diff --git a/backend/apps/api.go b/backend/apps/api.go
index a650687f..58d271eb 100644
--- a/backend/apps/api.go
+++ b/backend/apps/api.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (app *Api) Init() {
 	_ = initModule("redis", redis.InitRedis)
 
 	// initialize model services
-	_ = initModule("mode-services", models.InitModelServices)
+	_ = initModule("model-services", models.InitModelServices)
 
 	// initialize controllers
 	_ = initModule("controllers", controllers.InitControllers)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (app *Api) Init() {
 	_ = app.initModuleWithApp("routes", routes.InitRoutes)
 }
 
-func (app *Api) Run() {
+func (app *Api) Start() {
 	host := viper.GetString("server.host")
 	port := viper.GetString("server.port")
 	address := net.JoinHostPort(host, port)
@@ -62,9 +62,14 @@ func (app *Api) Run() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (app *Api) Wait() {
+	DefaultWait()
+}
+
 func (app *Api) Stop() {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
+
 	if err := app.srv.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
 		log.Error("run server error:" + err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/backend/apps/base.go b/backend/apps/base.go
index 92770361..42fc1a99 100644
--- a/backend/apps/base.go
+++ b/backend/apps/base.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package apps
 
 type App interface {
 	Init()
-	Run()
+	Start()
+	Wait()
 	Stop()
 }
diff --git a/backend/apps/handler.go b/backend/apps/handler.go
index 0701a105..80bdf033 100644
--- a/backend/apps/handler.go
+++ b/backend/apps/handler.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package apps
 
 import (
 	"github.com/apex/log"
+	"github.com/crawlab-team/crawlab-core/config"
 	"github.com/crawlab-team/crawlab-core/grpc"
 )
 
@@ -9,11 +10,18 @@ type Handler struct {
 }
 
 func (app *Handler) Init() {
+	// config
+	_ = initModule("config", config.InitConfig)
+
+	// grpc
 	_ = initModule("grpc", grpc.InitGrpcServices)
 }
 
-func (app *Handler) Run() {
-	log.Info("handler has started")
+func (app *Handler) Start() {
+}
+
+func (app *Handler) Wait() {
+	DefaultWait()
 }
 
 func (app *Handler) Stop() {
diff --git a/backend/apps/master.go b/backend/apps/master.go
index bfbba2fa..c7257d92 100644
--- a/backend/apps/master.go
+++ b/backend/apps/master.go
@@ -1,23 +1,39 @@
 package apps
 
 type Master struct {
-	api *Api
+	api       *Api
+	scheduler *Scheduler
+	quit      chan int
 }
 
 func (app *Master) Init() {
-	panic("implement me")
+	// api
+	initApp("api", app.api)
+
+	// scheduler
+	initApp("scheduler", app.scheduler)
 }
 
-func (app *Master) Run() {
-	panic("implement me")
+func (app *Master) Start() {
+	go app.api.Start()
+	go app.scheduler.Start()
+}
+
+func (app *Master) Wait() {
+	<-app.quit
 }
 
 func (app *Master) Stop() {
-	panic("implement me")
+	app.api.Stop()
+	app.scheduler.Stop()
+
+	app.quit <- 1
 }
 
 func NewMaster() *Master {
 	return &Master{
-		api: NewApi(),
+		api:       NewApi(),
+		scheduler: NewScheduler(),
+		quit:      make(chan int, 1),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/backend/apps/scheduler.go b/backend/apps/scheduler.go
index 56938767..7d779fca 100644
--- a/backend/apps/scheduler.go
+++ b/backend/apps/scheduler.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package apps
 
 import (
 	"github.com/apex/log"
+	"github.com/crawlab-team/crawlab-core/config"
 	"github.com/crawlab-team/crawlab-core/grpc"
 )
 
@@ -9,13 +10,21 @@ type Scheduler struct {
 }
 
 func (app *Scheduler) Init() {
+	// config
+	_ = initModule("config", config.InitConfig)
+
+	// grpc
 	_ = initModule("grpc", grpc.InitGrpcServices)
 }
 
-func (app *Scheduler) Run() {
+func (app *Scheduler) Start() {
 	log.Info("scheduler has started")
 }
 
+func (app *Scheduler) Wait() {
+	DefaultWait()
+}
+
 func (app *Scheduler) Stop() {
 	log.Info("scheduler has stopped")
 }
diff --git a/backend/apps/utils.go b/backend/apps/utils.go
index 17987882..20164f2c 100644
--- a/backend/apps/utils.go
+++ b/backend/apps/utils.go
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ func Start(app App) {
 
 func start(app App) {
 	app.Init()
-	go app.Run()
-	waitForStop()
+	go app.Start()
+	app.Wait()
 	app.Stop()
 }
 
-func waitForStop() {
+func DefaultWait() {
 	quit := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(quit, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	<-quit
@@ -35,3 +35,10 @@ func initModule(name string, fn func() error) (err error) {
 	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("initialized %s successfully", name))
 	return nil
 }
+
+func initApp(name string, app App) {
+	_ = initModule(name, func() error {
+		app.Init()
+		return nil
+	})
+}
diff --git a/backend/apps/worker.go b/backend/apps/worker.go
index db1ccf09..add053e2 100644
--- a/backend/apps/worker.go
+++ b/backend/apps/worker.go
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 package apps
 
-import (
-	"github.com/apex/log"
-	"github.com/crawlab-team/crawlab-core/grpc"
-)
-
 type Worker struct {
 	handler *Handler
+	quit    chan int
 }
 
 func (app *Worker) Init() {
-	_ = initModule("grpc", grpc.InitGrpcServices)
+	initApp("handler", app.handler)
 }
 
-func (app *Worker) Run() {
-	log.Info("worker has started")
+func (app *Worker) Start() {
+	go app.handler.Start()
+}
+
+func (app *Worker) Wait() {
+	<-app.quit
 }
 
 func (app *Worker) Stop() {
-	log.Info("worker has stopped")
+	app.handler.Stop()
+
+	app.quit <- 1
 }
 
 func NewWorker() *Worker {
 	return &Worker{
 		handler: NewHandler(),
+		quit:    make(chan int, 1),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/backend/cmd/scheduler.go b/backend/cmd/scheduler.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae44a06a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/cmd/scheduler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"crawlab/apps"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(schedulerCmd)
+}
+
+var schedulerCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:     "scheduler",
+	Aliases: []string{"S"},
+	Short:   "Start scheduler",
+	Long: `Start a scheduler instance of Crawlab 
+which assigns tasks to worker nodes to execute`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		scheduler := apps.NewScheduler()
+		apps.Start(scheduler)
+	},
+}