diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index cc9df6f..53ddd77 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ default_language_version:
 
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v4.1.0
+  rev: v4.3.0
   hooks:
   - id: check-added-large-files
   - id: check-case-conflict
@@ -14,24 +14,24 @@ repos:
   - id: end-of-file-fixer
   - id: trailing-whitespace
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-  rev: v2.6.0
+  rev: v3.0.0-alpha.0
   hooks:
     - id: prettier
       types_or:
         - css
 - repo: https://github.com/standard/standard
-  rev: v17.0.0-2
+  rev: v17.0.0
   hooks:
     - id: standard
       args:
       - --env=browser
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-  rev: v2.31.1
+  rev: v2.37.3
   hooks:
   - id: pyupgrade
     args: [--py37-plus]
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: 22.1.0
+  rev: 22.8.0
   hooks:
   - id: black
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ repos:
   hooks:
   - id: isort
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-  rev: 4.0.1
+  rev: 5.0.4
   hooks:
   - id: flake8
     additional_dependencies:
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ repos:
   - id: check-manifest
     args: [--no-build-isolation]
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-  rev: v0.941
+  rev: v0.971
   hooks:
   - id: mypy
diff --git a/src/django_watchfiles/__init__.py b/src/django_watchfiles/__init__.py
index 6093061..b10d7d4 100644
--- a/src/django_watchfiles/__init__.py
+++ b/src/django_watchfiles/__init__.py
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Callable, Generator
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Generator
+from typing import Any
 
 import watchfiles
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import autoreload
+from django.utils.autoreload import run_with_reloader
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
 
 class WatchfilesReloader(autoreload.BaseReloader):
+    def __init__(self, watchfiles_settings: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.watchfiles_settings = watchfiles_settings
+
     def watched_roots(self, watched_files: list[Path]) -> frozenset[Path]:
         extra_directories = self.directory_globs.keys()
         watched_file_dirs = {f.parent for f in watched_files}
@@ -17,15 +26,31 @@ def watched_roots(self, watched_files: list[Path]) -> frozenset[Path]:
     def tick(self) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
         watched_files = list(self.watched_files(include_globs=False))
         roots = autoreload.common_roots(self.watched_roots(watched_files))
-        watcher = watchfiles.watch(*roots, debug=True)
+        watcher = watchfiles.watch(*roots, **self.watchfiles_settings)
         for file_changes in watcher:
             for _change, path in file_changes:
                 self.notify_file_changed(Path(path))
             yield
 
 
-def replaced_get_reloader() -> autoreload.BaseReloader:
-    return WatchfilesReloader()
+def replaced_run_with_reloader(
+    main_func: Callable[..., Any], *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
+) -> None:
+    watchfiles_settings = getattr(settings, "WATCHFILES", {})
+    if "watch_filter" in watchfiles_settings:
+        watchfiles_settings["watch_filter"] = import_string(
+            watchfiles_settings["watch_filter"]
+        )()
+    if watchfiles_settings.get("debug"):
+        log_level = logging.DEBUG
+    else:
+        log_level = 40 - 10 * kwargs["verbosity"]
+
+    watchfiles_settings["debug"] = log_level == logging.DEBUG
+    logging.getLogger("watchfiles").setLevel(log_level)
+
+    autoreload.get_reloader = lambda: WatchfilesReloader(watchfiles_settings)
+    return run_with_reloader(main_func, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-autoreload.get_reloader = replaced_get_reloader
+autoreload.run_with_reloader = replaced_run_with_reloader