diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version 0.2.1.1
+---------------
+
+Catch IO exceptions when initialising inotify on Linux
+
+Version 0.2.1
+-------------
+
+Don't use `system-filepath`
+
 Version 0.2
 -----------
 
diff --git a/fsnotify.cabal b/fsnotify.cabal
--- a/fsnotify.cabal
+++ b/fsnotify.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                   fsnotify
-Version:                0.2.1
+Version:                0.2.1.1
 Author:                 Mark Dittmer <mark.s.dittmer@gmail.com>
 Maintainer:             Greg Weber <greg@gregweber.info>, Roman Cheplyaka <roma@ro-che.info>
 License:                BSD3
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                         , unix-compat
                         , fsnotify
                         , async >= 2
-                        , temporary-rc
+                        , temporary
 
 Source-Repository head
   Type:                 git
diff --git a/src/System/FSNotify/Linux.hs b/src/System/FSNotify/Linux.hs
--- a/src/System/FSNotify/Linux.hs
+++ b/src/System/FSNotify/Linux.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 -- Developed for a Google Summer of Code project - http://gsoc2012.markdittmer.org
 --
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
 
 module System.FSNotify.Linux
@@ -12,9 +13,10 @@
 
 import Prelude hiding (FilePath)
 
+
 import Control.Concurrent.Chan
 import Control.Concurrent.MVar
-import Control.Exception
+import Control.Exception as E
 import Control.Monad (when)
 import Data.IORef (atomicModifyIORef, readIORef)
 import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime, getCurrentTime)
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@
 varieties = [INo.Create, INo.Delete, INo.MoveIn, INo.MoveOut, INo.CloseWrite]
 
 instance FileListener INo.INotify where
-  initSession = fmap Just INo.initINotify
+  initSession = E.catch (fmap Just INo.initINotify) (\(_ :: IOException) -> return Nothing)
 
   killSession = INo.killINotify