diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -1,2 +1,14 @@
 # grawt
 graceful terminations for go applications
+
+## example usage
+
+```
+var waiter = grawt.NewWaiter()
+
+waiter.AddCloseHandler(func() {
+		nacl.FinalizeStan()
+	}, false)
+
+waiter.Wait()
+```
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diff --git a/close_handler.go b/close_handler.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/close_handler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package grawt
+
+type CloseHandler struct {
+	waiter      *Waiter
+	Quit        chan bool
+	active      bool
+	autoDone    bool
+	handlerFunc *func()
+}
+
+func (ch *CloseHandler) Halt(err error) {
+	ch.waiter.Halt(err)
+}
+
+func (ch *CloseHandler) Done() {
+	ch.waiter.terminateHandler(ch, true)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+module github.com/jar3b/grawt
+
+require github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.1
diff --git a/waiter.go b/waiter.go
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+++ b/waiter.go
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+package grawt
+
+import (
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"sync"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+type Waiter struct {
+	waitGroup     sync.WaitGroup
+	closeHandlers []*CloseHandler
+}
+
+func (w *Waiter) addHandler(f *func(), autoDone bool) *CloseHandler {
+	ch := CloseHandler{
+		w,
+		make(chan bool, 1),
+		true,
+		autoDone,
+		f,
+	}
+	w.waitGroup.Add(1)
+	w.closeHandlers = append(w.closeHandlers, &ch)
+
+	return &ch
+}
+
+func (w *Waiter) terminateHandler(h *CloseHandler, forceWaitGroupDone bool) {
+	if h.handlerFunc != nil && *h.handlerFunc != nil {
+		(*h.handlerFunc)()
+	}
+	h.Quit <- true
+	if h.autoDone || forceWaitGroupDone {
+		w.waitGroup.Done()
+	}
+	h.active = false
+}
+
+func (w *Waiter) AddCloseHandler(f func(), waitForChannel bool) *CloseHandler {
+	return w.addHandler(&f, !waitForChannel)
+}
+
+func (w *Waiter) Halt(err error) {
+	for _, h := range w.closeHandlers {
+		if h.active {
+			w.terminateHandler(h, false)
+		}
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Program was terminated with error: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		log.Info("Program was terminated gracefully.")
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *Waiter) Wait() {
+	log.Info("Waiting...")
+	w.waitGroup.Wait()
+}
+
+func (w *Waiter) onSignal(sig os.Signal) {
+	log.Infof("Received signal '%s'! Exiting...", sig.String())
+	w.Halt(nil)
+}
+
+func NewWaiter() *Waiter {
+	w := Waiter{
+		sync.WaitGroup{},
+		make([]*CloseHandler, 0),
+	}
+	sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sigs, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+
+	go func() {
+		sig := <-sigs
+		w.onSignal(sig)
+	}()
+
+	return &w
+}