diff --git a/adaptive_scheduler/__init__.py b/adaptive_scheduler/__init__.py
index 50b7b0ab..4ab0cac0 100644
--- a/adaptive_scheduler/__init__.py
+++ b/adaptive_scheduler/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from adaptive_scheduler import client_support, scheduler, server_support, utils
 from adaptive_scheduler._version import __version__
 from adaptive_scheduler.scheduler import PBS, SLURM
-from adaptive_scheduler.server_support import RunManager
+from adaptive_scheduler.server_support import RunManager, slurm_run
 
 __all__ = [
     "client_support",
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
     "server_support",
     "SLURM",
     "utils",
+    "slurm_run",
     "__version__",
 ]
diff --git a/adaptive_scheduler/scheduler.py b/adaptive_scheduler/scheduler.py
index d153e533..495d3280 100644
--- a/adaptive_scheduler/scheduler.py
+++ b/adaptive_scheduler/scheduler.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 import time
 import warnings
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
-from functools import cached_property
+from functools import cached_property, lru_cache
+from typing import Literal
 
 import adaptive_scheduler._mock_scheduler
 from adaptive_scheduler.utils import _progress, _RequireAttrsABCMeta
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ def __init__(
         python_executable,
         log_folder,
         mpiexec_executable,
-        executor_type,
+        executor_type: Literal["ipyparallel", "dask-mpi", "mpi4py", "process-pool"],
         num_threads,
         extra_scheduler,
         extra_env_vars,
@@ -304,7 +305,9 @@ def __init__(
         python_executable=None,
         log_folder="",
         mpiexec_executable=None,
-        executor_type="mpi4py",
+        executor_type: Literal[
+            "ipyparallel", "dask-mpi", "mpi4py", "process-pool"
+        ] = "mpi4py",
         num_threads=1,
         extra_scheduler=None,
         extra_env_vars=None,
@@ -580,7 +583,9 @@ def __init__(
         python_executable=None,
         log_folder="",
         mpiexec_executable=None,
-        executor_type="mpi4py",
+        executor_type: Literal[
+            "ipyparallel", "dask-mpi", "mpi4py", "process-pool"
+        ] = "mpi4py",
         num_threads=1,
         extra_scheduler=None,
         extra_env_vars=None,
@@ -940,6 +945,7 @@ def _get_ncores(partition):
     return int(numbers[0])
 
 
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
 def slurm_partitions(
     timeout: int = 5, with_ncores: bool = True
 ) -> list[str] | dict[str, int]:
diff --git a/adaptive_scheduler/server_support.py b/adaptive_scheduler/server_support.py
index c36c123b..3027d907 100644
--- a/adaptive_scheduler/server_support.py
+++ b/adaptive_scheduler/server_support.py
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
 import zmq.ssh
 from tinydb import Query, TinyDB
 
-from adaptive_scheduler.scheduler import BaseScheduler
+from adaptive_scheduler.scheduler import SLURM, BaseScheduler, slurm_partitions
 from adaptive_scheduler.utils import (
     _DATAFRAME_FORMATS,
     _deserialize,
+    _get_default_args,
     _progress,
     _remove_or_move_files,
     _require_adaptive,
@@ -873,7 +874,7 @@ def __init__(
             "loky", "loky_int_main", "spawn", "fork", "forkserver"
         ] = "loky",
         cleanup_first: bool = False,
-        save_dataframe: bool = True,
+        save_dataframe: bool = False,
         # TODO: use _DATAFRAME_FORMATS instead of literal in ≥Python 3.10
         dataframe_format: Literal[
             "parquet", "csv", "hdf", "pickle", "feather", "excel", "json"
@@ -1163,3 +1164,72 @@ async def clean(interval):
     ioloop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
     coro = clean(interval)
     return ioloop.create_task(coro)
+
+
+def slurm_run(
+    learners: list[adaptive.BaseLearner],
+    fnames: list[str],
+    partition: str,
+    nodes: int = 1,
+    cores_per_node: int | None = None,
+    goal: Callable[[adaptive.BaseLearner], bool]
+    | int
+    | float
+    | datetime.timedelta
+    | datetime.datetime
+    | None = None,
+    folder: str | Path = "",
+    name: str = "adaptive",
+    num_threads: int = 1,
+    save_interval: int = 300,
+    log_interval: int = 300,
+    cleanup_first: bool = True,
+    save_dataframe: bool = True,
+    dataframe_format: Literal[
+        "parquet", "csv", "hdf", "pickle", "feather", "excel", "json"
+    ] = "parquet",
+    max_fails_per_job: int = 50,
+    max_simultaneous_jobs: int = 500,
+    executor_type: Literal[
+        "ipyparallel", "dask-mpi", "mpi4py", "process-pool"
+    ] = "process-pool",
+    extra_run_manager_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    extra_scheduler_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+):
+    folder = Path(folder)
+    folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    if cores_per_node is None:
+        cores_per_node = slurm_partitions()[partition]
+    kw = dict(
+        _get_default_args(SLURM),
+        nodes=nodes,
+        cores_per_node=cores_per_node,
+        partition=partition,
+        run_script=folder / f"{name}_adaptive_scheduler.py",
+        log_folder=folder / "logs",
+        executor_type=executor_type,
+        num_threads=num_threads,
+    )
+    if extra_scheduler_kwargs is None:
+        extra_scheduler_kwargs = {}
+    scheduler = SLURM(**dict(kw, **extra_scheduler_kwargs))
+    kw = dict(
+        _get_default_args(RunManager),
+        scheduler=scheduler,
+        learners=learners,
+        fnames=fnames,
+        goal=goal,
+        save_interval=save_interval,
+        log_interval=log_interval,
+        move_old_logs_to=folder / "old_logs",
+        db_fname=f"{name}.db.json",
+        job_name=name,
+        cleanup_first=cleanup_first,
+        save_dataframe=save_dataframe,
+        dataframe_format=dataframe_format,
+        max_fails_per_job=max_fails_per_job,
+        max_simultaneous_jobs=max_simultaneous_jobs,
+    )
+    if extra_run_manager_kwargs is None:
+        extra_run_manager_kwargs = {}
+    return RunManager(**dict(kw, **extra_run_manager_kwargs))
diff --git a/adaptive_scheduler/utils.py b/adaptive_scheduler/utils.py
index df716ae3..00b6dbf7 100644
--- a/adaptive_scheduler/utils.py
+++ b/adaptive_scheduler/utils.py
@@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ def smart_goal(
             raise TypeError("Multiple learner types found.")
         if isinstance(learners[0], adaptive.SequenceLearner):
             return adaptive.SequenceLearner.done
+        warnings.warn("Goal is None which means the learners continue forever!")
         return lambda _: False
     else:
         raise ValueError("goal must be `callable | int | float | None`")
diff --git a/example.ipynb b/example.ipynb
index 01bbe9b4..d29a7f43 100644
--- a/example.ipynb
+++ b/example.ipynb
@@ -84,18 +84,36 @@
    "source": [
     "import adaptive_scheduler\n",
     "\n",
-    "\n",
-    "def goal(learner):\n",
-    "    return learner.npoints > 200\n",
-    "\n",
-    "\n",
+    "run_manager = adaptive_scheduler.slurm_run(learners, fnames, partition=\"hb120rsv2-low\", goal=0.01)\n",
+    "run_manager.start()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Explicit use"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Or be explicit and use:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
     "name = \"example\"\n",
     "scheduler = adaptive_scheduler.scheduler.SLURM(\n",
-    "    num_threads=1,\n",
-    "    cores_per_node=20,\n",
+    "    cores_per_node=2,\n",
     "    nodes=1,\n",
     "    partition=\"hb120rsv2-low\",\n",
-    "    executor_type=\"process-pool\",\n",
+    "    executor_type=\"ipyparallel\",\n",
     "    run_script=f\"{name}-run.py\",\n",
     "    log_folder=\"logs\",\n",
     ")\n",
@@ -103,7 +121,7 @@
     "    learners=learners,\n",
     "    fnames=fnames,\n",
     "    scheduler=scheduler,\n",
-    "    goal=goal,\n",
+    "    goal=0.01,\n",
     "    job_name=f\"{name}\",\n",
     "    max_fails_per_job=5,\n",
     "    max_simultaneous_jobs=50,\n",
@@ -111,9 +129,15 @@
     "    log_interval=30,\n",
     "    save_interval=30,\n",
     "    save_dataframe=True,\n",
-    ")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "run_manager.start()"
+    "    cleanup_first=False,\n",
+    ")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Queue"
    ]
   },
   {