diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8adc70f..c18d72b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
+0.8.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/run/run.go b/internal/run/run.go
index f5bd48c..ab224fd 100644
--- a/internal/run/run.go
+++ b/internal/run/run.go
@@ -26,22 +26,23 @@ func Plugin(
 		panic("plugin is not set in yaml:plugins:" + ctxPlugin.Name + ":plugin")
 	}
 	if ctxPlugin.Plugin == "github" {
-		for {
+		// for {
+		select {
+		case <-pluginCtx.Done():
+			pluginCancel()
+			return
+		default:
+			// notify the main thread that the service has started
 			select {
-			case <-pluginCtx.Done():
-				pluginCancel()
-				return
+			case <-firstPluginStarted:
 			default:
-				// notify the main thread that the service has started
-				select {
-				case <-firstPluginStarted:
-				default:
-					close(firstPluginStarted)
-				}
-				github.Run(workerCtx, pluginCtx, pluginCancel, logger, metricsData)
-				metricsData.SetStatus(pluginCtx, logger, "idle")
+				close(firstPluginStarted)
 			}
+			github.Run(workerCtx, pluginCtx, pluginCancel, logger, metricsData)
+			// metricsData.SetStatus(pluginCtx, logger, "idle")
+			return // pass back to the main thread/loop
 		}
+		// }
 	} else if ctxPlugin.Plugin == "github_receiver" {
 		github_receiver.Run(workerCtx, pluginCtx, pluginCancel, logger, firstPluginStarted, metricsData)
 	} else {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0557b2a..9b5f47e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ func worker(parentCtx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, loadedConfig config.
 						metricsData.SetStatus(pluginCtx, logger, "idle")
 						select {
 						case <-time.After(time.Duration(plugin.SleepInterval) * time.Second):
+							fmt.Println("======================================")
 						case <-pluginCtx.Done():
 							logging.DevDebug(pluginCtx, "plugin for loop::default::pluginCtx.Done()")
 							break