diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28f4e6a..075749a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 // loadService - creates a new service and starts it
 func loadService() {
 	// creating new service with name and graceful shutdown time duration
-	service := ggservice.NewService("SSG Service", 5*time.Second)
+	service := ggservice.NewService("SSG Service", 5*time.Second, "arg1", "arg2")
 
 	// starting the service (please note you can choose to not implement any of these by using nil instead)
 	waitgroup := &sync.WaitGroup{}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func loadService() {
 }
 
 // start runs when the service starts
-func start() error {
+func start(args ...any) error {
 	fmt.Println("starting function")
 	return nil
 }
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ func run() error {
 }
 
 // forceExit is being run when the application is trying to force a shutdown (non-gracefully)
-func forceExit() {
+func forceExit() error {
 	log.Fatalln(errors.New("forced stop: timeout"))
+	return nil
 }
+
 ```
 
 ## Contributors
diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 9e29c22..20f09ba 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module example
 
 go 1.22
 
-require github.com/lmbek/ggservice v0.0.1
+require github.com/lmbek/ggservice v1.3.0
diff --git a/example/go.sum b/example/go.sum
index 4142277..2e73aa8 100644
--- a/example/go.sum
+++ b/example/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-github.com/lmbek/ggservice v0.0.1 h1:mEilAgiXFsg9vKkO29WpVo18JVa60pVU6AjnNRnP/k8=
-github.com/lmbek/ggservice v0.0.1/go.mod h1:WeUwfPy3SOcZV6IH700psgyvIK1ZzYqztnbMW3EEcBk=
+github.com/lmbek/ggservice v1.3.0 h1:qd1sWy4RW4Kn0CFhQ+NkXDwV9wUES+i2rhrhTAch8k0=
+github.com/lmbek/ggservice v1.3.0/go.mod h1:WeUwfPy3SOcZV6IH700psgyvIK1ZzYqztnbMW3EEcBk=
diff --git a/example/main.go b/example/main.go
index 2095cd0..e9e3289 100644
--- a/example/main.go
+++ b/example/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func main() {
 // loadService - creates a new service and starts it
 func loadService() {
 	// creating new service with name and graceful shutdown time duration
-	service := ggservice.NewService("SSG Service", 5*time.Second)
+	service := ggservice.NewService("SSG Service", 5*time.Second, "arg1", "arg2")
 
 	// starting the service (please note you can choose to not implement any of these by using nil instead)
 	waitgroup := &sync.WaitGroup{}
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func loadService() {
 }
 
 // start runs when the service starts
-func start() error {
+func start(args ...any) error {
 	fmt.Println("starting function")
 	return nil
 }
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func run() error {
 }
 
 // forceExit is being run when the application is trying to force a shutdown (non-gracefully)
-func forceExit() {
+func forceExit() error {
 	log.Fatalln(errors.New("forced stop: timeout"))
+	return nil
 }