diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bfd1d99..a62b81a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -140,6 +140,17 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6b4d9b1225d28d360ec6a231d65af1fd99a2a095154c8040689617290569c5c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "basic-setup"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "crunch",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d3292e5..11ad75a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["crates/*"]
+members = ["crates/*", "examples/*"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
diff --git a/examples/basic-setup/Cargo.toml b/examples/basic-setup/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1e7789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic-setup/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "basic-setup"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+crunch = { workspace = true,default-features = false, features = ["in-memory"] }
+
+tracing.workspace = true
+tokio.workspace = true
+tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
+anyhow.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/basic-setup/src/main.rs b/examples/basic-setup/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cf8a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic-setup/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use crunch::traits::{Deserializer, Event, EventInfo, Serializer};
+
+struct MyEvent {}
+
+impl Serializer for MyEvent {
+    fn serialize(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, crunch::errors::SerializeError> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
+impl Deserializer for MyEvent {
+    fn deserialize(_raw: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self, crunch::errors::DeserializeError>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Event for MyEvent {
+    fn event_info() -> crunch::traits::EventInfo {
+        EventInfo {
+            domain: "my-domain",
+            entity_type: "my-entity-type",
+            event_name: "my-event-name",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let crunch = crunch::builder::Builder::default().build()?;
+
+    crunch
+        .subscribe(|_item: MyEvent| async move { Ok(()) })
+        .await?;
+
+    crunch.publish(MyEvent {}).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}