diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f24a68..8053be6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Install both:
         log.Println(e)
     }
     w.AddServer("127.0.0.1:4730")
-    w.AddFunc("ToUpper", ToUpper, 0)
+    w.AddFunc("ToUpper", ToUpper, worker.Immediately)
     w.AddFunc("ToUpperTimeOut5", ToUpper, 5)
     w.Work()
 
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Xing Xing <mikespook@gmail.com>
 
 # History
 
+ * 0.1.2    Fixed issues: timeout executing, resources leaking.
  * 0.1.1    Fixed the issue of grabbing jobs.
  * 0.1      Code refactoring; Redesign the API.
  * 0.0.1    Initial implementation, ugly code-style, slow profermance and unstable API.
diff --git a/example/py/client.py b/example/py/client.py
index 9f2f2e1..1cb3777 100755
--- a/example/py/client.py
+++ b/example/py/client.py
@@ -12,16 +12,26 @@ def check_request_status(job_request):
 
 def main():
     client = gearman.GearmanClient(['localhost:4730', 'otherhost:4730'])
-    completed_job_request = client.submit_job("ToUpper", "arbitrary binary data")
-    check_request_status(completed_job_request)
+    try:
+        completed_job_request = client.submit_job("ToUpper", "arbitrary binary data")
+        check_request_status(completed_job_request)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print type(e)
 
-    completed_job_request = client.submit_job("ToUpperTimeOut5", "arbitrary binary data")
-    check_request_status(completed_job_request)
 
-    completed_job_request = client.submit_job("ToUpperTimeOut20", "arbitrary binary data")
-    check_request_status(completed_job_request)
+    try:
+        completed_job_request = client.submit_job("ToUpperTimeOut5", "arbitrary binary data")
+        check_request_status(completed_job_request)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print type(e)
 
 
+    try:
+        completed_job_request = client.submit_job("ToUpperTimeOut20", "arbitrary binary data")
+        check_request_status(completed_job_request)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print type(e)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
 
diff --git a/example/worker.go b/example/worker.go
index 6e06ca4..3975cac 100644
--- a/example/worker.go
+++ b/example/worker.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func main() {
         return nil
     }
     w.AddServer("127.0.0.1:4730")
-    w.AddFunc("ToUpper", ToUpper, 0)
+    w.AddFunc("ToUpper", ToUpper, worker.Immediately)
     w.AddFunc("ToUpperTimeOut5", ToUpperDelay10, 5)
     w.AddFunc("ToUpperTimeOut20", ToUpperDelay10, 20)
     go w.Work()
diff --git a/worker/job.go b/worker/job.go
index e3cebe0..278216a 100644
--- a/worker/job.go
+++ b/worker/job.go
@@ -91,12 +91,18 @@ func (job *Job) UpdateStatus(numerator, denominator int) {
     job.agent.WriteJob(newJob(common.REQ, common.WORK_STATUS, result))
 }
 
+// close the job
+func (job *Job) Close() {
+    close(job.c)
+}
+
 // cancel the job executing
 func (job *Job) cancel() {
+    defer func() {recover()}()
     job.c <- true
 }
 
 // When a job was canceled, return a true form a channel
-func (job *Job) Canceled() chan bool {
+func (job *Job) Canceled() <-chan bool {
     return job.c
 }
diff --git a/worker/worker.go b/worker/worker.go
index b248aaa..27f92a9 100644
--- a/worker/worker.go
+++ b/worker/worker.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 const (
     Unlimited = 0
     OneByOne = 1
+
+    Immediately = 0
 )
 
 var (
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 // Job handler
 type JobHandler func(*Job) error
 
-type JobFunc func(job *Job) ([]byte, error)
+type JobFunc func(*Job) ([]byte, error)
 
 // The definition of the callback function.
 type jobFunc struct {
@@ -179,21 +181,20 @@ func (worker *Worker) Work() {
     var job *Job
     for ok {
         if job, ok = <-worker.in; ok {
-            switch job.DataType {
-            case common.ERROR:
-                go func() {
+            go func() {
+                defer job.Close()
+                switch job.DataType {
+                case common.ERROR:
                     _, err := common.GetError(job.Data)
                     worker.err(err)
-                }()
-            case common.JOB_ASSIGN, common.JOB_ASSIGN_UNIQ:
-                go func() {
+                case common.JOB_ASSIGN, common.JOB_ASSIGN_UNIQ:
                     if err := worker.exec(job); err != nil {
                         worker.err(err)
                     }
-                }()
-            default:
-                go worker.handleJob(job)
-            }
+                default:
+                    worker.handleJob(job)
+                }
+            }()
         }
     }
 }
@@ -272,26 +273,12 @@ func (worker *Worker) exec(job *Job) (err error) {
     if !ok {
         return common.Errorf("The function does not exist: %s", funcname)
     }
-    var r result
+    var r *result
     if f.timeout == 0 {
-        r.data, r.err = f.f(job)
+        d, e := f.f(job)
+        r = &result{data:d, err: e}
     } else {
-        rslt := make(chan *result)
-        defer close(rslt)
-        go func() {
-            defer func() {recover()}()
-            var r result
-            r.data, r.err = f.f(job)
-            rslt <- &r
-        }()
-        select {
-        case re := <-rslt:
-            r.data = re.data
-            r.err = re.err
-        case <-time.After(time.Duration(f.timeout) * time.Second):
-            r.err = common.ErrExecTimeOut
-            job.cancel()
-        }
+        r = execTimeout(f.f, job, time.Duration(f.timeout) * time.Second)
     }
     var datatype uint32
     if r.err == nil {
@@ -327,3 +314,20 @@ type result struct {
     data []byte
     err error
 }
+
+func execTimeout(f JobFunc, job *Job, timeout time.Duration) (r *result) {
+    rslt := make(chan *result)
+    defer close(rslt)
+    go func() {
+        defer func() {recover()}()
+        d, e := f(job)
+        rslt <- &result{data: d, err: e}
+    }()
+    select {
+    case r = <-rslt:
+    case <-time.After(timeout):
+        go job.cancel()
+        return &result{err:common.ErrExecTimeOut}
+    }
+    return r
+}