diff --git a/ark-cli/src/main.rs b/ark-cli/src/main.rs
index 9d5adfbe..c475a175 100644
--- a/ark-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/ark-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             let img = render_preview_page(buf, quality);
             img.save(dest_path).unwrap();
         }
+        Command::Watch { path } => {
+            let canonicalized_path = std::fs::canonicalize(path.clone())?;
+            println!("Watching path: {:?}", canonicalized_path);
+            fs_index::watch::watch_index(path.clone()).await?;
+        }
         Command::Link(link) => match &link {
             Link::Create {
                 root_dir,
diff --git a/ark-cli/src/models/cli.rs b/ark-cli/src/models/cli.rs
index 3e66ed3f..b3740a91 100644
--- a/ark-cli/src/models/cli.rs
+++ b/ark-cli/src/models/cli.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,18 @@ pub enum Command {
         filter: Option<String>,
     },
 
+    #[clap(
+        about = "Watch a directory for changes and update the index automatically"
+    )]
+    Watch {
+        #[clap(
+            help = "Path to the directory to watch for changes",
+            default_value = ".",
+            value_parser
+        )]
+        path: PathBuf,
+    },
+
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     Link(Link),