1 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/examples/interval.py b/examples/interval.py
index e449c15..e16596c 100644
--- a/examples/interval.py
+++ b/examples/interval.py
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
 """
 Basic example showing how to start the scheduler and schedule a job that
-executes on 3 second intervals. It uses sys.stdout.write instead of print to
-allow it to work unmodified on both Python 2.x and 3.x.
+executes on 3 second intervals.
 """
 
 from datetime import datetime
-import sys
-import time
 
 from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler
 
 
 def tick():
-    sys.stdout.write('Tick! The time is: %s\n' % datetime.now())
+    print('Tick! The time is: %s' % datetime.now())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    scheduler = Scheduler()
+    scheduler = Scheduler(standalone=True)
     scheduler.add_interval_job(tick, seconds=3)
-    sys.stdout.write('Press Ctrl+C to exit\n')
-    scheduler.start()
-
-    # This is here to prevent the main thread from exiting so that the
-    # scheduler has time to work -- this should not be necessary in real world
-    # applications
-    time.sleep(9999)
+    print('Press Ctrl+C to exit')
+    try:
+        scheduler.start()
+    except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+        pass