diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 77470f576f..0a3cd1c52f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "^7.5.5",
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.6.2"
+    "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.6.2",
+    "chokidar": "^3.3.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/watch.js b/scripts/watch.js
index 20f711590b..178c42016a 100644
--- a/scripts/watch.js
+++ b/scripts/watch.js
@@ -13,47 +13,56 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const {execSync} = require('child_process');
 const path = require('path');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
+const chokidar = require('chokidar');
 const {getPackages} = require('./helpers');
 
 const BUILD_CMD = `node ${path.resolve(__dirname, './build.js')}`;
 
 let filesToBuild = new Map();
 
-const exists = filename => {
-  try {
-    return fs.statSync(filename).isFile();
-  } catch (e) {
-    // omit
-  }
-  return false;
-};
 const rebuild = filename => filesToBuild.set(filename, true);
 
+const onChange = srcDir => {
+  return filePath => {
+    const filename = path.basename(filePath);
+
+    console.log(chalk.green('->'), `change: ${filename}`);
+    rebuild(filePath);
+  };
+};
+
+const onUnlink = srcDir => {
+  return filePath => {
+    const buildFile = filePath
+      .replace('/src/', '/build/')
+      .replace('.ts', '.js');
+
+    try {
+      fs.unlinkSync(buildFile);
+      process.stdout.write(
+        `${chalk.red('  \u2022 ') +
+          path.relative(
+            path.resolve(srcDir, '..', '..'),
+            buildFile,
+          )} (deleted)\n`,
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      // omit
+    }
+  };
+};
+
 getPackages().forEach(p => {
   const srcDir = path.resolve(p, 'src');
+
   try {
     fs.accessSync(srcDir, fs.F_OK);
-    fs.watch(path.resolve(p, 'src'), {recursive: true}, (event, filename) => {
-      const filePath = path.resolve(srcDir, filename);
+    const watcher = chokidar.watch(srcDir);
 
-      if ((event === 'change' || event === 'rename') && exists(filePath)) {
-        console.log(chalk.green('->'), `${event}: ${filename}`);
-        rebuild(filePath);
-      } else {
-        const buildFile = path.resolve(srcDir, '..', 'build', filename);
-        try {
-          fs.unlinkSync(buildFile);
-          process.stdout.write(
-            `${chalk.red('  \u2022 ') +
-              path.relative(
-                path.resolve(srcDir, '..', '..'),
-                buildFile,
-              )} (deleted)\n`,
-          );
-        } catch (e) {
-          // omit
-        }
-      }
+    watcher.on('ready', () => {
+      watcher.on('change', onChange(srcDir));
+      watcher.on('add', onChange(srcDir));
+      watcher.on('unlink', onUnlink(srcDir));
     });
   } catch (e) {
     // doesn't exist
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3cf79e6fd0..524851ba93 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3222,6 +3222,14 @@ anymatch@^2.0.0:
     micromatch "^3.1.4"
     normalize-path "^2.1.1"
 
+anymatch@~3.1.1:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/anymatch/-/anymatch-3.1.1.tgz#c55ecf02185e2469259399310c173ce31233b142"
+  integrity sha512-mM8522psRCqzV+6LhomX5wgp25YVibjh8Wj23I5RPkPppSVSjyKD2A2mBJmWGa+KN7f2D6LNh9jkBCeyLktzjg==
+  dependencies:
+    normalize-path "^3.0.0"
+    picomatch "^2.0.4"
+
 append-transform@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/append-transform/-/append-transform-1.0.0.tgz#046a52ae582a228bd72f58acfbe2967c678759ab"
@@ -3605,6 +3613,11 @@ binary-extensions@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-1.13.1.tgz#598afe54755b2868a5330d2aff9d4ebb53209b65"
   integrity sha512-Un7MIEDdUC5gNpcGDV97op1Ywk748MpHcFTHoYs6qnj1Z3j7I53VG3nwZhKzoBZmbdRNnb6WRdFlwl7tSDuZGw==
 
+binary-extensions@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-2.0.0.tgz#23c0df14f6a88077f5f986c0d167ec03c3d5537c"
+  integrity sha512-Phlt0plgpIIBOGTT/ehfFnbNlfsDEiqmzE2KRXoX1bLIlir4X/MR+zSyBEkL05ffWgnRSf/DXv+WrUAVr93/ow==
+
 bindings@~1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bindings/-/bindings-1.2.1.tgz#14ad6113812d2d37d72e67b4cacb4bb726505f11"
@@ -3666,6 +3679,13 @@ braces@^2.3.1, braces@^2.3.2:
     split-string "^3.0.2"
     to-regex "^3.0.1"
 
+braces@~3.0.2:
+  version "3.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/braces/-/braces-3.0.2.tgz#3454e1a462ee8d599e236df336cd9ea4f8afe107"
+  integrity sha512-b8um+L1RzM3WDSzvhm6gIz1yfTbBt6YTlcEKAvsmqCZZFw46z626lVj9j1yEPW33H5H+lBQpZMP1k8l+78Ha0A==
+  dependencies:
+    fill-range "^7.0.1"
+
 brfs@^1.2.0:
   version "1.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/brfs/-/brfs-1.6.1.tgz#b78ce2336d818e25eea04a0947cba6d4fb8849c3"
@@ -4038,6 +4058,21 @@ chokidar@^2.1.5:
   optionalDependencies:
     fsevents "^1.2.7"
 
+chokidar@^3.3.1:
+  version "3.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chokidar/-/chokidar-3.3.1.tgz#c84e5b3d18d9a4d77558fef466b1bf16bbeb3450"
+  integrity sha512-4QYCEWOcK3OJrxwvyyAOxFuhpvOVCYkr33LPfFNBjAD/w3sEzWsp2BUOkI4l9bHvWioAd0rc6NlHUOEaWkTeqg==
+  dependencies:
+    anymatch "~3.1.1"
+    braces "~3.0.2"
+    glob-parent "~5.1.0"
+    is-binary-path "~2.1.0"
+    is-glob "~4.0.1"
+    normalize-path "~3.0.0"
+    readdirp "~3.3.0"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    fsevents "~2.1.2"
+
 chownr@^1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chownr/-/chownr-1.1.1.tgz#54726b8b8fff4df053c42187e801fb4412df1494"
@@ -5816,6 +5851,13 @@ fill-range@^4.0.0:
     repeat-string "^1.6.1"
     to-regex-range "^2.1.0"
 
+fill-range@^7.0.1:
+  version "7.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.0.1.tgz#1919a6a7c75fe38b2c7c77e5198535da9acdda40"
+  integrity sha512-qOo9F+dMUmC2Lcb4BbVvnKJxTPjCm+RRpe4gDuGrzkL7mEVl/djYSu2OdQ2Pa302N4oqkSg9ir6jaLWJ2USVpQ==
+  dependencies:
+    to-regex-range "^5.0.1"
+
 finalhandler@1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/finalhandler/-/finalhandler-1.1.0.tgz#ce0b6855b45853e791b2fcc680046d88253dd7f5"
@@ -5988,6 +6030,11 @@ fsevents@^1.2.7:
     nan "^2.9.2"
     node-pre-gyp "^0.10.0"
 
+fsevents@~2.1.2:
+  version "2.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.1.2.tgz#4c0a1fb34bc68e543b4b82a9ec392bfbda840805"
+  integrity sha512-R4wDiBwZ0KzpgOWetKDug1FZcYhqYnUYKtfZYt4mD5SBz76q0KR4Q9o7GIPamsVPGmW3EYPPJ0dOOjvx32ldZA==
+
 function-bind@^1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/function-bind/-/function-bind-1.1.1.tgz#a56899d3ea3c9bab874bb9773b7c5ede92f4895d"
@@ -6139,7 +6186,7 @@ glob-parent@^3.1.0:
     is-glob "^3.1.0"
     path-dirname "^1.0.0"
 
-glob-parent@^5.0.0:
+glob-parent@^5.0.0, glob-parent@~5.1.0:
   version "5.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob-parent/-/glob-parent-5.1.0.tgz#5f4c1d1e748d30cd73ad2944b3577a81b081e8c2"
   integrity sha512-qjtRgnIVmOfnKUE3NJAQEdk+lKrxfw8t5ke7SXtfMTHcjsBfOfWXCQfdb30zfDoZQ2IRSIiidmjtbHZPZ++Ihw==
@@ -6728,6 +6775,13 @@ is-binary-path@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     binary-extensions "^1.0.0"
 
+is-binary-path@~2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-binary-path/-/is-binary-path-2.1.0.tgz#ea1f7f3b80f064236e83470f86c09c254fb45b09"
+  integrity sha512-ZMERYes6pDydyuGidse7OsHxtbI7WVeUEozgR/g7rd0xUimYNlvZRE/K2MgZTjWy725IfelLeVcEM97mmtRGXw==
+  dependencies:
+    binary-extensions "^2.0.0"
+
 is-buffer@^1.1.5:
   version "1.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-buffer/-/is-buffer-1.1.6.tgz#efaa2ea9daa0d7ab2ea13a97b2b8ad51fefbe8be"
@@ -6859,7 +6913,7 @@ is-glob@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     is-extglob "^2.1.1"
 
-is-glob@^4.0.1:
+is-glob@^4.0.1, is-glob@~4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-glob/-/is-glob-4.0.1.tgz#7567dbe9f2f5e2467bc77ab83c4a29482407a5dc"
   integrity sha512-5G0tKtBTFImOqDnLB2hG6Bp2qcKEFduo4tZu9MT/H6NQv/ghhy30o55ufafxJ/LdH79LLs2Kfrn85TLKyA7BUg==
@@ -6880,6 +6934,11 @@ is-number@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     kind-of "^3.0.2"
 
+is-number@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-number/-/is-number-7.0.0.tgz#7535345b896734d5f80c4d06c50955527a14f12b"
+  integrity sha512-41Cifkg6e8TylSpdtTpeLVMqvSBEVzTttHvERD741+pnZ8ANv0004MRL43QKPDlK9cGvNp6NZWZUBlbGXYxxng==
+
 is-obj@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-obj/-/is-obj-1.0.1.tgz#3e4729ac1f5fde025cd7d83a896dab9f4f67db0f"
@@ -8771,7 +8830,7 @@ normalize-path@^2.1.1:
   dependencies:
     remove-trailing-separator "^1.0.1"
 
-normalize-path@^3.0.0:
+normalize-path@^3.0.0, normalize-path@~3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/normalize-path/-/normalize-path-3.0.0.tgz#0dcd69ff23a1c9b11fd0978316644a0388216a65"
   integrity sha512-6eZs5Ls3WtCisHWp9S2GUy8dqkpGi4BVSz3GaqiE6ezub0512ESztXUwUB6C6IKbQkY2Pnb/mD4WYojCRwcwLA==
@@ -9442,6 +9501,11 @@ physical-cpu-count@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/physical-cpu-count/-/physical-cpu-count-2.0.0.tgz#18de2f97e4bf7a9551ad7511942b5496f7aba660"
   integrity sha1-GN4vl+S/epVRrXURlCtUlverpmA=
 
+picomatch@^2.0.4, picomatch@^2.0.7:
+  version "2.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.2.1.tgz#21bac888b6ed8601f831ce7816e335bc779f0a4a"
+  integrity sha512-ISBaA8xQNmwELC7eOjqFKMESB2VIqt4PPDD0nsS95b/9dZXvVKOlz9keMSnoGGKcOHXfTvDD6WMaRoSc9UuhRA==
+
 pify@^2.0.0, pify@^2.3.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/pify/-/pify-2.3.0.tgz#ed141a6ac043a849ea588498e7dca8b15330e90c"
@@ -10281,6 +10345,13 @@ readdirp@^2.2.1:
     micromatch "^3.1.10"
     readable-stream "^2.0.2"
 
+readdirp@~3.3.0:
+  version "3.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readdirp/-/readdirp-3.3.0.tgz#984458d13a1e42e2e9f5841b129e162f369aff17"
+  integrity sha512-zz0pAkSPOXXm1viEwygWIPSPkcBYjW1xU5j/JBh5t9bGCJwa6f9+BJa6VaB2g+b55yVrmXzqkyLf4xaWYM0IkQ==
+  dependencies:
+    picomatch "^2.0.7"
+
 realpath-native@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/realpath-native/-/realpath-native-1.1.0.tgz#2003294fea23fb0672f2476ebe22fcf498a2d65c"
@@ -11642,6 +11713,13 @@ to-regex-range@^2.1.0:
     is-number "^3.0.0"
     repeat-string "^1.6.1"
 
+to-regex-range@^5.0.1:
+  version "5.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/to-regex-range/-/to-regex-range-5.0.1.tgz#1648c44aae7c8d988a326018ed72f5b4dd0392e4"
+  integrity sha512-65P7iz6X5yEr1cwcgvQxbbIw7Uk3gOy5dIdtZ4rDveLqhrdJP+Li/Hx6tyK0NEb+2GCyneCMJiGqrADCSNk8sQ==
+  dependencies:
+    is-number "^7.0.0"
+
 to-regex@^3.0.1, to-regex@^3.0.2:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/to-regex/-/to-regex-3.0.2.tgz#13cfdd9b336552f30b51f33a8ae1b42a7a7599ce"