diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 98f8632..933247a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - PYTHONBUFFERED=1
     volumes:
+      # File Watcher is broken in Windows Docker since Docker does not notify container about any file changes you make from Windows
+      # If running on Windows, use a shared volume instead of bind mount
       - .:/app
 
   # SMTP Server
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/config/management/commands/start_watcher.py b/docmanager_backend/config/management/commands/start_watcher.py
index c8cd603..a6b30cf 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/config/management/commands/start_watcher.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/config/management/commands/start_watcher.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class PDFWatcher:
 
     def run(self):
         event_handler = PDFHandler()
-        watch_directory = f"{MEDIA_ROOT}/uploads"
+        watch_directory = os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, "uploads")
 
         self.observer.schedule(
             event_handler, watch_directory, recursive=True)
diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
index 1db65bd..4fffa6f 100644
--- a/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ if [ ! -d "static" ]; then
     echo "Generating static files"
     python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 fi
-if [ "$DEBUG" = 'True' ]; then   
     tmux new-session -d -s "API File Watcher" "cd /app/docmanager_backend && python manage.py start_watcher"
+if [ "$DEBUG" = 'True' ]; then
     python manage.py runserver "0.0.0.0:8000"
 else
-    tmux new-session -d -s "API File Watcher" "cd docmanager_backend && python manage.py start_watcher"
     gunicorn --workers 8 --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 config.wsgi:application
 fi