diff --git a/backend/main.go b/backend/main.go
index 058a9642..50cb87cd 100644
--- a/backend/main.go
+++ b/backend/main.go
@@ -181,15 +181,15 @@ func main() {
 				if err := watchsubdir(watcher, ev.Name); err != nil {
 					log.Println(err)
 				}
-			} else if ev.Op&watchedNotify == watchedNotify && d.Mode().IsRegular() {
+			} else if err == nil && ev.Op&watchedNotify == watchedNotify && d.Mode().IsRegular() {
 				if *debugINotify {
 					log.Println("Treating event:", ev, "for", ev.Name)
 				}
 				go treat(ev.Name)
-			} else if ev.Op&fsnotify.Write == fsnotify.Write {
+			} else if err == nil && ev.Op&fsnotify.Write == fsnotify.Write {
 				log.Println("FSNOTIFY WRITE SEEN. Prefer looking at them, as it appears files are not atomically moved.")
 				watchedNotify = fsnotify.Write
-			} else if *debugINotify {
+			} else if err == nil && *debugINotify {
 				log.Println("Skipped event:", ev, "for", ev.Name)
 			}
 		case err := <-watcher.Errors: