diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 89d7ef3..40af948 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ changelog:
       - '^docs:'
       - '^test:'
   groups:
+  - title: 'BREAKING CHANGES'
+    regexp: '^.*?break(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
   - title: Features
     regexp: '^.*?feat(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
-    order: 0
+    order: 1
   - title: Maintenance
     regexp: '^.*?maint(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
-    order: 1
+    order: 2
   - title: "Bug fixes"
     regexp: '^.*?fix(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
   - title: Others
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 51764d8..5505c4e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-SHELL := /bin/bash
 GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.51.1
 
 all: fmt vet mod
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b1a65e..597c40d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Queue Handlers are simple Go functions that accept a `Context` parameter.
 
 ```go
 ctx := context.Background()
-nq, _ := neoq.New(ctx)
+nq, _ := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(memory.Backend))
 nq.Start(ctx, "hello_world", handler.New(func(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
   j, _ := jobs.FromContext(ctx)
   log.Println("got job id:", j.ID, "messsage:", j.Payload["message"])
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Enqueuing adds jobs to the specified queue to be processed asynchronously.
 
 ```go
 ctx := context.Background()
-nq, _ := neoq.New(ctx)
+nq, _ := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(memory.Backend))
 nq.Enqueue(ctx, &jobs.Job{
   Queue: "hello_world",
   Payload: map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/backends/doc.go b/backends/doc.go
index ef8a689..275c8ca 100644
--- a/backends/doc.go
+++ b/backends/doc.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Package backends provides concrete implementations of [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/types.Backend]
+// Package backends provides concrete implementations of [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/neoq.Neoq]
 //
 // These backends provide the bulk of Neoq's functionality.
 package backends
diff --git a/backends/memory/memory_backend.go b/backends/memory/memory_backend.go
index 920f231..c82465c 100644
--- a/backends/memory/memory_backend.go
+++ b/backends/memory/memory_backend.go
@@ -8,28 +8,27 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/config"
+	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/handler"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/internal"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/jobs"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/logging"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/types"
 	"github.com/guregu/null"
-	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"                          // TODO factor out
-	"github.com/jsuar/go-cron-descriptor/pkg/crondescriptor" // TODO factor out
+	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
+	"github.com/jsuar/go-cron-descriptor/pkg/crondescriptor"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultMemQueueCapacity = 10000 // the default capacity of individual queues
-	emptyCapacity           = 0
+	defaultMemQueueCapacity = 10000 // default capacity of individual queues
+	emptyCapacity           = 0     // queue size at which queues are considered empty
 )
 
 // MemBackend is a memory-backed neoq backend
 type MemBackend struct {
-	types.Backend
-	config       *config.Config
+	neoq.Neoq
+	config       *neoq.Config
 	logger       logging.Logger
 	handlers     *sync.Map // map queue names [string] to queue handlers [Handler]
 	fingerprints *sync.Map // map fingerprints [string] to job [Job]
@@ -42,10 +41,10 @@ type MemBackend struct {
 	initialized  bool
 }
 
-// Backend is a [config.BackendInitializer] that initializes a new memory-backed neoq backend
-func Backend(ctx context.Context, opts ...config.Option) (backend types.Backend, err error) {
+// Backend is a [neoq.BackendInitializer] that initializes a new memory-backed neoq backend
+func Backend(_ context.Context, opts ...neoq.ConfigOption) (backend neoq.Neoq, err error) {
 	mb := &MemBackend{
-		config:       config.New(),
+		config:       neoq.NewConfig(),
 		cron:         cron.New(),
 		mu:           &sync.Mutex{},
 		queues:       &sync.Map{},
diff --git a/backends/memory/memory_backend_helper_test.go b/backends/memory/memory_backend_helper_test.go
index 82a72d6..c535484 100644
--- a/backends/memory/memory_backend_helper_test.go
+++ b/backends/memory/memory_backend_helper_test.go
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/config"
+	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/logging"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/types"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron"
 )
 
 // TestingBackend initializes a backend for testing purposes
-func TestingBackend(conf *config.Config,
+func TestingBackend(conf *neoq.Config,
 	c *cron.Cron,
 	queues, h, futureJobs, fingerprints *sync.Map,
-	logger logging.Logger) config.BackendInitializer {
-	return func(ctx context.Context, opts ...config.Option) (backend types.Backend, err error) {
+	logger logging.Logger,
+) neoq.BackendInitializer {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, opts ...neoq.ConfigOption) (backend neoq.Neoq, err error) {
 		mb := &MemBackend{
 			config:       conf,
 			cron:         c,
diff --git a/backends/memory/memory_backend_test.go b/backends/memory/memory_backend_test.go
index cc5d3f3..b2fadeb 100644
--- a/backends/memory/memory_backend_test.go
+++ b/backends/memory/memory_backend_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/memory"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/config"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/handler"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/jobs"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/logging"
@@ -26,6 +25,19 @@ const (
 
 var errPeriodicTimeout = errors.New("timed out waiting for periodic job")
 
+func ExampleNew() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(memory.Backend))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("initializing a new Neoq with no params should not return an error:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer nq.Shutdown(ctx)
+
+	fmt.Println("neoq initialized with default memory backend")
+	// Output: neoq initialized with default memory backend
+}
+
 // TestBasicJobProcessing tests that the memory backend is able to process the most basic jobs with the
 // most basic configuration.
 func TestBasicJobProcessing(t *testing.T) {
@@ -158,7 +170,7 @@ var testFutureJobs = &sync.Map{}
 func TestFutureJobScheduling(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	testBackend := memory.TestingBackend(
-		config.New(),
+		neoq.NewConfig(),
 		cron.New(),
 		&sync.Map{},
 		&sync.Map{},
@@ -203,7 +215,7 @@ func TestFutureJobScheduling(t *testing.T) {
 // nolint: gocognit, gocyclo
 func TestFutureJobSchedulingMultipleQueues(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx)
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(memory.Backend))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/backends/postgres/postgres_backend.go b/backends/postgres/postgres_backend.go
index 0777747..46e9d0a 100644
--- a/backends/postgres/postgres_backend.go
+++ b/backends/postgres/postgres_backend.go
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/config"
+	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/handler"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/internal"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/jobs"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/logging"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/types"
 	"github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4"
 	_ "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/database/postgres" // nolint: revive
 	"github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/source/iofs"
@@ -69,8 +68,8 @@ var (
 
 // PgBackend is a Postgres-based Neoq backend
 type PgBackend struct {
-	types.Backend
-	config      *config.Config
+	neoq.Neoq
+	config      *neoq.Config
 	logger      logging.Logger
 	cron        *cron.Cron
 	mu          *sync.RWMutex // mutex to protect mutating state on a pgWorker
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ type PgBackend struct {
 //
 // If the database does not yet exist, Neoq will attempt to create the database and related tables by default.
 //
-// Backend requires that one of the [config.ConfigOption] is [WithConnectionString]
+// Backend requires that one of the [neoq.ConfigOption] is [WithConnectionString]
 //
 // Connection strings may be a URL or DSN-style connection strings. The connection string supports multiple
 // options detailed below.
@@ -104,10 +103,13 @@ type PgBackend struct {
 // # Example URL
 //
 // postgres://worker:secret@workerdb.example.com:5432/mydb?sslmode=verify-ca&pool_max_conns=10
-func Backend(ctx context.Context, opts ...config.Option) (pb types.Backend, err error) {
+func Backend(ctx context.Context, opts ...neoq.ConfigOption) (pb neoq.Neoq, err error) {
+	cfg := neoq.NewConfig()
+	cfg.IdleTransactionTimeout = neoq.DefaultIdleTxTimeout
+
 	p := &PgBackend{
 		mu:          &sync.RWMutex{},
-		config:      config.New(),
+		config:      cfg,
 		handlers:    make(map[string]handler.Handler),
 		futureJobs:  make(map[string]time.Time),
 		cron:        cron.New(),
@@ -164,8 +166,8 @@ func Backend(ctx context.Context, opts ...config.Option) (pb types.Backend, err
 }
 
 // WithConnectionString configures neoq postgres backend to use the specified connection string when connecting to a backend
-func WithConnectionString(connectionString string) config.Option {
-	return func(c *config.Config) {
+func WithConnectionString(connectionString string) neoq.ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *neoq.Config) {
 		c.ConnectionString = connectionString
 	}
 }
@@ -175,8 +177,8 @@ func WithConnectionString(connectionString string) config.Option {
 // The timeout is the number of milliseconds that a transaction may sit idle before postgres terminates the
 // transaction's underlying connection. The timeout should be longer than your longest job takes to complete. If set
 // too short, job state will become unpredictable, e.g. retry counts may become incorrect.
-func WithTransactionTimeout(txTimeout int) config.Option {
-	return func(c *config.Config) {
+func WithTransactionTimeout(txTimeout int) neoq.ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *neoq.Config) {
 		c.IdleTransactionTimeout = txTimeout
 	}
 }
diff --git a/backends/redis/redis_backend.go b/backends/redis/redis_backend.go
index 05b8963..a2199fe 100644
--- a/backends/redis/redis_backend.go
+++ b/backends/redis/redis_backend.go
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/config"
+	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/handler"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/internal"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/jobs"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/logging"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/types"
 	"github.com/hibiken/asynq"
 	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
 	"github.com/jsuar/go-cron-descriptor/pkg/crondescriptor"
@@ -34,12 +33,12 @@ var ErrInvalidAddr = errors.New("invalid connecton string: see documentation for
 // RedisBackend is a Redis-backed neoq backend
 // nolint: revive
 type RedisBackend struct {
-	types.Backend
+	neoq.Neoq
 	client       *asynq.Client
 	server       *asynq.Server
 	inspector    *asynq.Inspector
 	mux          *asynq.ServeMux
-	config       *config.Config
+	config       *neoq.Config
 	logger       logging.Logger
 	mu           *sync.Mutex // mutext to protect mutating backend state
 	taskProvider *memoryTaskConfigProvider
@@ -75,10 +74,10 @@ func (m *memoryTaskConfigProvider) addConfig(taskConfig *asynq.PeriodicTaskConfi
 	m.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
-// Backend is a [config.BackendInitializer] that initializes a new Redis-backed neoq backend
-func Backend(_ context.Context, opts ...config.Option) (backend types.Backend, err error) {
+// Backend is a [neoq.BackendInitializer] that initializes a new Redis-backed neoq backend
+func Backend(_ context.Context, opts ...neoq.ConfigOption) (backend neoq.Neoq, err error) {
 	b := &RedisBackend{
-		config:       config.New(),
+		config:       neoq.NewConfig(),
 		mu:           &sync.Mutex{},
 		taskProvider: newMemoryTaskConfigProvider(),
 	}
@@ -149,22 +148,22 @@ func Backend(_ context.Context, opts ...config.Option) (backend types.Backend, e
 }
 
 // WithAddr configures neoq to connect to Redis with the given address
-func WithAddr(addr string) config.Option {
-	return func(c *config.Config) {
+func WithAddr(addr string) neoq.ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *neoq.Config) {
 		c.ConnectionString = addr
 	}
 }
 
 // WithPassword configures neoq to connect to Redis with the given password
-func WithPassword(password string) config.Option {
-	return func(c *config.Config) {
+func WithPassword(password string) neoq.ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *neoq.Config) {
 		c.BackendAuthPassword = password
 	}
 }
 
 // WithConcurrency configures the number of workers available to process jobs across all queues
-func WithConcurrency(concurrency int) config.Option {
-	return func(c *config.Config) {
+func WithConcurrency(concurrency int) neoq.ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *neoq.Config) {
 		c.BackendConcurrency = concurrency
 	}
 }
@@ -173,8 +172,8 @@ func WithConcurrency(concurrency int) config.Option {
 // before forcing them to abort durning Shutdown()
 //
 // If unset or zero, default timeout of 8 seconds is used.
-func WithShutdownTimeout(timeout time.Duration) config.Option {
-	return func(c *config.Config) {
+func WithShutdownTimeout(timeout time.Duration) neoq.ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *neoq.Config) {
 		c.ShutdownTimeout = timeout
 	}
 }
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d94d1d0..0000000
--- a/config/config.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/logging"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/types"
-)
-
-const (
-	DefaultIdleTxTimeout = 30000
-	// the window of time between time.Now() and when a job's RunAfter comes due that neoq will schedule a goroutine to
-	// schdule the job for execution.
-	// E.g. right now is 16:00 and a job's RunAfter is 16:30 of the same date. This job will get a dedicated goroutine to
-	// wait until the job's RunAfter, scheduling the job to be run exactly at RunAfter
-	DefaultFutureJobWindow  = 30 * time.Second
-	DefaultJobCheckInterval = 1 * time.Second
-)
-
-// Config configures neoq and its backends
-//
-// This configuration struct includes options for all backends. As such, some of its options are not implicable to all
-// backends. [BackendConcurrency], for example, is only used by the redis backend. Other backends manage concurrency on a
-// per-handler basis.
-type Config struct {
-	BackendInitializer     BackendInitializer
-	BackendAuthPassword    string           // password with which to authenticate to the backend's data provider
-	BackendConcurrency     int              // total number of backend processes available to process jobs
-	ConnectionString       string           // a string containing connection details for the backend
-	JobCheckInterval       time.Duration    // the interval of time between checking for new future/retry jobs
-	FutureJobWindow        time.Duration    // time duration between current time and job.RunAfter that goroutines schedule for future jobs
-	IdleTransactionTimeout int              // the number of milliseconds PgBackend transaction may idle before the connection is killed
-	ShutdownTimeout        time.Duration    // duration to wait for jobs to finish during shutdown
-	LogLevel               logging.LogLevel // the log level of the default logger
-}
-
-// Option is a function that sets optional backend configuration
-type Option func(c *Config)
-
-// New initiailizes a new Config with defaults
-func New() *Config {
-	return &Config{
-		FutureJobWindow:        DefaultFutureJobWindow,
-		JobCheckInterval:       DefaultJobCheckInterval,
-		IdleTransactionTimeout: DefaultIdleTxTimeout,
-	}
-}
-
-// BackendInitializer is a function that initializes a backend
-type BackendInitializer func(ctx context.Context, opts ...Option) (backend types.Backend, err error)
diff --git a/examples/add_future_postgres_job/main.go b/examples/add_future_postgres_job/main.go
index 1e7f833..2481c04 100644
--- a/examples/add_future_postgres_job/main.go
+++ b/examples/add_future_postgres_job/main.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func main() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx,
 		neoq.WithBackend(postgres.Backend),
-		postgres.WithConnectionString("postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq"),
+		postgres.WithConnectionString("postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq?sslmode=disable"),
 		postgres.WithTransactionTimeout(1000), // nolint: mnd, gomnd
 	)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/examples/add_postgres_job/main.go b/examples/add_postgres_job/main.go
index 5aa3af0..e0078e9 100644
--- a/examples/add_postgres_job/main.go
+++ b/examples/add_postgres_job/main.go
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	var done = make(chan bool, 1)
+	done := make(chan bool, 1)
 	const queue = "foobar"
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx,
-		postgres.WithConnectionString("postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq"),
+		postgres.WithConnectionString("postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq?sslmode=disable"),
 		neoq.WithBackend(postgres.Backend),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/neoq.go b/neoq.go
index 3f910e2..2a30d80 100644
--- a/neoq.go
+++ b/neoq.go
@@ -2,29 +2,98 @@ package neoq
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/memory"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/config"
+	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/handler"
+	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/jobs"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/logging"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/types"
 )
 
+const (
+	DefaultIdleTxTimeout = 30000
+	// the window of time between time.Now() and when a job's RunAfter comes due that neoq will schedule a goroutine to
+	// schdule the job for execution.
+	// E.g. right now is 16:00 and a job's RunAfter is 16:30 of the same date. This job will get a dedicated goroutine
+	// to wait until the job's RunAfter, scheduling the job to be run exactly at RunAfter
+	DefaultFutureJobWindow  = 30 * time.Second
+	DefaultJobCheckInterval = 1 * time.Second
+)
+
+var ErrBackendNotSpecified = errors.New("a backend must be specified")
+
+// Config configures neoq and its backends
+//
+// This configuration struct includes options for all backends. As such, some of its options are not applicable to all
+// backends. [BackendConcurrency], for example, is only used by the redis backend. Other backends manage concurrency on a
+// per-handler basis.
+type Config struct {
+	BackendInitializer     BackendInitializer
+	BackendAuthPassword    string           // password with which to authenticate to the backend's data provider
+	BackendConcurrency     int              // total number of backend processes available to process jobs
+	ConnectionString       string           // a string containing connection details for the backend
+	JobCheckInterval       time.Duration    // the interval of time between checking for new future/retry jobs
+	FutureJobWindow        time.Duration    // time duration between current time and job.RunAfter that goroutines schedule for future jobs
+	IdleTransactionTimeout int              // the number of milliseconds PgBackend transaction may idle before the connection is killed
+	ShutdownTimeout        time.Duration    // duration to wait for jobs to finish during shutdown
+	LogLevel               logging.LogLevel // the log level of the default logger
+}
+
+// ConfigOption is a function that sets optional backend configuration
+type ConfigOption func(c *Config)
+
+// NewConfig initiailizes a new Config with defaults
+func NewConfig() *Config {
+	return &Config{
+		FutureJobWindow:  DefaultFutureJobWindow,
+		JobCheckInterval: DefaultJobCheckInterval,
+	}
+}
+
+// BackendInitializer is a function that initializes a backend
+type BackendInitializer func(ctx context.Context, opts ...ConfigOption) (backend Neoq, err error)
+
+// Neoq interface is Neoq's primary API
+//
+// Neoq is implemented by:
+//   - [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/memory.MemBackend]
+//   - [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/postgres.PgBackend]
+//   - [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/redis.RedisBackend]
+type Neoq interface {
+	// Enqueue queues jobs to be executed asynchronously
+	Enqueue(ctx context.Context, job *jobs.Job) (jobID string, err error)
+
+	// Start starts processing jobs with the specified queue and handler
+	Start(ctx context.Context, queue string, h handler.Handler) (err error)
+
+	// StartCron starts processing jobs with the specified cron schedule and handler
+	//
+	// See: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/robfig/cron?#hdr-CRON_Expression_Format for details on the cron spec format
+	StartCron(ctx context.Context, cron string, h handler.Handler) (err error)
+
+	// SetLogger sets the backend logger
+	SetLogger(logger logging.Logger)
+
+	// Shutdown halts job processing and releases resources
+	Shutdown(ctx context.Context)
+}
+
 // New creates a new backend instance for job processing.
 //
 // By default, neoq initializes [memory.Backend] if New() is called without a backend configuration option.
 //
 // Use [neoq.WithBackend] to initialize different backends.
 //
-// For available configuration options see [config.ConfigOption].
-func New(ctx context.Context, opts ...config.Option) (b types.Backend, err error) {
-	c := config.Config{}
+// For available configuration options see [neoq.ConfigOption].
+func New(ctx context.Context, opts ...ConfigOption) (b Neoq, err error) {
+	c := Config{}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(&c)
 	}
 
 	if c.BackendInitializer == nil {
-		c.BackendInitializer = memory.Backend
+		err = ErrBackendNotSpecified
+		return
 	}
 
 	b, err = c.BackendInitializer(ctx, opts...)
@@ -40,23 +109,23 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, opts ...config.Option) (b types.Backend, err error
 // Neoq provides two [config.BackendInitializer] that may be used with WithBackend
 //   - [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/memory.Backend]
 //   - [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/postgres.Backend]
-func WithBackend(initializer config.BackendInitializer) config.Option {
-	return func(c *config.Config) {
+func WithBackend(initializer BackendInitializer) ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *Config) {
 		c.BackendInitializer = initializer
 	}
 }
 
 // WithJobCheckInterval configures the duration of time between checking for future jobs
-func WithJobCheckInterval(interval time.Duration) config.Option {
-	return func(c *config.Config) {
+func WithJobCheckInterval(interval time.Duration) ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *Config) {
 		c.JobCheckInterval = interval
 	}
 }
 
 // WithLogLevel configures the log level for neoq's default logger. By default, log level is "INFO".
 // if SetLogger is used, WithLogLevel has no effect on the set logger
-func WithLogLevel(level logging.LogLevel) config.Option {
-	return func(c *config.Config) {
+func WithLogLevel(level logging.LogLevel) ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *Config) {
 		c.LogLevel = level
 	}
 }
diff --git a/neoq_test.go b/neoq_test.go
index 55d834b..53b3a54 100644
--- a/neoq_test.go
+++ b/neoq_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package neoq
+package neoq_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/memory"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/postgres"
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/handler"
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ var (
 
 func ExampleNew() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	nq, err := New(ctx, WithBackend(memory.Backend))
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(memory.Backend))
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("initializing a new Neoq with no params should not return an error:", err)
 		return
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ func ExampleNew_postgres() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	nq, err := New(ctx, WithBackend(postgres.Backend), postgres.WithConnectionString(pgURL))
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(postgres.Backend), postgres.WithConnectionString(pgURL))
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("neoq's postgres backend failed to initialize:", err)
 		return
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ func ExampleNew_postgres() {
 
 func ExampleWithBackend() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	nq, err := New(ctx, WithBackend(memory.Backend))
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(memory.Backend))
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("initializing a new Neoq with no params should not return an error:", err)
 		return
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ func ExampleWithBackend_postgres() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	nq, err := New(ctx, WithBackend(postgres.Backend), postgres.WithConnectionString(pgURL))
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(postgres.Backend), postgres.WithConnectionString(pgURL))
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("initializing a new Neoq with no params should not return an error:", err)
 		return
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ func TestStart(t *testing.T) {
 	done := make(chan bool, numJobs)
 
 	ctx := context.TODO()
-	nq, err := New(ctx, WithBackend(memory.Backend))
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(memory.Backend))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ func TestStart(t *testing.T) {
 func TestStartCron(t *testing.T) {
 	const cron = "* * * * * *"
 	ctx := context.TODO()
-	nq, err := New(ctx, WithBackend(memory.Backend))
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(memory.Backend))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ func TestSetLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	logsChan := make(chan string, 10)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	nq, err := New(ctx, WithBackend(memory.Backend))
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(memory.Backend))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ff6c4d4..0000000
--- a/types/types.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package types
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/handler"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/jobs"
-	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/logging"
-)
-
-// Backend interface is Neoq's primary API
-//
-// Backend is implemented by:
-//   - [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/memory.MemBackend]
-//   - [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/postgres.PgBackend]
-//   - [pkg/github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/backends/redis.RedisBackend]
-type Backend interface {
-	// Enqueue queues jobs to be executed asynchronously
-	Enqueue(ctx context.Context, job *jobs.Job) (jobID string, err error)
-
-	// Start starts processing jobs with the specified queue and handler
-	Start(ctx context.Context, queue string, h handler.Handler) (err error)
-
-	// StartCron starts processing jobs with the specified cron schedule and handler
-	//
-	// See: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/robfig/cron?#hdr-CRON_Expression_Format for details on the cron spec format
-	StartCron(ctx context.Context, cron string, h handler.Handler) (err error)
-
-	// SetLogger sets the backend logger
-	SetLogger(logger logging.Logger)
-
-	// Shutdown halts job processing and releases resources
-	Shutdown(ctx context.Context)
-}