diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7efcbc..0d37422 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ We recommend wrapping and exposing the parts you need to the library, so that yo
 
 You will need a transport of some sort. Transport is what transfers messages between services, crunch is built to be configurable, and unopinionated, as such most messaging protocols should work fine. 
 
-- [ ] [NATS (recommended)](crates/crunch-transport-nats)
+- [x] [NATS (recommended)](crates/crunch-transport-nats)
 - [x] [Tokio channel (used for in-memory processing)](crates/crunch-transport-tokio-channel)
 
 ### Persistence
diff --git a/crates/crunch-nats/src/lib.rs b/crates/crunch-nats/src/lib.rs
index eb88505..b0b9b0b 100644
--- a/crates/crunch-nats/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/crunch-nats/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl NatsTransport {
                 nats::asynk::Options::with_user_pass(user, pass)
                     .connect(options.host)
                     .await
-                    .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!(e))
+                    .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to connect with username password: {}", e))
                     .map_err(TransportError::Err)?
             }
         };
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ impl Transport for NatsTransport {
             .map_err(TransportError::Err)?;
 
         let stream = futures::stream::unfold(sub, |sub| async move {
+            tracing::trace!("got event from nats");
             let next = sub.next().await?;
             let next = next.data;
             Some((next, sub))
diff --git a/crates/crunch/assets/docker-compose.nats.yaml b/crates/crunch/assets/docker-compose.nats.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e21205e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/crunch/assets/docker-compose.nats.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  nats:
+    image: bitnami/nats:2.10.1
+    ports:
+      - "4222:4222"
+    environment:
+      - NATS_ENABLE_AUTH=yes
+      - NATS_USERNAME=user
+      - NATS_PASSWORD=secret
+
diff --git a/crates/crunch/examples/counter.rs b/crates/crunch/examples/counter.rs
index 7e858f1..1d96307 100644
--- a/crates/crunch/examples/counter.rs
+++ b/crates/crunch/examples/counter.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         name: "something".into(),
     };
 
+    // Publish a lot of events
     for _ in 0..50 {
         tokio::spawn({
             let event = event.clone();
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     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);
+    tracing::info!("ran {} amount of times", amount_run);
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/crunch/examples/nats.rs b/crates/crunch/examples/nats.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be62370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/crunch/examples/nats.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+use crunch::errors::*;
+use crunch::nats::{NatsConnectCredentials, NatsConnectOptions};
+use crunch::traits::{Deserializer, Event, EventInfo, Serializer};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct SomeEvent {
+    name: String,
+}
+
+impl Serializer for SomeEvent {
+    fn serialize(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, SerializeError> {
+        Ok(b"field=name".to_vec())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deserializer for SomeEvent {
+    fn deserialize(_raw: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self, DeserializeError>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        Ok(Self {
+            name: "something".into(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Event for SomeEvent {
+    fn event_info() -> EventInfo {
+        EventInfo {
+            domain: "some-domain",
+            entity_type: "some-entity",
+            event_name: "some-event",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+
+    // Remember to start nats via. docker first, or set equivalent settings as in `NatsConnectOptions`
+    let crunch = crunch::builder::Builder::default()
+        .with_nats_transport(NatsConnectOptions {
+            host: "127.0.0.1:4222",
+            credentials: NatsConnectCredentials::UserPass {
+                user: "user",
+                pass: "secret",
+            },
+        })
+        .await?
+        .build()?;
+    crunch
+        .subscribe(move |item: SomeEvent| async move {
+            tracing::info!(
+                "subscription got event: {}, info: {}",
+                item.name,
+                item.int_event_info(),
+            );
+            Ok(())
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+    let event = SomeEvent {
+        name: "something".into(),
+    };
+
+    for _ in 0..5 {
+        crunch.publish(event.clone()).await?;
+    }
+
+    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/crates/crunch/src/outbox.rs b/crates/crunch/src/outbox.rs
index e0c2948..62be44c 100644
--- a/crates/crunch/src/outbox.rs
+++ b/crates/crunch/src/outbox.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async fn handle_messages(p: &Persistence, t: &Transport) -> anyhow::Result<Optio
             Some((info, content)) => {
                 t.publish(&info, content).await?;
                 p.update_published(&item).await?;
-                tracing::info!("published item: {}", item);
+                tracing::debug!("published item: {}", item);
             }
             None => {
                 tracing::info!("did not find any events for item: {}", item);