diff --git a/appdaemon/apps/base.py b/appdaemon/apps/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3faf66b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appdaemon/apps/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassapi as hass
+
+class Base(hass.Hass):
+    def initialize(self):
+        if(getattr(super(), 'initialize', False)):
+            super().initialize()
+
+class Timers(Base):
+    def initialize(self):
+        if(getattr(super(), 'initialize', False)):
+            super().initialize()
+        self._timers = {}
+
+        functions = [ 'run_in', 'run_once', 'run_at', 'run_daily',
+                'run_hourly', 'run_minutely', 'run_every', 'run_at_sunrise',
+                'run_at_sunset' ]
+        for f in functions:
+            self.override(f)
+
+        setattr(self, '_cancel_timer', super().cancel_timer)
+
+    def cancel_timer(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+        if type(name) is str:
+            if name in self._timers:
+                return super().cancel_timer(self._timers[name])
+        else:
+            return super().cancel_timer(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def override(self, f):
+        setattr(self, f'_{f}', getattr(self, f))
+        def fn(name, *args, **kwargs):
+            if type(name) is str:
+                if name in self._timers:
+                    super().cancel_timer(self._timers[name])
+                self._timers[name] = getattr(self, f'_{f}')(*args, **kwargs)
+                return self._timers[name]
+            else:
+                return getattr(self, f'_{f}')(name, *args, **kwargs)
+        setattr(self, f, fn)
+
diff --git a/appdaemon/apps/hello.py b/appdaemon/apps/hello.py
index 0ef8f01..49dd2e4 100644
--- a/appdaemon/apps/hello.py
+++ b/appdaemon/apps/hello.py
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-import appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassapi as hass
-#
-# Hellow World App
-#
-# Args:
-#
+import base
 
-class HelloWorld(hass.Hass):
+class HelloWorld(base.Timers):
 
-  def initialize(self):
-     self.log("Hello from AppDaemon")
-     self.log("You are now ready to run Apps!") 
+    def initialize(self):
+        super().initialize()
+
+        self.log("Hello from AppDaemon")
+        self.log("You are now ready to run Apps!")
+
+        self.run_in('test1', self.after_time, 3)
+        self.run_in('test2', self.after_time2, 5)
+        self.run_in(self.after_time2, 7)
+        self.cancel_timer('test2')
+
+    def after_time(self, kwargs):
+        self.log("Running function")
+    def after_time2(self, kwargs):
+        self.log("Running function2")
diff --git a/appdaemon/apps/helloworld.yaml b/appdaemon/apps/helloworld.yaml
index daff739..8b1aa49 100644
--- a/appdaemon/apps/helloworld.yaml
+++ b/appdaemon/apps/helloworld.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+global_modules:
+  - base
+
 hello_world:
+  global_dependencies:
+    - base
   module: hello
   class: HelloWorld