diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 87c5d9d7..fadb7396 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 # Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
 vendor/
 .idea
-_backup
\ No newline at end of file
+_backup
+_example
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crontab/README.md b/crontab/README.md
index b270da35..e331aa0b 100644
--- a/crontab/README.md
+++ b/crontab/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"log"
 
 	"github.com/go-kratos/kratos/v2"
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
@@ -17,35 +17,35 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
-		Addr: "127.0.0.1:6379",
-	})
-
-	if err := kratos.New(
-		kratos.Server(
-			NewCrontabServer(rdb),
-		),
-	).Run(); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-}
-
-func NewCrontabServer(rdb redis.Cmdable) *crontab.Server {
 	c := cron.New(
 		cron.WithSeconds(),
 	)
 
-	c.AddFunc("*/1 * * * * *", func() {
-		fmt.Println("Every hour on the half hour")
+	c.AddFunc("* * * * * *", func() {
+		log.Println("Hello world")
 	})
 
-	return crontab.NewServer(
-		c,
-		crontab.WithName("crontab:server"),
-		crontab.WithDebug(),
-		crontab.WithMutex(
-			redisMutex.New(rdb),
+	app := kratos.New(
+		kratos.Server(
+			crontab.NewServer(c,
+				crontab.WithMutex(redisMutex.New(redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
+					Addr: "localhost:6379",
+				}))),
+				crontab.WithDebug(),
+			),
 		),
 	)
+
+	app.Run()
 }
+```
+
+output:
+
+```bash
+2023/12/25 14:25:56 crontab: server started
+2023/12/25 14:25:57 Hello world
+2023/12/25 14:25:58 Hello world
+2023/12/25 14:25:59 Hello world
+2023/12/25 14:26:00 Hello world
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crontab/server.go b/crontab/server.go
index ad096f64..0ea2a59c 100644
--- a/crontab/server.go
+++ b/crontab/server.go
@@ -65,15 +65,14 @@ func NewServer(c *cron.Cron, opts ...Option) *Server {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
-	go s.run(ctx)
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *Server) run(ctx context.Context) {
 	timer := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+
 	defer func() {
-		_ = s.mutex.Unlock(ctx, s.name)
+		if s.running {
+			s.cron.Stop()
+		}
+
+		s.mutex.Unlock(ctx, s.name)
 		timer.Stop()
 	}()
 
@@ -81,22 +80,22 @@ func (s *Server) run(ctx context.Context) {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			s.log("crontab: server done")
-			return
+			return ctx.Err()
 		case <-s.stoped:
 			s.log("crontab: server stoped")
-			return
+			return nil
 		case <-timer.C:
 			if err := s.mutex.Lock(ctx, s.name); err != nil {
 				s.log(err)
 				continue
 			}
 
-			s.start(ctx)
+			s.start()
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *Server) start(ctx context.Context) {
+func (s *Server) start() {
 	s.runningMu.Lock()
 	defer s.runningMu.Unlock()
 
@@ -111,19 +110,11 @@ func (s *Server) start(ctx context.Context) {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
-	s.runningMu.Lock()
-	defer s.runningMu.Unlock()
-
-	if !s.running {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	s.running = false
-	s.cron.Stop()
+	s.log("crontab: server stopping")
 
 	close(s.stoped)
 
-	return s.mutex.Unlock(ctx, s.name)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *Server) log(v ...interface{}) {