diff --git a/application/application.go b/application/application.go
index de76de1..7287c98 100644
--- a/application/application.go
+++ b/application/application.go
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"os/signal"
 
-	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-slogd/slogd"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-kit/slogd"
 )
 
 type Application interface {
@@ -55,28 +56,31 @@ func (a *application) ExecuteContext(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// Alternatively, chExe will receive the response from the execution context if the application finishes.
 	case <-sigCtx.Done():
 		sigCancel()
-
-		// Adapt the shutdown scenario if a graceful shutdown period is configured
-		switch a.config.EnableGracefulShutdown && a.config.ShutdownTimeout > 0 {
-		case true:
-			a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "gracefully shutting down application")
-			if err = a.gracefulShutdown(ctx); !errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
-				a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "graceful shutdown completed with error", slog.Any("error", err))
-				return err
-			}
-			a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "graceful shutdown completed")
-			return nil
-		case false:
-			a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "immediately shutting down application")
-			return nil
-		}
+		return a.handleShutdownSignal(ctx)
 	case err = <-chExe:
 		a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "application terminated successfully")
 		return err
 	}
+}
 
-	a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "application terminated unexpectedly")
-	return nil
+func (a *application) handleShutdownSignal(ctx context.Context) error {
+	var err error
+	// Adapt the shutdown scenario if a graceful shutdown period is configured
+	switch a.config.EnableGracefulShutdown && a.config.ShutdownTimeout > 0 {
+	case true:
+		a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "gracefully shutting down application")
+		if err = a.gracefulShutdown(ctx); !errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "graceful shutdown failed", slog.Any("error", err))
+			return nil
+		}
+		a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "graceful shutdown completed")
+		return nil
+	case false:
+		a.config.Logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slogd.LevelTrace, "immediately shutting down application")
+		return nil
+	default:
+		panic("cannot handle shutdown signal")
+	}
 }
 
 func (a *application) gracefulShutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -93,7 +97,8 @@ func (a *application) gracefulShutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	case <-shutdownCtx.Done():
 		return shutdownCtx.Err()
 	case <-sigCtx.Done():
+		fmt.Println("exiting...")
 		sigCancel()
-		return nil
+		return fmt.Errorf("process killed")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/application/globals.go b/application/globals.go
index 4c2ff0d..034a8bc 100644
--- a/application/globals.go
+++ b/application/globals.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
-	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-slogd/slogd"
+	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-kit/slogd"
 )
 
 var DefaultShutdownSignals = []os.Signal{syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGQUIT}
diff --git a/application/logging.go b/application/logging.go
index 341ff63..0ee8c2b 100644
--- a/application/logging.go
+++ b/application/logging.go
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ package application
 import (
 	"log/slog"
 
-	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-slogd/slogd"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-kit/slogd"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/examples/simple/main.go b/examples/simple/main.go
index 6325284..b18b98b 100644
--- a/examples/simple/main.go
+++ b/examples/simple/main.go
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-slogd/slogd"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-kit/application"
 	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-kit/httpd"
+	"git.flexabyte.io/flexabyte/go-kit/slogd"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -55,18 +54,15 @@ func main() {
 		EnableGracefulShutdown: true,
 		Logger:                 slogd.Logger(),
 		OverrideRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			// fmt.Println("overrideRunE")
-			// time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
-			// fmt.Println("overrideRunE done")
 			mux := http.NewServeMux()
 			mux.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				slogd.FromContext(r.Context()).LogAttrs(r.Context(), slogd.LevelInfo, "request received", slog.String("method", r.Method), slog.String("url", r.URL.String()), slog.String("user-agent", r.UserAgent()))
 			})
-			return httpd.RunHttpServer(cmd.Context(), slogd.FromContext(cmd.Context()), "127.0.0.1", 28000, mux, 1*time.Second)
+			return httpd.RunHttpServer(cmd.Context(), slogd.Logger(), "127.0.0.1", 28000, mux, 5*time.Second)
 		},
 		PersistentPreRunE:        nil,
 		PersistentPostRunE:       nil,
-		ShutdownSignals:          []os.Signal{syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGQUIT},
+		ShutdownSignals:          application.DefaultShutdownSignals,
 		ShutdownTimeout:          5 * time.Second,
 		SubCommands:              nil,
 		SubCommandInitializeFunc: nil,