diff --git a/R/engine.R b/R/engine.R
index a02d02b..f073bdf 100644
--- a/R/engine.R
+++ b/R/engine.R
@@ -3,12 +3,20 @@ new_engine <- function(path, dirs, port, host, ignore) {
     ignore <- ignore %||% c("*.sqlite", "*.git*") |>
         paste0(collapse = "|") |>
         utils::glob2rx()
+    runner_port <- port %||% httpuv::randomPort(
+        host = host,
+        n = 100L
+    )
+    socket_port <- httpuv::randomPort(
+        host = host,
+        n = 100L
+    )
 
     list2env(
         list(
             runner = NULL,
             config = list(
-                port = port %||% httpuv::randomPort(host = host),
+                port = port %||% runner_port,
                 path = dirname(path),
                 plumber_path = path,
                 dirs = dirs,
@@ -20,7 +28,7 @@ new_engine <- function(path, dirs, port, host, ignore) {
                 listen = sprintf(
                     "ws://%s:%s",
                     host,
-                    httpuv::randomPort(host = host)
+                    socket_port
                 ),
                 autostart = TRUE
             )
diff --git a/R/watcher.R b/R/watcher.R
index 954565d..75f5406 100644
--- a/R/watcher.R
+++ b/R/watcher.R
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ directory_state <- function(paths, ignore_pattern) {
         extra_cols = FALSE
     )
     res <- res[grep(pattern = ignore_pattern, x = row.names(res), invert = TRUE), ]
+    res <- res[res$size > 0L, ]
     stats::setNames(res$mtime, row.names(res))
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 710ff46..59ea6ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ devtools::install_github("ElianHugh/hotwater")
 
 ## Example
 
-This is a basic example which shows you how to solve a common problem:
+Hotwater can be run via an R session:
 
 ``` r
 hotwater::run(
@@ -39,3 +39,14 @@ hotwater::run(
 ✔ Server running on <127.0.0.1:9999> [17ms]
 → Watching ./path/to/ for changes...
 ```
+
+or a terminal using the bash script:
+
+```sh
+hotwater -f my/plumber/api.R -p 9999
+```
+
+``` r
+✔ Server running on <127.0.0.1:9999> [17ms]
+→ Watching ./path/to/ for changes...
+```
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 2b5fb69..055b1d0 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
 
 - It would be nice to remove callr dependency and just rely on mirai/nanonext
 
-## 4
-
-- Empty files ideally shouldn't force a refresh
-
-## 5
-
-- Creating a file without any content shouldn't cause a refresh
-
 ## 6
 
 - Updating CSS shouldn't typically cause a refresh
@@ -23,7 +15,3 @@
 ## 7
 
 - Nanonext is currently only used because I want an async connection for the local webpage refresh. May not need to use nanonext, considering we fake the protocol on the JS side of things anyway
-
-## 9
-
-- text in the CLI can often be out of order
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-watcher.R b/tests/testthat/test-watcher.R
index 27d198d..f0302be 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-watcher.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-watcher.R
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ test_that("directory_state returns expected file state", {
         watcher_dir <<- withr::local_tempdir("testdir")
         writeLines("Hello world", file.path(watcher_dir, "hello.R"))
         writeLines("Bye world", file.path(watcher_dir, "bye.R"))
-        state <<- directory_state(watcher_dir, "*.gitignore")
+        file.create(file.path(watcher_dir, "empty.R"))
+        state <- directory_state(watcher_dir, "*.gitignore")
         expect_length(state, 2L)
         expect_length(names(state), 2L)
         expect_s3_class(state, c("POSIXct", "POSIXt"))