diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 580c99b..8d594fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Laniakea
 
+![Laniakea](assets/logo.jpg)
+
 [![Go Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Go-1.24+-00ADD8?logo=go&style=flat-square)](https://go.dev/)
 [![License: GPL-3.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%203.0-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](LICENSE)
 ![Gitea Release](https://img.shields.io/gitea/v/release/ScuroNeko/Laniakea?gitea_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.nix13.pw&sort=semver&display_name=release&style=flat-square&color=purple&link=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.nix13.pw%2FScuroNeko%2FLaniakea%2Freleases)
diff --git a/README_RU.md b/README_RU.md
index 02b10cb..65a3c4a 100644
--- a/README_RU.md
+++ b/README_RU.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Laniakea
 
+![Laniakea](assets/logo.jpg)
+
 [![Go Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Go-1.24+-00ADD8?logo=go&style=flat-square)](https://go.dev/)
 [![License: GPL-3.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%203.0-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](LICENSE)
 ![Gitea Release](https://img.shields.io/gitea/v/release/ScuroNeko/Laniakea?gitea_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.nix13.pw&sort=semver&display_name=release&style=flat-square&color=purple&link=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.nix13.pw%2FScuroNeko%2FLaniakea%2Freleases)
diff --git a/assets/logo.jpg b/assets/logo.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58815eb
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/logo.jpg differ
diff --git a/bot.go b/bot.go
index 803a0ed..6b677a6 100644
--- a/bot.go
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"git.nix13.pw/scuroneko/extypes"
 	"git.nix13.pw/scuroneko/laniakea/tgapi"
@@ -162,7 +163,9 @@ func NewBot[T any](opts *BotOpts) *Bot[T] {
 	// Fetch bot info to validate token and get username
 	u, err := api.GetMe()
 	if err != nil {
-		_ = bot.Close()
+		closeCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*10)
+		defer cancel()
+		_ = bot.Close(closeCtx)
 		bot.logger.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	bot.username = Val(u.Username, "")
@@ -176,24 +179,28 @@ func NewBot[T any](opts *BotOpts) *Bot[T] {
 
 // Close gracefully shuts down bot-owned resources.
 //
-// Closes:
+// The provided context is used to close the API client's long-polling request.
+// Upload shutdown is not context-aware and still waits for pending uploads.
+//
+// Close shuts down, in order:
 //   - Uploader (waits for pending uploads)
-//   - API client
+//   - API client long-poll request via ctx
+//   - API client internals
 //   - RequestLogger (if enabled)
 //   - Main logger
 //
 // RunWithContext does not call Close automatically. The caller is responsible
 // for invoking Close after RunWithContext returns to release these resources.
 //
-// Returns a joined error containing all shutdown failures, if any.
-func (bot *Bot[T]) Close() error {
+// Close returns a joined error containing all shutdown failures, if any.
+func (bot *Bot[T]) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
 	var e []error
 
 	if err := bot.uploader.Close(); err != nil {
 		bot.logger.Errorln(err)
 		e = append(e, err)
 	}
-	if _, err := bot.api.Close(); err != nil {
+	if _, err := bot.api.CloseWithContext(ctx); err != nil {
 		bot.logger.Errorln(err)
 		e = append(e, err)
 	}
@@ -476,7 +483,7 @@ func (bot *Bot[T]) AddDatabaseLoggerWriter(writer DbLogger[T]) *Bot[T] {
 //	go bot.RunWithContext(ctx)
 //	// ... later ...
 //	cancel() // triggers graceful shutdown
-//	_ = bot.Close()
+//	_ = bot.Close(context.Background())
 func (bot *Bot[T]) RunWithContext(ctx context.Context) {
 	if len(bot.prefixes) == 0 {
 		bot.logger.Fatalln("no prefixes defined")
diff --git a/utils/version.go b/utils/version.go
index f335c22..e261a40 100644
--- a/utils/version.go
+++ b/utils/version.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package utils
 
 const (
-	VersionString = "1.0.0-rc.4"
+	VersionString = "1.0.0-rc.5"
 	VersionMajor  = 1
 	VersionMinor  = 0
 	VersionPatch  = 0
-	VersionBeta   = 4
+	VersionBeta   = 5
 )