diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/lsp4ij/DocumentContentSynchronizer.java b/src/main/java/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/lsp4ij/DocumentContentSynchronizer.java
index fd59f809c..25c73a27f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/lsp4ij/DocumentContentSynchronizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/lsp4ij/DocumentContentSynchronizer.java
@@ -157,10 +157,7 @@ private TextDocumentContentChangeEvent createChangeEvent(DocumentEvent event) {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public void documentSaved(DocumentEvent event) {
-        long timestamp = event.getOldTimeStamp();
-        Document document = event.getDocument();
-        this.modificationStamp = timestamp;
+    public void documentSaved() {
         ServerCapabilities serverCapabilities = languageServerWrapper.getServerCapabilities();
         if (serverCapabilities != null) {
             Either<TextDocumentSyncKind, TextDocumentSyncOptions> textDocumentSync = serverCapabilities.getTextDocumentSync();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/lsp4ij/LanguageServerWrapper.java b/src/main/java/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/lsp4ij/LanguageServerWrapper.java
index adb8bd15d..96cd48a15 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/lsp4ij/LanguageServerWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/lsp4ij/LanguageServerWrapper.java
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.Module;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.*;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.impl.BulkVirtualFileListenerAdapter;
 import com.intellij.util.messages.MessageBusConnection;
 import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.lsp4ij.client.LanguageClientImpl;
 import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.lsp4ij.internal.SupportedFeatures;
@@ -65,27 +66,7 @@ public class LanguageServerWrapper implements Disposable {
     private static final String CLIENT_NAME = "IntelliJ";
     private static final int MAX_NUMBER_OF_RESTART_ATTEMPTS = 20; // TODO move this max value in settings
 
-    class Listener implements DocumentListener, FileDocumentManagerListener, FileEditorManagerListener {
-
-        @Override
-        public void documentChanged(@NotNull DocumentEvent event) {
-            URI uri = LSPIJUtils.toUri(event.getDocument());
-            if (uri != null) {
-                DocumentContentSynchronizer documentListener = connectedDocuments.get(uri);
-                if (documentListener != null && documentListener.getModificationStamp() < event.getOldTimeStamp()) {
-                    documentListener.documentSaved(event);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void beforeDocumentSaving(@NotNull Document document) {
-            /*VirtualFile file = LSPIJUtils.getFile(document);
-            URI uri = LSPIJUtils.toUri(file);
-            if (uri != null) {
-                disconnect(uri);
-            }*/
-        }
+    class Listener implements FileEditorManagerListener, VirtualFileListener {
 
         @Override
         public void fileClosed(@NotNull FileEditorManager source, @NotNull VirtualFile file) {
@@ -101,6 +82,17 @@ public void fileClosed(@NotNull FileEditorManager source, @NotNull VirtualFile f
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void contentsChanged(@NotNull VirtualFileEvent event) {
+            URI uri = LSPIJUtils.toUri(event.getFile());
+            if (uri != null) {
+                DocumentContentSynchronizer documentListener = connectedDocuments.get(uri);
+                if (documentListener != null) {
+                    documentListener.documentSaved();
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private Listener fileBufferListener = new Listener();
@@ -347,10 +339,11 @@ public synchronized void start() throws LanguageServerException {
                                 }
                             }
                         });
-                        EditorFactory.getInstance().getEventMulticaster().addDocumentListener(fileBufferListener);
+
                         messageBusConnection = ApplicationManager.getApplication().getMessageBus().connect();
-                        messageBusConnection.subscribe(AppTopics.FILE_DOCUMENT_SYNC, fileBufferListener);
                         messageBusConnection.subscribe(FileEditorManagerListener.FILE_EDITOR_MANAGER, fileBufferListener);
+                        messageBusConnection.subscribe(VirtualFileManager.VFS_CHANGES, new BulkVirtualFileListenerAdapter(fileBufferListener));
+
                         udateStatus(ServerStatus.started);
                         getLanguageServerLifecycleManager().onStatusChanged(this);
                     }).exceptionally(e -> {
@@ -552,7 +545,6 @@ public synchronized void stop(boolean alreadyStopping) {
             this.languageServer = null;
             this.languageClient = null;
 
-            EditorFactory.getInstance().getEventMulticaster().removeDocumentListener(fileBufferListener);
             if (messageBusConnection != null) {
                 messageBusConnection.disconnect();
             }