diff --git a/giambio/core.py b/giambio/core.py
index 8d45867..fd912a9 100644
--- a/giambio/core.py
+++ b/giambio/core.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from collections import deque, defaultdict
 from selectors import DefaultSelector, EVENT_READ, EVENT_WRITE
 from heapq import heappush, heappop
 import socket
-from .exceptions import GiambioError, AlreadyJoinedError
+from .exceptions import GiambioError, AlreadyJoinedError, CancelledError
 import traceback
 from timeit import default_timer
 from time import sleep as wait
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Task:
         self.joined = False
         self.ret_val = None # Return value is saved here
         self.exception = None  # If errored, the exception is saved here
+        self.cancelled = False # When cancelled, this is True
 
     def run(self):
         self.status = True
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ class EventLoop:
     def want_sleep(self, seconds):
         heappush(self.paused, (self.clock() + seconds, self.running))
 
+    def want_cancel(self, task):
+        task.coroutine.throw(CancelledError)
+
 
 class AsyncSocket(object):
     """Abstraction layer for asynchronous sockets"""
@@ -211,5 +215,8 @@ def join(task: Task):
     return task.ret_val
 
 
-
+@types.coroutine
+def cancel(task: Task):
+    task.cancelled = True
+    yield "want_cancel", task
 
diff --git a/giambio/exceptions.py b/giambio/exceptions.py
index 52f22d2..58b28d7 100644
--- a/giambio/exceptions.py
+++ b/giambio/exceptions.py
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ class GiambioError(Exception):
 
 class AlreadyJoinedError(GiambioError):
     pass
+
+
+class CancelledError(GiambioError):
+    """Exception raised as a result of the giambio.core.cancel() method"""
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 3150353..16992b7 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -42,7 +42,4 @@ async def echo_server(sock: AsyncSocket, addr: tuple):
     logging.info(f"Connection from {addr} closed")
 
 
-try:
-    loop.start(make_srv, ('', 1500))
-except giambio.exceptions.GiambioError as error:
-    print(f"Error: {error}")
+loop.start(make_srv, ('', 1500))