diff --git a/internal/fsnotifyext/fsnotify_dedup.go b/internal/fsnotifyext/fsnotify_dedup.go
index 3c26be66..384ef42b 100644
--- a/internal/fsnotifyext/fsnotify_dedup.go
+++ b/internal/fsnotifyext/fsnotify_dedup.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func NewDeduper(w *fsnotify.Watcher, waitTime time.Duration) *Deduper {
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *Deduper) GetChan() chan fsnotify.Event {
+func (d *Deduper) GetChan() <-chan fsnotify.Event {
 	channel := make(chan fsnotify.Event)
 
 	go func() {