diff --git a/fsevents.c b/fsevents.c
index 9a4f933..bddaf6d 100644
--- a/fsevents.c
+++ b/fsevents.c
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ open_fsevents(lua_State *L)
 		.fd = &fsevents_fd,
 	};
 	int fd = open(DEV_FSEVENTS, O_RDONLY);
+	int err = errno;
 	printlogf(L, "Warn", 
 		"Using /dev/fsevents which is considered an OSX internal interface.");
 	printlogf(L, "Warn", 
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ open_fsevents(lua_State *L)
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		printlogf(L, "Error", 
 			"Cannot access %s monitor! (%d:%s)", 
-			DEV_FSEVENTS, errno, strerror(errno));
+			DEV_FSEVENTS, err, strerror(err));
 		exit(-1); // ERRNO
 	}
 
diff --git a/lsyncd.lua b/lsyncd.lua
index 65d225b..c6fbf66 100644
--- a/lsyncd.lua
+++ b/lsyncd.lua
@@ -3211,6 +3211,7 @@ local default_rsyncssh = {
 		spawn(elist, "/usr/bin/rsync", 
 			"<", zPaths, 
 			config.rsyncOps,
+			"-r",
 			"--from0",
 			"--files-from=-",
 			config.source, 
diff --git a/tests/churn-rsyncssh.lua b/tests/churn-rsyncssh.lua
index 3ebdeae..914268b 100755
--- a/tests/churn-rsyncssh.lua
+++ b/tests/churn-rsyncssh.lua
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ local pid = spawn("./lsyncd", "-nodaemon", "-delay", "5",
 cwriteln("waiting for Lsyncd to startup")
 posix.sleep(1)
 
-churn(srcdir, 20)
+churn(srcdir, 100)
 
 cwriteln("waiting for Lsyncd to finish its jobs.")
 posix.sleep(10)