# Gateway timer scripts not running **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [July 19, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-timer-scripts-not-running/18896 "2018-07-19T14:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-timer-scripts-not-running/18896/6 "2020-09-07T16:18:31Z")
Not sure it would work. Jython threads are really java threads. They don't like to be externally killed. They have an interrupt feature that could be used (and I recommend), but that requires the thread to regularly check its own .interupted() status. See the related advice in this topic: > [@Managing multiple asynchronous threads](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/managing-multiple-asynchronous-threads/37185): > > I've followed this post for monitoring a directory for file changes and I think I have created more than one watch service in different threads. How do I monitor, manage, and delete these threads? --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-timer-scripts-not-running/18896)._