Closes #161

src/libbot/pycord/classes/bot.py

@@ -59,3 +59,15 @@ class PycordBot(Bot):
         self.in_every_locale = self.bot_locale.in_every_locale
 
         self.scheduler: Union[AsyncIOScheduler, BackgroundScheduler, None] = scheduler
+
+    async def start(self, token: str, reconnect: bool = True, scheduler_start: bool = True) -> None:
+        if self.scheduler is not None and scheduler_start:
+            self.scheduler.start()
+
+        await super().start(token, reconnect=reconnect)
+
+    async def close(self, scheduler_shutdown: bool = True, scheduler_wait: bool = True) -> None:
+        if self.scheduler is not None and scheduler_shutdown:
+            self.scheduler.shutdown(scheduler_wait)
+
+        await super().close()