diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 96b3e47..c8b27d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "config_manager"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 description = "Config manager for building applications"
 authors = [
     { name = "Aleksei Zosimov", email = "lesha.spb@gmail.com" }
diff --git a/src/config_manager/cfg_manager.py b/src/config_manager/cfg_manager.py
index 0738b94..0a166c5 100644
--- a/src/config_manager/cfg_manager.py
+++ b/src/config_manager/cfg_manager.py
@@ -104,21 +104,21 @@ class ConfigManager:
         finally:
             self.logger.info("ConfigManager stopped")
 
-    def start(self) -> None:
-        """Запускает менеджер конфигурации в текущем event loop"""
+    async def start(self) -> None:
         if self._task is not None and not self._task.done():
             self.logger.warning("ConfigManager is already running")
             return
-        
+
         try:
             self._loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         except RuntimeError:
             self.logger.error("start() must be called from within an async context")
             raise
-        
+
         self._task = self._loop.create_task(self._run())
         self.logger.info("ConfigManager task created")
 
+        
     async def stop(self) -> None:
         """Останавливает менеджер конфигурации и ожидает завершения"""
         if self._task is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index 3b32087..0167d83 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ class MyApp(ConfigManager):
 
 async def main():
     app = MyApp("config.yaml")
-    app.start()
+    await app.start()
     logger.info("App started")
-    await asyncio.sleep(20)
-    await app.stop()
+
+    while True:
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     asyncio.run(main())