diff --git a/etcd/Response.hpp b/etcd/Response.hpp
index 25426a3..d1dfd19 100644
--- a/etcd/Response.hpp
+++ b/etcd/Response.hpp
@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ class Response {
    */
   Value const& prev_value() const;
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the index-th action of the response to an 'recursive watch'
+   * operation. Equivalent to actions()[index]
+   */
+  std::string const& action(int index) const;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the vector of actions in a directory in response to an 'recursive
+   * watch' operation.
+   */
+  std::vector<std::string> const& actions() const;
+
   /**
    * Returns the index-th value of the response to an 'ls' operation. Equivalent
    * to values()[index]
@@ -220,6 +232,7 @@ class Response {
   std::string _action;
   Value _value;
   Value _prev_value;
+  std::vector<std::string> _actions;  // for recursive watch
   Values _values;
   Keys _keys;
   int64_t _compact_revision = -1;  // for watch
diff --git a/etcd/v3/V3Response.hpp b/etcd/v3/V3Response.hpp
index c5042b7..573d196 100644
--- a/etcd/v3/V3Response.hpp
+++ b/etcd/v3/V3Response.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 namespace etcdv3 {
 class V3Response {
  public:
-  V3Response() : error_code(0), index(0){};
+  V3Response() : error_code(0), index(0) {};
   void set_error_code(int code);
   int get_error_code() const;
   std::string const& get_error_message() const;
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class V3Response {
   void set_action(std::string action);
   int64_t get_index() const;
   std::string const& get_action() const;
+  std::vector<std::string> const& get_actions() const;
   std::vector<etcdv3::KeyValue> const& get_values() const;
   std::vector<etcdv3::KeyValue> const& get_prev_values() const;
   etcdv3::KeyValue const& get_value() const;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class V3Response {
   std::string action;
   etcdv3::KeyValue value;
   etcdv3::KeyValue prev_value;
+  std::vector<std::string> actions;
   std::vector<etcdv3::KeyValue> values;
   std::vector<etcdv3::KeyValue> prev_values;
   int64_t compact_revision = -1;
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 19687db..f3b5716 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,3 +84,9 @@ else()
     install(TARGETS etcd-cpp-api-core etcd-cpp-api
             EXPORT etcd-targets)
 endif()
+
+target_include_directories(etcd-cpp-api INTERFACE 
+			   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}>)
+
+add_executable(main main.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE etcd-cpp-api)
diff --git a/src/Response.cpp b/src/Response.cpp
index 6a6a3d6..f9f2b0c 100644
--- a/src/Response.cpp
+++ b/src/Response.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ etcd::Response::Response(const etcdv3::V3Response& reply,
   _error_message = reply.get_error_message();
   if (reply.has_values()) {
     auto val = reply.get_values();
+    auto action = reply.get_actions();
     for (unsigned int index = 0; index < val.size(); index++) {
+      if (index < action.size()) {
+        _actions.push_back(action[index]);
+      }
       _values.push_back(Value(val[index]));
       _keys.push_back(val[index].kvs.key());
     }
@@ -96,6 +100,14 @@ etcd::Value const& etcd::Response::value() const { return _value; }
 
 etcd::Value const& etcd::Response::prev_value() const { return _prev_value; }
 
+std::vector<std::string> const& etcd::Response::actions() const {
+  return _actions;
+}
+
+std::string const& etcd::Response::action(int index) const {
+  return _actions[index];
+}
+
 etcd::Values const& etcd::Response::values() const { return _values; }
 
 etcd::Value const& etcd::Response::value(int index) const {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b9d912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#include <etcd/SyncClient.hpp>
+#include <etcd/Watcher.hpp>
+
+int main() {
+  auto etcd_client = etcd::SyncClient("http://127.0.0.1:2379");
+  etcd_client.rmdir("/test", true);
+  etcd_client.put("/test/0", "val_0");
+  auto ls_resp = etcd_client.ls("/test");
+  etcd_client.put("/test/1", "val_1");
+  etcd_client.put("/test/2", "val_2");
+  etcd_client.rm("/test/2");
+
+  auto watcher = etcd::Watcher(
+      etcd_client, "/test", ls_resp.index() + 1,
+      [](const etcd::Response& resp) {
+        auto actions = resp.actions();
+        auto values = resp.values();
+        std::cout << "size of values: " << values.size() << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "size of keys: " << resp.keys().size() << std::endl;
+        for (auto i = 0u; i < values.size(); ++i) {
+          auto action = actions[i];
+          auto val = values[i];
+          std::cout << "action: " << action << ", key: " << val.key()
+                    << ", val: " << val.as_string() << std::endl;
+          // callback(
+          //     response(resp.action(), val.key(), val.as_string()));
+        }
+      },
+      true /*recursive*/);
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/v3/Action.cpp b/src/v3/Action.cpp
index fff45e4..8a03f3a 100644
--- a/src/v3/Action.cpp
+++ b/src/v3/Action.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ etcdv3::Action::Action(etcdv3::ActionParameters&& params) {
 etcdv3::Action::~Action() {
   cq_.Shutdown();
 
+  void* tag;
+  bool ok;
+  while (cq_.Next(&tag, &ok)) {
+    // Optionally, handle or log the tag/ok if needed
+  }
+
   // cancel on-the-fly calls
   context.TryCancel();
 }
diff --git a/src/v3/AsyncGRPC.cpp b/src/v3/AsyncGRPC.cpp
index bc1dcdd..49ec773 100644
--- a/src/v3/AsyncGRPC.cpp
+++ b/src/v3/AsyncGRPC.cpp
@@ -283,24 +283,33 @@ void etcdv3::AsyncWatchResponse::ParseResponse(WatchResponse& reply) {
     auto event = reply.events(cnt);
     if (mvccpb::Event::EventType::Event_EventType_PUT == event.type()) {
       if (event.kv().version() == 1) {
-        action = etcdv3::CREATE_ACTION;
+        actions.emplace_back(etcdv3::CREATE_ACTION);
       } else {
-        action = etcdv3::SET_ACTION;
+        actions.emplace_back(etcdv3::SET_ACTION);
       }
-      value.kvs = event.kv();
+      etcdv3::KeyValue kv;
+      kv.kvs.CopyFrom(event.kv());
+      values.push_back(kv);
     } else if (mvccpb::Event::EventType::Event_EventType_DELETE_ ==
                event.type()) {
-      action = etcdv3::DELETE_ACTION;
-      value.kvs = event.kv();
+      actions.emplace_back(etcdv3::DELETE_ACTION);
+      etcdv3::KeyValue kv;
+      kv.kvs.CopyFrom(event.kv());
+      values.push_back(kv);
     }
     if (event.has_prev_kv()) {
-      prev_value.kvs = event.prev_kv();
+      etcdv3::KeyValue kv;
+      kv.kvs.CopyFrom(event.prev_kv());
+      prev_values.emplace_back(kv);
     }
-    // just store the first occurence of the key in values.
-    // this is done so tas client will not need to change their behaviour.
-    // break immediately
-    break;
   }
+
+  if (not actions.empty())
+    action = actions[0];
+  if (not values.empty())
+    value = values[0];
+  if (not prev_values.empty())
+    prev_value = prev_values[0];
 }
 
 etcdv3::AsyncCampaignAction::AsyncCampaignAction(
diff --git a/src/v3/V3Response.cpp b/src/v3/V3Response.cpp
index 21a235f..36a1c44 100644
--- a/src/v3/V3Response.cpp
+++ b/src/v3/V3Response.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ void etcdv3::V3Response::set_action(std::string action) {
   this->action = action;
 }
 
+std::vector<std::string> const& etcdv3::V3Response::get_actions() const {
+  return actions;
+}
+
 std::vector<etcdv3::KeyValue> const& etcdv3::V3Response::get_values() const {
   return values;
 }