diff --git a/persistence.go b/persistence.go
index 0f8896d68f3647050571f966b8af7f89d0b07d17..1674e8fb4b5ee747ae9e14d7ecc52053a77b7db1 100644
--- a/persistence.go
+++ b/persistence.go
@@ -409,6 +409,21 @@ func CreateJobAndSchedulerFromPersistence(jobImport JobPersistence, manager *Man
 
 		scheduler = &TimeScheduler{Time: *jobImport.Scheduler.Time}
 
+	case "inotify":
+
+		if jobImport.Scheduler.Path == "" {
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: path is empty", ErrSchedulerMisconfiguration)
+		}
+
+		if fi, err := os.Stat(jobImport.Scheduler.Path); err != nil || !fi.IsDir() {
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: path %s does not exist or is not a directory", ErrSchedulerMisconfiguration, jobImport.Scheduler.Path)
+		}
+
+		scheduler = &InotifyScheduler{
+			Path:       jobImport.Scheduler.Path,
+			EventFlags: jobImport.Scheduler.EventFlags,
+		}
+
 	default:
 		return nil, nil, ErrUnknownSchedulerType
 	}