diff --git a/src/main.coffee b/src/main.coffee
index 7a1557e..a781d8e 100644
--- a/src/main.coffee
+++ b/src/main.coffee
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ class HandleWatcher extends EventEmitter
     @handle = binding.watch(@path)
     if handleWatchers.has(@handle)
       troubleWatcher = handleWatchers.get(@handle)
-      throw new Error("The handle(#{@handle}) returned by watching #{@path} is the same with an already watched path(#{troubleWatcher.path})")
+      troubleWatcher.close()
+      console.error("The handle(#{@handle}) returned by watching #{@path} is the same with an already watched path(#{troubleWatcher.path})")
     handleWatchers.add(@handle, this)
 
   closeIfNoListener: ->