diff --git a/example/main.go b/example/main.go
index ef93110d..bea081b8 100644
--- a/example/main.go
+++ b/example/main.go
@@ -37,38 +37,12 @@ var (
 func main() {
 	kingpin.Parse()
 
-	logger := simplelog.New(os.Stdout, simplelog.DEBUG, "jocko")
-
-	store := broker.New(broker.Options{
-		DataDir:  *raftDir,
-		RaftAddr: *raftAddr,
-		TCPAddr:  *tcpaddr,
-		LogDir:   *logDir,
-		ID:       *brokerID,
-		Logger:   logger,
-	})
-	if err := store.Open(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error opening raft store: %s\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	server := server.New(*tcpaddr, store, logger)
-	if err := server.Start(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error starting server: %s\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	if _, err := store.WaitForLeader(10 * time.Second); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	// creating/deleting topic directly since Sarama doesn't support it
-	if err := store.CreateTopic(topic, numPartitions); err != nil && err != broker.ErrTopicExists {
-		panic(err)
-	}
+	setup()
 
 	config := sarama.NewConfig()
 	config.ChannelBufferSize = 1
 	config.Version = sarama.V0_10_0_1
+	config.Producer.Return.Successes = true
 
 	brokers := []string{*tcpaddr}
 	producer, err := sarama.NewSyncProducer(brokers, config)
@@ -136,3 +110,34 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("producer and consumer worked! %d messages ok\n", totalChecked)
 }
+
+func setup() {
+	logger := simplelog.New(os.Stdout, simplelog.INFO, "jocko")
+
+	store := broker.New(broker.Options{
+		DataDir:  *raftDir,
+		RaftAddr: *raftAddr,
+		TCPAddr:  *tcpaddr,
+		LogDir:   *logDir,
+		ID:       *brokerID,
+		Logger:   logger,
+	})
+	if err := store.Open(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error opening raft store: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	server := server.New(*tcpaddr, store, logger)
+	if err := server.Start(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error starting server: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := store.WaitForLeader(10 * time.Second); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// creating/deleting topic directly since Sarama doesn't support it
+	if err := store.CreateTopic(topic, numPartitions); err != nil && err != broker.ErrTopicExists {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}