diff --git a/app/tootify.rb b/app/tootify.rb
index 23d877a..e36e5b7 100644
--- a/app/tootify.rb
+++ b/app/tootify.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ require_relative 'bluesky_account'
 require_relative 'mastodon_account'
 
 class Tootify
+  attr_accessor :check_interval
+
   def initialize
     @bluesky = BlueskyAccount.new
     @mastodon = MastodonAccount.new
+    @check_interval = 60
   end
 
   def login_bluesky(handle)
@@ -54,6 +57,13 @@ class Tootify
     end
   end
 
+  def watch
+    loop do
+      sync
+      sleep @check_interval
+    end
+  end
+
   def post_to_mastodon(record)
     p record
 
diff --git a/tootify b/tootify
index aad20c9..5232169 100755
--- a/tootify
+++ b/tootify
@@ -3,16 +3,24 @@
 require 'bundler/setup'
 require_relative 'app/tootify'
 
-$app = Tootify.new
-
 def run(argv)
   options, args = argv.partition { |x| x.start_with?('-') }
 
+  app = Tootify.new
+
+  options.each do |o|
+    if o.start_with?('--interval=')
+      app.check_interval = o.split('=')[1].to_i
+    end
+  end
+
   case args.first
   when 'login'
     login(args[1])
   when 'check'
-    $app.sync
+    app.sync
+  when 'watch'
+    app.watch
   else
     print_help
   end
@@ -25,10 +33,12 @@ def print_help
 end
 
 def login(name)
+  app = Tootify.new
+
   if name =~ /\A[^@]+@[^@]+\z/
-    $app.login_mastodon(name)
+    app.login_mastodon(name)
   elsif name =~ /\A@[^@]+\z/
-    $app.login_bluesky(name)
+    app.login_bluesky(name)
   elsif name.nil?
     print_help
   else