diff --git a/salt/strelka/filecheck/filecheck b/salt/strelka/filecheck/filecheck
index c6148a953..314f73a70 100644
--- a/salt/strelka/filecheck/filecheck
+++ b/salt/strelka/filecheck/filecheck
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     checkexisting()
 
     event_handler =CreatedEventHandler()
-    observer = Observer()
 
     shutdown = False
     while not shutdown:
         logging.info("Scheduling observer")
+        observer = Observer()
         observer.schedule(event_handler, extract_path, recursive=True)
         observer.start()
         try: