Define a thread target function
+        def run_observer():
+            self.observer.start()
+            try:
+                while self.is_watching:
+                    pass
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                pass
+            finally:
+                self.stop_watching()
+
+        # Create and start the thread
+        watcher_thread = threading.Thread(target=run_observer)
+        watcher_thread.start()
+
+        # Return the thread in case you want to manage it externally
+        return watcher_thread
+
+    def stop_watching(self):
+        self.is_watching = False
+        self.observer.stop()
+        self.observer.join()
diff --git a/lib/FileWatcher.py b/lib/FileWatcher.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 333fe51..0000000
--- a/lib/FileWatcher.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import threading
-import os
-
-
-class FileWatcher:
-    def __init__(self, filename, interval, callback):
-        self._cached_stamp = os.stat(filename).st_mtime
-        self.filename = filename
-        self.interval = interval
-        self.callback = callback
-
-        self.is_running = True
-
-    def start(self):
-        if self.is_running:
-            threading.Timer(self.interval, self.start).start()
-            stamp = os.stat(self.filename).st_mtime
-            if stamp != self._cached_stamp:
-                self._cached_stamp = stamp
-                self.callback()
-
-    def stop(self):
-        self.is_running = False
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 9e4688f..b307c1a 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from lib.Exceptions.UndetectedLanguageException import (
     UndetectedLanguageException,
 )
-from lib.FileWatcher import FileWatcher
+from lib.DirectoryWatcher import DirectoryWatcher
 from langdetect import detect
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
@@ -21,9 +21,17 @@
 templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="public")
 app = FastAPI(title="API")
 
-# @app.on_event("startup")
-# async def startEvent():
-#    await main()
+dirWatcher = DirectoryWatcher(directory = "data_from_A", callback=lambda file_path :print("whatever" + file_path))
+
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def startEvent():
+    dirWatcher.start_watching() #Starts DirectoryWatcher
+
+@app.on_event("shutdown")
+def shutdown_event():
+    print("Shutting down...")
+    dirWatcher.stop_watching()
 
 app.mount(
     "/static",
@@ -78,8 +86,6 @@ async def main():
     if not os.path.exists("entity_mentions.json"):
         open("entity_mentions.json", "w").close()
 
-    # FileWatcher(filename = "Artikel.txt", interval = 5.0, callback=lambda :print("whatever")).start() #Starts fileWatcher
-
     text = GetSpacyData.GetText(
         "Artikel.txt"
     )  # Takes in title of article. Gets article text in string format
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0aed35e..f79b529 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ pytest-cov==3.0.0
 langdetect==1.0.9
 httpx
 fuzzywuzzy
+watchdog
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diff --git a/requirements_no_models.txt b/requirements_no_models.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c86b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_no_models.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+fastapi==0.103.2
+setuptools==68.2.0
+wheel==0.41.2
+spacy>=3.7.0, <3.8.0
+uvicorn==0.23.2
+levenshtein
+pytest==7.4.2
+pytest_sugar==0.9.7
+pytest-asyncio==0.21.1
+pytest-cov==3.0.0
+langdetect==1.0.9
+httpx
+fuzzywuzzy
+watchdog
\ No newline at end of file