diff --git a/examples/asynchronous_telebot/detect_changes.py b/examples/asynchronous_telebot/detect_changes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a0e142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/asynchronous_telebot/detect_changes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# This is a simple echo bot using the decorator mechanism.
+# It echoes any incoming text messages.
+
+from telebot.async_telebot import AsyncTeleBot
+bot = AsyncTeleBot('TOKEN')
+
+
+
+# Handle '/start' and '/help'
+@bot.message_handler(commands=['help', 'start'])
+async def send_welcome(message):
+    await bot.reply_to(message, """\
+Hi there, I am EchoBot.
+I am here to echo your kind words back to you. Just say anything nice and I'll say the exact same thing to you!\
+""")
+
+
+# Handle all other messages with content_type 'text' (content_types defaults to ['text'])
+@bot.message_handler(func=lambda message: True)
+async def echo_message(message):
+    await bot.reply_to(message, message.text)
+
+
+import asyncio
+# only new versions(4.7.0+)
+asyncio.run(bot.polling(restart_on_change=True))
diff --git a/examples/detect_changes.py b/examples/detect_changes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da2a2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/detect_changes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# This is a simple echo bot using the decorator mechanism.
+# It echoes any incoming text messages.
+
+import telebot
+
+API_TOKEN = '<api_token>'
+
+bot = telebot.TeleBot(API_TOKEN)
+
+
+# Handle '/start' and '/help'
+@bot.message_handler(commands=['help', 'start'])
+def send_welcome(message):
+    bot.reply_to(message, """\
+Hi there, I am EchoBot.
+I am here to echo your kind words back to you. Just say anything nice and I'll say the exact same thing to you!\
+""")
+
+
+# Handle all other messages with content_type 'text' (content_types defaults to ['text'])
+@bot.message_handler(func=lambda message: True)
+def echo_message(message):
+    bot.reply_to(message, message.text)
+
+# only versions greater than 4.7.0
+bot.infinity_polling(restart_on_change=True)
diff --git a/telebot/__init__.py b/telebot/__init__.py
index 98f2aca..9d4c021 100644
--- a/telebot/__init__.py
+++ b/telebot/__init__.py
@@ -896,7 +896,9 @@ class TeleBot:
         self.event_handler = EventHandler()
         path = path_to_watch if path_to_watch else None
         if path is None:
-            path = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else '.' # current directory
+            # Make it possible to specify --path argument to the script
+            path = sys.argv[sys.argv.index('--path') + 1] if '--path' in sys.argv else '.'
+
             
         self.observer = Observer()
         self.observer.schedule(self.event_handler, path, recursive=True)
diff --git a/telebot/async_telebot.py b/telebot/async_telebot.py
index 4279fbd..148bb40 100644
--- a/telebot/async_telebot.py
+++ b/telebot/async_telebot.py
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ class AsyncTeleBot:
         self.event_handler = EventHandler()
         path = path_to_watch if path_to_watch else None
         if path is None:
-            path = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else '.' # current directory
+            # Make it possible to specify --path argument to the script
+            path = sys.argv[sys.argv.index('--path') + 1] if '--path' in sys.argv else '.'
             
         self.observer = Observer()
         self.observer.schedule(self.event_handler, path, recursive=True)