diff --git a/crates/crunch-traits/src/errors.rs b/crates/crunch-traits/src/errors.rs
index 2440a82..d131b68 100644
--- a/crates/crunch-traits/src/errors.rs
+++ b/crates/crunch-traits/src/errors.rs
@@ -53,3 +53,9 @@ pub enum PersistenceError {
     #[error("failed to publish item {0}")]
     UpdatePublished(anyhow::Error),
 }
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum BuilderError {
+    #[error("dependency not added to builder: {0}")]
+    DependencyError(anyhow::Error),
+}
diff --git a/crates/crunch/examples/basic.rs b/crates/crunch/examples/basic.rs
index 08bf6df..7e858f1 100644
--- a/crates/crunch/examples/basic.rs
+++ b/crates/crunch/examples/basic.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crunch::errors::*;
 use crunch::traits::Event;
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 struct SomeEvent {
     name: String,
 }
@@ -36,50 +37,49 @@ impl crunch::traits::Event for SomeEvent {
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
-    let in_memory = crunch::Persistence::in_memory();
-    let transport = crunch::Transport::in_memory();
-    crunch::OutboxHandler::new(in_memory.clone(), transport.clone()).spawn();
-    let publisher = crunch::Publisher::new(in_memory);
-    let subscriber = crunch::Subscriber::new(transport);
+    let crunch = crunch::builder::Builder::default().build()?;
+    let counter = std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0));
 
-    subscriber
-        .subscribe(|item: SomeEvent| async move {
-            tracing::info!(
-                "subscription got event: {}, info: {}",
-                item.name,
-                item.int_event_info(),
-            );
-            Ok(())
+    let inner_counter = counter.clone();
+    crunch
+        .subscribe(move |item: SomeEvent| {
+            let counter = inner_counter.clone();
+
+            async move {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    "subscription got event: {}, info: {}",
+                    item.name,
+                    item.int_event_info(),
+                );
+
+                counter.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
+                Ok(())
+            }
         })
         .await?;
 
-    publisher
-        .publish(SomeEvent {
-            name: "something".into(),
-        })
-        .await?;
-    publisher
-        .publish(SomeEvent {
-            name: "something".into(),
-        })
-        .await?;
-    publisher
-        .publish(SomeEvent {
-            name: "something".into(),
-        })
-        .await?;
-    publisher
-        .publish(SomeEvent {
-            name: "something".into(),
-        })
-        .await?;
-    publisher
-        .publish(SomeEvent {
-            name: "something".into(),
-        })
-        .await?;
+    let event = SomeEvent {
+        name: "something".into(),
+    };
 
-    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+    for _ in 0..50 {
+        tokio::spawn({
+            let event = event.clone();
+            let crunch = crunch.clone();
+
+            async move {
+                loop {
+                    crunch.publish(event.clone()).await.unwrap();
+                    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(1)).await;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(30)).await;
+
+    let amount_run = counter.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
+    tracing::error!("ran {} amount of times", amount_run);
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/crunch/src/lib.rs b/crates/crunch/src/lib.rs
index b20c611..6eedcc3 100644
--- a/crates/crunch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/crunch/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod impls;
 mod outbox;
 mod publisher;
+mod subscriber;
 mod transport;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "traits")]
@@ -12,67 +13,115 @@ pub mod errors {
     pub use crunch_traits::errors::*;
 }
 
+use crunch_traits::Event;
 pub use impls::Persistence;
 pub use outbox::OutboxHandler;
 pub use publisher::Publisher;
 pub use subscriber::Subscriber;
 pub use transport::Transport;
 
-mod subscriber {
-    use crunch_traits::{Event, EventInfo};
-    use futures::StreamExt;
-
-    use crate::{errors, Transport};
-
-    pub struct Subscriber {
-        transport: Transport,
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Crunch {
+    publisher: Publisher,
+    subscriber: Subscriber,
+}
+impl Crunch {
+    pub fn new(publisher: Publisher, subscriber: Subscriber) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            publisher,
+            subscriber,
+        }
     }
 
-    impl Subscriber {
-        pub fn new(transport: Transport) -> Self {
-            Self { transport }
+    pub async fn subscribe<I, F, Fut>(&self, callback: F) -> Result<(), errors::SubscriptionError>
+    where
+        F: Fn(I) -> Fut + Send + Sync + 'static,
+        Fut: futures::Future<Output = Result<(), errors::SubscriptionError>> + Send + 'static,
+        I: Event + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        self.subscriber.subscribe(callback).await
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::ops::Deref for Crunch {
+    type Target = Publisher;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.publisher
+    }
+}
+
+pub mod builder {
+    use crate::{errors, Crunch, OutboxHandler, Persistence, Publisher, Subscriber, Transport};
+
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    pub struct Builder {
+        persistence: Option<Persistence>,
+        transport: Option<Transport>,
+        outbox_enabled: bool,
+    }
+
+    impl Builder {
+        #[cfg(feature = "in-memory")]
+        pub fn with_in_memory_persistence(&mut self) -> &mut Self {
+            self.persistence = Some(Persistence::in_memory());
+            self
         }
 
-        pub async fn subscribe<I, F, Fut>(
-            &self,
-            callback: F,
-        ) -> Result<(), errors::SubscriptionError>
-        where
-            F: Fn(I) -> Fut + Send + Sync + 'static,
-            Fut: futures::Future<Output = Result<(), errors::SubscriptionError>> + Send + 'static,
-            I: Event + Send + 'static,
-        {
-            let mut stream = self
+        #[cfg(feature = "in-memory")]
+        pub fn with_in_memory_transport(&mut self) -> &mut Self {
+            self.transport = Some(Transport::in_memory());
+            self
+        }
+
+        pub fn with_outbox(&mut self, enabled: bool) -> &mut Self {
+            self.outbox_enabled = enabled;
+            self
+        }
+
+        pub fn build(&mut self) -> Result<Crunch, errors::BuilderError> {
+            let persistence =
+                self.persistence
+                    .clone()
+                    .ok_or(errors::BuilderError::DependencyError(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                        "persistence was not set"
+                    )))?;
+            let transport = self
                 .transport
-                .subscriber(&I::event_info())
-                .await
-                .map_err(errors::SubscriptionError::ConnectionFailed)?
-                .ok_or(errors::SubscriptionError::FailedToSubscribe(
-                    anyhow::anyhow!("failed to find channel to subscribe to"),
-                ))?;
+                .clone()
+                .ok_or(errors::BuilderError::DependencyError(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                    "transport was not set"
+                )))?;
 
-            tokio::spawn(async move {
-                while let Some(item) = stream.next().await {
-                    let item = match I::deserialize(item)
-                        .map_err(errors::SubscriptionError::DeserializationFailed)
-                    {
-                        Ok(i) => i,
-                        Err(e) => {
-                            tracing::warn!("deserialization failed: {}", e);
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                    };
+            let publisher = Publisher::new(persistence.clone());
+            let subscriber = Subscriber::new(transport.clone());
+            if self.outbox_enabled {
+                OutboxHandler::new(persistence.clone(), transport.clone()).spawn();
+            }
 
-                    match callback(item).await {
-                        Ok(_) => {}
-                        Err(e) => {
-                            tracing::error!("subscription callback failed: {}", e)
-                        }
-                    }
+            Ok(Crunch::new(publisher, subscriber))
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Default for Builder {
+        fn default() -> Self {
+            #[cfg(feature = "in-memory")]
+            {
+                return Self {
+                    outbox_enabled: true,
+                    persistence: None,
+                    transport: None,
                 }
-            });
+                .with_in_memory_persistence()
+                .with_in_memory_transport()
+                .clone();
+            }
 
-            Ok(())
+            Self {
+                persistence: None,
+                transport: None,
+                outbox_enabled: true,
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/crunch/src/publisher.rs b/crates/crunch/src/publisher.rs
index c06df6b..d4c5157 100644
--- a/crates/crunch/src/publisher.rs
+++ b/crates/crunch/src/publisher.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crunch_traits::{errors::PublishError, Event};
 
 use crate::Persistence;
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Publisher {
     persistence: Persistence,
 }
diff --git a/crates/crunch/src/subscriber.rs b/crates/crunch/src/subscriber.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3758560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/crunch/src/subscriber.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use crunch_traits::{Event, EventInfo};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+
+use crate::{errors, Transport};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Subscriber {
+    transport: Transport,
+}
+
+impl Subscriber {
+    pub fn new(transport: Transport) -> Self {
+        Self { transport }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn subscribe<I, F, Fut>(&self, callback: F) -> Result<(), errors::SubscriptionError>
+    where
+        F: Fn(I) -> Fut + Send + Sync + 'static,
+        Fut: futures::Future<Output = Result<(), errors::SubscriptionError>> + Send + 'static,
+        I: Event + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        let mut stream = self
+            .transport
+            .subscriber(&I::event_info())
+            .await
+            .map_err(errors::SubscriptionError::ConnectionFailed)?
+            .ok_or(errors::SubscriptionError::FailedToSubscribe(
+                anyhow::anyhow!("failed to find channel to subscribe to"),
+            ))?;
+
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            while let Some(item) = stream.next().await {
+                let item = match I::deserialize(item)
+                    .map_err(errors::SubscriptionError::DeserializationFailed)
+                {
+                    Ok(i) => i,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        tracing::warn!("deserialization failed: {}", e);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
+
+                match callback(item).await {
+                    Ok(_) => {}
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        tracing::error!("subscription callback failed: {}", e)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}