diff --git a/hooks.js b/hooks.js
index d5614f1..512d6c2 100644
--- a/hooks.js
+++ b/hooks.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const fs = require('fs').promises;
 const ms = require('ms');
 const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
 
 const getHooksRoot = () => path.join(os.homedir(), '/.syncthing-hooks');
 
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ const readHooksRoot = async root => {
   try {
     const files = await fs.readdir(root);
     return files;
-  } catch {
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
     return [];
   }
 };
@@ -33,6 +35,26 @@ const collectHooks = async () => {
   return parseHooks(root, hooks);
 };
 
+const waitForProcess = childProcess =>
+  new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    childProcess.once('exit', code =>
+      code === 0
+        ? resolve(null)
+        : reject(new Error(`hook failed with code: ${code}`))
+    );
+    childProcess.once('error', error => reject(error));
+  });
+
+const runHook = hook =>
+  waitForProcess(
+    spawn(hook.path, [], {
+      cwd: path.dirname(hook.path),
+      shell: true,
+      stdio: [process.stdin, process.stdout, process.stderr],
+    })
+  );
+
 module.exports = {
   collectHooks,
+  runHook,
 };
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 00a1f65..e938049
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 const { fetchNewEvents } = require('./api');
-const { collectHooks } = require('./hooks');
+const { collectHooks, runHook } = require('./hooks');
 
 require('dotenv').config();
 
 const state = {
   seenIds: null,
   mostRecentEventForFolder: null,
+  promisesForHooks: new Map(),
 };
 
 const getMostRecentEvents = (events, monitoredFolders) => {
@@ -50,13 +51,31 @@ setInterval(async () => {
     .filter(x => deltaForFolders[x.folder])
     .forEach(hook => {
       const timeToWait = hook.time - deltaForFolders[hook.folder];
-      console.log(timeToWait);
+      console.log(`scheduled hook "${hook.path}" to run in ${timeToWait}ms`);
       if (timeToWait < 0) {
-        delete state.mostRecentEventForFolder[hook.folder];
-        console.log('running hook', hook);
+        const existingPromise = state.promisesForHooks[hook.path];
+        if (existingPromise) {
+          console.log(
+            `hook "${hook.path}" was skipped because it is already running`
+          );
+        } else {
+          delete state.mostRecentEventForFolder[hook.folder];
+          console.log(`running hook "${hook.path}"`);
+          const promise = runHook(hook);
+          state.promisesForHooks[hook.path] = promise;
+          promise
+            .then(() => {
+              console.log(`successfully ran hook "${hook.path}"`);
+            })
+            .catch(error => {
+              console.error(`failed to run hook "${hook.path}": ${error}`);
+            })
+            .finally(() => {
+              delete state.promisesForHooks[hook.path];
+            });
+        }
       }
     });
 
-  console.warn(deltaForFolders);
   state.seenIds = seenIds;
-}, 2000);
+}, 30000);