diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7714a88eb..66e0cb0d1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ jobs:
           name: use golangci-lint to check gocode of this project.
           command: |
             make golangci-lint
+      - run:
+          name: boilerplate check
+          command: |
+            make boilerplate-check
 
   unit-test-golang:
     docker:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc6062b3d..551eb8ae7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -105,13 +105,18 @@ integration-test:
 	@go test ./test
 .PHONY: integration-test
 
-check:
+check: boilerplate-check
 	@echo "Begin to check code formats."
 	./hack/check.sh
 	@echo "Begin to check dockerd whether is startup"
 	./hack/check-docker.sh
 .PHONY: check
 
+boilerplate-check:
+	@echo "Begin to check code boilerplate."
+	./hack/boilerplate-check.sh
+.PHONY: boilerplate-check
+
 go-mod-tidy:
 	@echo "Begin to tidy up go.mod and go.sum"
 	@go mod tidy
diff --git a/hack/boilerplate-check.sh b/hack/boilerplate-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..54e934bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/boilerplate-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o nounset
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+curDir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
+cd "${curDir}/../" || return
+
+check() {
+    result=$(git ls-files | xargs go run ./hack/boilerplate/check-boilerplate.go 2>&1)
+    if [[ ${#result} -gt 0 ]]; then
+        echo "${result}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+check
diff --git a/hack/boilerplate/check-boilerplate.go b/hack/boilerplate/check-boilerplate.go
index 96a972c85..2429910cd 100644
--- a/hack/boilerplate/check-boilerplate.go
+++ b/hack/boilerplate/check-boilerplate.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ func checkBoilerplate(content string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("the file is missing a boilerplate")
 	}
 	if index < len(boilerplate) {
-		return errors.New("boilerplate has missing lines")
+		return fmt.Errorf("boilerplate has missing lines")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ func checkBoilerplate(content string) error {
 // verifyFile verifies if a file contains the boilerplate
 func verifyFile(filePath string) error {
 	if len(filePath) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("empty file name")
+		return fmt.Errorf("empty file name")
 	}
 
 	// check file extension is go
@@ -112,18 +111,13 @@ func verifyFile(filePath string) error {
 
 func main() {
 	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
-		fmt.Println("usage: go run check-boilerplate.go <path-to-file> <path-to-file> ...")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "usage: go run check-boilerplate.go <path-to-file> <path-to-file> ...")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	hasErr := false
 	for _, filePath := range os.Args[1:] {
 		if err := verifyFile(filePath); err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("error validating %q: %v\n", filePath, err)
-			hasErr = true
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error validating %q: %v\n", filePath, err)
 		}
 	}
-	if hasErr {
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
 }
diff --git a/hack/check.sh b/hack/check.sh
index c5aa51bfc..7f9a860bc 100755
--- a/hack/check.sh
+++ b/hack/check.sh
@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@ check() {
     echo "CHECK: go vet, check code syntax"
     packages=$(go list ./... | sed 's/^_//')
     echo "${packages}" | xargs go vet 2>&1
-
-    # boilerplate check
-    echo "CHECK: boilerpalte, check code boilerplate"
-    result=$(git ls-files | xargs go run ./hack/boilerplate/check-boilerplate.go)
-    if [[ ${#result} -gt 0 ]]; then
-        echo "${result}"
-        return 1
-    fi
 }
 
 check
diff --git a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_dfget_task.go b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_dfget_task.go
index 833e1ad3f..d258c798e 100644
--- a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_dfget_task.go
+++ b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_dfget_task.go
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The Dragonfly Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package gc
 
 import (
diff --git a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_manager.go b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_manager.go
index 9e91ddc15..ec1dda195 100644
--- a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_manager.go
+++ b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_manager.go
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The Dragonfly Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package gc
 
 import (
diff --git a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_peer.go b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_peer.go
index 44724f8c1..f076979be 100644
--- a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_peer.go
+++ b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_peer.go
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The Dragonfly Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package gc
 
 import (
diff --git a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_task.go b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_task.go
index 9056aed9f..05a43be17 100644
--- a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_task.go
+++ b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc/gc_task.go
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The Dragonfly Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package gc
 
 import (
diff --git a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc_mgr.go b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc_mgr.go
index 71b5f51f4..d6e58f51c 100644
--- a/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc_mgr.go
+++ b/supernode/daemon/mgr/gc_mgr.go
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The Dragonfly Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package mgr
 
 import (
diff --git a/supernode/daemon/mgr/progress/progress_delete.go b/supernode/daemon/mgr/progress/progress_delete.go
index 44315cec5..2769e668d 100644
--- a/supernode/daemon/mgr/progress/progress_delete.go
+++ b/supernode/daemon/mgr/progress/progress_delete.go
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The Dragonfly Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package progress
 
 import (