diff --git a/wakerup/wakerup.py b/wakerup/wakerup.py
index 179a6da..c8f5ad9 100644
--- a/wakerup/wakerup.py
+++ b/wakerup/wakerup.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def is_awake(self, host):
 class WakeupEventHandler(PatternMatchingEventHandler):
     """Subclass of the Watchdog event handler
 
-       Keeps observing the directdory of the file specified for activity.  Any file
+       Keeps observing the directory of the file specified for activity.  Any file
        creation/modification/deletion/moves trigger an event handler, where the filename
        of the triggering event is checked for the file we care about.  If it's a match,
        then we call back into the WakerUp class which handles the pattern matching of the
@@ -172,4 +172,4 @@ def sigterm_handler(_signo, _stack_frame):
     # Set up signal handler for graceful docker quitting
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigterm_handler)
 
-    wakerup = WakerUp(options['CONFIGFILE'])
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+    wakerup = WakerUp(options['CONFIGFILE'])