diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index 14ede77..68e598d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         # TestFollow fails to work in GitHub Actions. Likely a result of permissions. Will investigate further later
-        run: go test -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage.txt -v -skip TestFollow ./... 
+        run: go test -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage.txt -v ./... 
         
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index db60a30..fdddfe4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func main() {
 	logFiles := viper.GetStringSlice("logs")
 	for _, logFile := range logFiles {
 		//begin watching the file in a goroutine for concurrency
-		go Follow(logFile, pubSub, patterns)
+		go Follow(logFile, pubSub, patterns, false)
 	}
 
 	// startup the web server
diff --git a/tailer.go b/tailer.go
index 2b231d9..b1bbaed 100644
--- a/tailer.go
+++ b/tailer.go
@@ -5,19 +5,27 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cskr/pubsub"
 	"github.com/jdrews/go-tailer/fswatcher"
 	"github.com/jdrews/go-tailer/glob"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Follow begins a tailer for the specified logFilePath and publishes log lines to the given pubSub message broker
 // When Follow picks up a log line, it also runs the line through regex via func Colorize
 // to determine if it matches a color pattern
-func Follow(logFilePath string, pubSub *pubsub.PubSub, patterns []CompiledRegexColors) {
+func Follow(logFilePath string, pubSub *pubsub.PubSub, patterns []CompiledRegexColors, polling bool) {
+
+	var tailer fswatcher.FileTailer
 
 	parsedGlob, err := glob.Parse(logFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("%q: failed to parse glob: %q", parsedGlob, err))
 	}
 
-	tailer, err := fswatcher.RunFileTailer([]glob.Glob{parsedGlob}, false, true, logger)
+	if polling {
+		tailer, err = fswatcher.RunPollingFileTailer([]glob.Glob{parsedGlob}, false, true, 10*time.Millisecond, logger)
+	} else {
+		tailer, err = fswatcher.RunFileTailer([]glob.Glob{parsedGlob}, false, true, logger)
+	}
+
 	for line := range tailer.Lines() {
 		logger.Debug(line.Line)
 		logMessage := Colorize(line.Line, line.File, patterns)
diff --git a/tailer_test.go b/tailer_test.go
index 3d914de..3cce6c2 100644
--- a/tailer_test.go
+++ b/tailer_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestFollow(t *testing.T) {
 	defer pubSub.Unsub(linesChannel, "lines")
 
 	// Run Follow
-	go Follow(logFilePath, pubSub, compiledRegexColors)
+	go Follow(logFilePath, pubSub, compiledRegexColors, true)
 
 	// Give the fswatcher.RunFileTailer enough time to startup
 	time.Sleep(time.Duration(2000) * time.Millisecond)