diff --git a/lib/master.js b/lib/master.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/master.js
+++ b/lib/master.js
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ class Master extends AsyncEventEmitter {
                 ignoreInitial: true,
                 ignored: ['.*', '**/node_modules', '**/.*', '**/build/*', '**/test/*'],
                 interval: 2000,
-                usePolling: false
+                usePolling: false,
+                followSymlinks: false
             }).on('all', (event, p) => {
                 log.info(`watcher: ${event}: ${p}`);
                 if (this._reloadTimeout) clearTimeout(this._reloadTimeout);
Disable followSymlinks to improve behaviour of the filesystem watcher