diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02d7e3f..0cbde9a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-    defer os.Exit(0)
     var wait time.Duration
     flag.DurationVar(&wait, "graceful-timeout", time.Second * 15, "the duration for which the server gracefully wait for existing connections to finish - e.g. 15s or 1m")
     flag.Parse()