diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 2220103..1a42b34 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 
-	"gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/engine"
-	"gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/runtime"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -25,16 +20,12 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	// ./act_runner
 	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "act [event name to run]\nIf no event name passed, will default to \"on: push\"",
-		Short: "Run GitHub actions locally by specifying the event name (e.g. `push`) or an action name directly.",
-		Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
-		// RunE:         runRoot(ctx, task),
+		Use:          "act [event name to run]\nIf no event name passed, will default to \"on: push\"",
+		Short:        "Run GitHub actions locally by specifying the event name (e.g. `push`) or an action name directly.",
+		Args:         cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 		Version:      version,
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 	}
-	//rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("run", "r", false, "run workflows")
-	//rootCmd.Flags().StringP("job", "j", "", "run job")
-	//rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&task.Input.ForgeInstance, "forge-instance", "", "github.com", "Forge instance to use.")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&gArgs.EnvFile, "env-file", "", ".env", "Read in a file of environment variables.")
 
 	// ./act_runner register
@@ -69,22 +60,3 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context) {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
-
-func runRoot(ctx context.Context, task *runtime.Task) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		jobID, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("job")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// try to connect to docker daemon
-		// if failed, exit with error
-		if err := engine.Start(ctx); err != nil {
-			log.WithError(err).Fatalln("failed to connect docker daemon engine")
-		}
-
-		task.BuildID, _ = strconv.ParseInt(jobID, 10, 64)
-		_ = task.Run(ctx, nil)
-		return nil
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cmd/daemon.go b/cmd/daemon.go
index d2dad1a..d3c1393 100644
--- a/cmd/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/daemon.go
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/engine"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/poller"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/runtime"
-	runnerv1 "gitea.com/gitea/proto-go/runner/v1"
 
-	"github.com/bufbuild/connect-go"
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -63,41 +61,17 @@ func runDaemon(ctx context.Context, envFile string) func(cmd *cobra.Command, arg
 		)
 
 		g.Go(func() error {
-			log.WithField("capacity", cfg.Runner.Capacity).
+			l := log.WithField("capacity", cfg.Runner.Capacity).
 				WithField("endpoint", cfg.Client.Address).
 				WithField("os", cfg.Platform.OS).
-				WithField("arch", cfg.Platform.Arch).
-				Infoln("polling the remote server")
+				WithField("arch", cfg.Platform.Arch)
+			l.Infoln("polling the remote server")
 
-			// update runner status to idle
-			log.Infoln("update runner status to idle")
-			if _, err := cli.UpdateRunner(
-				context.Background(),
-				connect.NewRequest(&runnerv1.UpdateRunnerRequest{
-					Status: runnerv1.RunnerStatus_RUNNER_STATUS_IDLE,
-				}),
-			); err != nil {
-				// go on, if return err, the program will be stuck
-				log.WithError(err).
-					Errorln("failed to update runner")
+			if err := poller.Poll(ctx); err != nil {
+				l.Errorf("poller error: %v", err)
 			}
-
-			return poller.Poll(ctx)
-		})
-
-		g.Go(func() error {
-			// wait all workflows done.
 			poller.Wait()
-			// received the shutdown signal
-			<-ctx.Done()
-			log.Infoln("update runner status to offline")
-			_, err := cli.UpdateRunner(
-				context.Background(),
-				connect.NewRequest(&runnerv1.UpdateRunnerRequest{
-					Status: runnerv1.RunnerStatus_RUNNER_STATUS_OFFLINE,
-				}),
-			)
-			return err
+			return nil
 		})
 
 		err = g.Wait()
diff --git a/cmd/register.go b/cmd/register.go
index c8c8554..ef6bee0 100644
--- a/cmd/register.go
+++ b/cmd/register.go
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ func (r *registerInputs) validate() error {
 }
 
 func (r *registerInputs) assignToNext(stage registerStage, value string) registerStage {
-
 	// must set instance address and token.
 	// if empty, keep current stage.
 	if stage == StageInputInstance || stage == StageInputToken {
@@ -141,14 +140,7 @@ func (r *registerInputs) assignToNext(stage registerStage, value string) registe
 	return StageUnknown
 }
 
-func getLocalConfigFile(envFile string) (string, bool) {
-	_ = godotenv.Load(envFile)
-	cfg, _ := config.FromEnviron()
-	return cfg.Runner.File, file.IsFile(cfg.Runner.File)
-}
-
 func registerInteractive(envFile string) error {
-
 	var (
 		reader = bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
 		stage  = StageInputInstance
@@ -236,7 +228,6 @@ func registerNoInteractive(envFile string, regArgs *registerArgs) error {
 }
 
 func doRegister(cfg *config.Config, inputs *registerInputs) error {
-
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	// initial http client
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3aad8a6..3261159 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module gitea.com/gitea/act_runner
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	gitea.com/gitea/proto-go v0.0.0-20221028125601-35c4f6b05835
+	gitea.com/gitea/proto-go v0.0.0-20221118134050-62e4a9f56c7d
 	github.com/appleboy/com v0.1.6
 	github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.1.0
 	github.com/bufbuild/connect-go v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 919efcf..54bea20 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.6.0/go.mod h1:N7U0C8pVQ/+NIKOBQyamJIeKQKkZ+mxpohl
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 gitea.com/gitea/act v0.0.0-20221118080951-9b851be87df2 h1:9ZzHV6AYMguxU1dnKajPWOObH0Bp8n0fcK67hutUop0=
 gitea.com/gitea/act v0.0.0-20221118080951-9b851be87df2/go.mod h1:lpzib6X73FHLSaTqTakan1xcsCAVhlZvPSpLns7jkRo=
-gitea.com/gitea/proto-go v0.0.0-20221028125601-35c4f6b05835 h1:27PhT7Nli/pgRo1bDYVZ+hlCKuF9cfFuo+y9muaPVJY=
-gitea.com/gitea/proto-go v0.0.0-20221028125601-35c4f6b05835/go.mod h1:hD8YwSHusjwjEEgubW6XFvnZuNhMZTHz6lwjfltEt/Y=
+gitea.com/gitea/proto-go v0.0.0-20221118134050-62e4a9f56c7d h1:xqNMHMmgliaehWAzMtWdqL6/ThdrYLZa/wPky9XdnMU=
+gitea.com/gitea/proto-go v0.0.0-20221118134050-62e4a9f56c7d/go.mod h1:hD8YwSHusjwjEEgubW6XFvnZuNhMZTHz6lwjfltEt/Y=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go v16.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:9XXNKU+eRnpl9moKnB4QOLf1HestfXbmab5FXxiDBjc=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78 h1:w+iIsaOQNcT7OZ575w+acHgRric5iCyQh+xv+KJ4HB8=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78/go.mod h1:LmzpDX56iTiv29bbRTIsUNlaFfuhWRQBWjQdVyAevI8=
diff --git a/poller/poller.go b/poller/poller.go
index c653f88..1e83cfe 100644
--- a/poller/poller.go
+++ b/poller/poller.go
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ type Poller struct {
 	workerNum    int
 }
 
-func (p *Poller) Wait() {
-	p.routineGroup.Wait()
-}
-
 func (p *Poller) schedule() {
 	p.Lock()
 	defer p.Unlock()
@@ -55,6 +51,10 @@ func (p *Poller) schedule() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (p *Poller) Wait() {
+	p.routineGroup.Wait()
+}
+
 func (p *Poller) Poll(ctx context.Context) error {
 	l := log.WithField("func", "Poll")
 
@@ -83,19 +83,6 @@ func (p *Poller) Poll(ctx context.Context) error {
 					break
 				}
 
-				// update runner status
-				// running: idle -> active
-				if val := p.metric.IncBusyWorker(); val == 1 {
-					if _, err := p.Client.UpdateRunner(
-						ctx,
-						connect.NewRequest(&runnerv1.UpdateRunnerRequest{
-							Status: runnerv1.RunnerStatus_RUNNER_STATUS_ACTIVE,
-						}),
-					); err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-					l.Info("update runner status to active")
-				}
 				p.routineGroup.Run(func() {
 					if err := p.dispatchTask(ctx, task); err != nil {
 						l.Errorf("execute task: %v", err.Error())
@@ -144,25 +131,12 @@ func (p *Poller) pollTask(ctx context.Context) (*runnerv1.Task, error) {
 func (p *Poller) dispatchTask(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task) error {
 	l := log.WithField("func", "dispatchTask")
 	defer func() {
-		val := p.metric.DecBusyWorker()
+		p.metric.DecBusyWorker()
 		e := recover()
 		if e != nil {
 			l.Errorf("panic error: %v", e)
 		}
 		p.schedule()
-
-		if val != 0 {
-			return
-		}
-		if _, err := p.Client.UpdateRunner(
-			ctx,
-			connect.NewRequest(&runnerv1.UpdateRunnerRequest{
-				Status: runnerv1.RunnerStatus_RUNNER_STATUS_IDLE,
-			}),
-		); err != nil {
-			l.Errorln("update status error:", err.Error())
-		}
-		l.Info("update runner status to idle")
 	}()
 
 	runCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Hour)