diff --git a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/AbstractTimeline.kt b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/AbstractTimeline.kt
index 9876083..b4d243f 100644
--- a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/AbstractTimeline.kt
+++ b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/AbstractTimeline.kt
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 package space.kscience.simulation
 
-import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.BufferOverflow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
-import kotlinx.coroutines.coroutineScope
-import kotlinx.coroutines.currentCoroutineContext
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.*
-import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.datetime.Instant
+import kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext
 
 public abstract class AbstractTimeline<E : TimelineEvent>(
-    protected val timelineScope: CoroutineScope,
     protected var startTime: Instant,
-) : Timeline<E> {
+    coroutineContext: CoroutineContext
+) : Timeline<E>, AutoCloseable {
+
+    protected val timelineScope: CoroutineScope = CoroutineScope(
+        coroutineContext +
+        SupervisorJob(coroutineContext[Job]) +
+        CoroutineExceptionHandler{ _, throwable -> throwable.printStackTrace() } +
+        CoroutineName("Timeline")
+    )
 
     private val observers: MutableSet<TimelineObserver> = mutableSetOf()
 
@@ -67,4 +72,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractTimeline<E : TimelineEvent>(
         observers.add(observer)
         return observer
     }
+
+    override fun close() {
+        observers.forEach { it.close() }
+        timelineScope.cancel()
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/GeneratingTimeline.kt b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/GeneratingTimeline.kt
index 6f29266..5690d7c 100644
--- a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/GeneratingTimeline.kt
+++ b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/GeneratingTimeline.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package space.kscience.simulation
 
-import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.coroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.*
 import kotlinx.datetime.Instant
+import kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext
+import kotlin.coroutines.EmptyCoroutineContext
 import kotlin.time.Duration
 
 /**
@@ -21,11 +22,11 @@ public fun <E : TimelineEvent> Flow<E>.withTimeThreshold(
  * @param lookaheadInterval an interval for generated events ahead of the last observed event.
  */
 public class GeneratingTimeline<E : TimelineEvent>(
-    private val generationScope: CoroutineScope,
     private val origin: E,
     private val lookaheadInterval: Duration,
+    coroutineContext: CoroutineContext = EmptyCoroutineContext,
     private val generator: suspend FlowCollector<E>.(E) -> Unit
-) : AbstractTimeline<E>(generationScope, origin.time) {
+) : AbstractTimeline<E>(origin.time, coroutineContext) {
 
     private val startEventFlow = MutableStateFlow(origin)
 
@@ -46,11 +47,11 @@ public class GeneratingTimeline<E : TimelineEvent>(
     }.withTimeThreshold(
         threshold = time.map { it + lookaheadInterval }
     ).buffer(Channel.UNLIMITED).mapNotNull {
-        //it.event
+        //a barrier to avoid leaking stale events after interruption from buffer
         it.takeIf { it.origin == startEventFlow.value }?.event
     }.shareIn(
-        scope = generationScope,
-        started = SharingStarted.Eagerly,
+        scope = timelineScope,
+        started = SharingStarted.Lazily,
     )
 
     override fun events(): Flow<E> = events
diff --git a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/MergedTimeline.kt b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/MergedTimeline.kt
index 334e8c7..0da6227 100644
--- a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/MergedTimeline.kt
+++ b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/MergedTimeline.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package space.kscience.simulation
 
-import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
+import kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext
+import kotlin.coroutines.EmptyCoroutineContext
 
 
 public class MergedTimeline<E : TimelineEvent>(
-    timelineScope: CoroutineScope,
-    private val timelines: List<Timeline<E>>
-) : AbstractTimeline<E>(timelineScope, timelines.minOf { it.time.value }) {
+    private val timelines: List<Timeline<E>>,
+    coroutineContext: CoroutineContext = EmptyCoroutineContext
+) : AbstractTimeline<E>(timelines.minOf { it.time.value }, coroutineContext) {
 
     override fun events(): Flow<E> = flow {
         val buffer = TODO()
diff --git a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/SharedTimeline.kt b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/SharedTimeline.kt
index d9962d8..1b45002 100644
--- a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/SharedTimeline.kt
+++ b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/SharedTimeline.kt
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 package space.kscience.simulation
 
-import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableSharedFlow
 import kotlinx.datetime.Instant
+import kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext
+import kotlin.coroutines.EmptyCoroutineContext
 
 /**
  * A manually mutable [Timeline] that could be modified via [emit] method by multiple
  */
 public class SharedTimeline<E : TimelineEvent>(
-    timelineScope: CoroutineScope,
-    startTime: Instant
-) : AbstractTimeline<E>(timelineScope, startTime) {
+    startTime: Instant,
+    coroutineContext: CoroutineContext = EmptyCoroutineContext
+) : AbstractTimeline<E>(startTime, coroutineContext) {
 
     private val events = MutableSharedFlow<E>(replay = Channel.UNLIMITED)
 
diff --git a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/Timeline.kt b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/Timeline.kt
index 27219cd..20a0746 100644
--- a/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/Timeline.kt
+++ b/simulation-kt/src/commonMain/kotlin/Timeline.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ public interface TimelineObserver : AutoCloseable {
     public suspend fun collect(upTo: Instant = Instant.DISTANT_FUTURE)
 }
 
-public suspend fun TimelineObserver.collect(duration: Duration) = collect(time.value + duration)
+/**
+ * Collect events for a fixed [duration] since last observed time
+ */
+public suspend fun TimelineObserver.collect(duration: Duration): Unit = collect(time.value + duration)
 
 /**
  * A time-ordered sequence of events of type [E]. There time of events is strictly monotonic, meaning that the time of
@@ -66,11 +69,13 @@ public interface Timeline<E : TimelineEvent> {
      * This method suspends until all advancement is done
      */
     public suspend fun advance(toTime: Instant)
-
-//    /**
-//     * Interrupt generation of this timeline and discard unconsumed events after [atTime].
-//     *
-//     * Throw exception if at least one observer advanced
-//     */
-//    public suspend fun interrupt(atTime: Instant): Unit
 }
+
+/**
+ * Perform [collector] action on each event
+ */
+public suspend fun <E : TimelineEvent> Timeline<E>.observeEach(
+    collector: suspend (E) -> Unit
+): TimelineObserver = observe {
+    collect(collector)
+}
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diff --git a/simulation-kt/src/commonTest/kotlin/TimelineTests.kt b/simulation-kt/src/commonTest/kotlin/TimelineTests.kt
index a052d64..b9f53dd 100644
--- a/simulation-kt/src/commonTest/kotlin/TimelineTests.kt
+++ b/simulation-kt/src/commonTest/kotlin/TimelineTests.kt
@@ -11,40 +11,38 @@ class TimelineTests {
 
 
     @Test
-    fun testGeneration() = runTest{
+    fun testGeneration() = runTest(timeout = 1.seconds) {
         val startTime = Instant.parse("2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z")
 
-        val generation = GeneratingTimeline<SimpleTimelineEvent<DoubleArray>>(
-            this,
-            origin = SimpleTimelineEvent(startTime, List(10) { it.toDouble() }.toDoubleArray()),
+        val generation = GeneratingTimeline(
+            origin = SimpleTimelineEvent(startTime, Unit),
             lookaheadInterval = 1.seconds
         ) { event ->
             var time = event.time
             while (isActive) {
                 time += 0.1.seconds
                 println("Emit: ${time - startTime}")
-                emit(SimpleTimelineEvent(time, event.value.map { it + 1.0 }.toDoubleArray()))
+                emit(SimpleTimelineEvent(time, Unit))
             }
         }
 
         val result = mutableListOf<Duration>()
 
-        val collector = generation.observe {
-            collect {
-                println("Consume: ${it.time - startTime}")
-                result.add(it.time - startTime)
-            }
+        val observer = generation.observeEach {
+            println("Consume: ${it.time - startTime}")
+            result.add(it.time - startTime)
         }
 
-        collector.collect(2.seconds)
+        observer.collect(2.seconds)
         println("First collection complete")
-        collector.collect(2.seconds)
+        observer.collect(2.seconds)
         println("Second collection complete")
         println("Interrupt")
-        generation.interrupt(SimpleTimelineEvent(startTime + 6.seconds, List(10) { it.toDouble() }.toDoubleArray()))
-        println("Collecting second")
-        collector.collect(startTime + 6.seconds + 2.5.seconds)
+        generation.interrupt(SimpleTimelineEvent(startTime + 6.seconds, Unit))
+        println("Collecting after interruption")
+        observer.collect(startTime + 6.seconds + 2.5.seconds)
         println(result)
-        collector.close()
+        generation.close()
+
     }
 }
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