diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Changelog for ghcid (* = breaking change)
 
+0.7.7, released 2019-11-24
+    #287, only lint reloaded files
 0.7.6, released 2019-10-13
     #283, support Clashi
     #278, allow --lint to take a shell command rather than just an executable
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@
     #263, fix not resizing on terminal resize
     #262, add --test-message flag
     #253, try and keep the cursor visible after Ctrl-C
-    #248, add --eval flag to evaluate code snippets
+    #248, add --allow-eval flag to evaluate code snippets
     #245, link with -rtsopts to be able to use RTS flags
 0.7.4, released 2019-04-17
     #237, ability to cope better with large error messages
diff --git a/ghcid.cabal b/ghcid.cabal
--- a/ghcid.cabal
+++ b/ghcid.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:      >= 1.18
 build-type:         Simple
 name:               ghcid
-version:            0.7.6
+version:            0.7.7
 license:            BSD3
 license-file:       LICENSE
 category:           Development
diff --git a/src/Ghcid.hs b/src/Ghcid.hs
--- a/src/Ghcid.hs
+++ b/src/Ghcid.hs
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@
 
     project <- if project /= "" then return project else takeFileName <$> getCurrentDirectory
 
-    -- fire, given a waiter, the messages/loaded
-    let fire nextWait (messages, loaded) = do
+    -- fire, given a waiter, the messages/loaded/touched
+    let fire nextWait (messages, loaded, touched) = do
             currTime <- getShortTime
             let loadedCount = length loaded
             whenLoud $ do
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
                         whenNormal $ outStrLn "\n...done"
             whenJust lint $ \lintcmd ->
                 unless hasErrors $ do
-                    (exitcode, stdout, stderr) <- readCreateProcessWithExitCode (shell . unwords $ lintcmd : map escape loaded) ""
+                    (exitcode, stdout, stderr) <- readCreateProcessWithExitCode (shell . unwords $ lintcmd : map escape touched) ""
                     unless (exitcode == ExitSuccess) $ outStrLn (stdout ++ stderr)
 
             reason <- nextWait $ restart ++ reload ++ loaded
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
                 nextWait <- waitFiles waiter
                 fire nextWait =<< sessionReload session
 
-    fire nextWait (messages, loaded)
+    fire nextWait (messages, loaded, loaded)
 
 
 -- | Given an available height, and a set of messages to display, show them as best you can.
diff --git a/src/Session.hs b/src/Session.hs
--- a/src/Session.hs
+++ b/src/Session.hs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
         forM cmds' $ \(num, cmd) -> do
             ref <- newIORef []
             execStream ghci (unwords $ lines cmd) $ \_ resp -> modifyIORef ref (resp :)
-            resp <- concat . reverse <$> readIORef ref
+            resp <- unlines . reverse <$> readIORef ref
             return $ Eval $ EvalResult file (num, 1) cmd resp
 
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 -- | Reload, returning the same information as 'sessionStart'. In particular, any
 --   information that GHCi doesn't repeat (warnings from loaded modules) will be
 --   added back in.
-sessionReload :: Session -> IO ([Load], [FilePath])
+sessionReload :: Session -> IO ([Load], [FilePath], [FilePath])
 sessionReload session@Session{..} = do
     -- kill anything async, set stuck if you didn't succeed
     old <- modifyVar running $ \b -> return (False, b)
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@
         Just ghci <- readIORef ghci
         fmap isNothing $ timeout 5 $ interrupt ghci
 
-    if stuck then sessionRestart session else do
+    if stuck
+      then (\(messages,loaded) -> (messages,loaded,loaded)) <$> sessionRestart session
+      else do
         -- actually reload
         Just ghci <- readIORef ghci
         dir <- readIORef curdir
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@
         messages <- return $ messages ++ filter validWarn warn
 
         writeIORef warnings $ getWarnings messages
-        return (messages ++ evals, nubOrd $ loaded ++ reloaded)
+        return (messages ++ evals, nubOrd (loaded ++ reloaded), reloaded)
 
 
 -- | Run an exec operation asynchronously. Should not be a @:reload@ or similar.