diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 748783f..4bbe527 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,29 +40,16 @@ metric.reporters=com.simple.metrics.kafka.DropwizardReporter
 
 That client will now automatically register all of its built-in
 metrics with a Dropwizard `MetricRegistry` when it's initialized.
+The registry is discovered by calling
+`SharedMetricRegistries.getOrCreate("default")`,
+so to direct `DropwizardReporter` to a particular registry, make
+sure to call `SharedMetricRegistries.add("default", myRegistry)`
+before instantiating Kafka clients if you want metrics to belong
+to `myRegistry`.
 
-## Integration with Dropwizard Applications
-
-The reporter calls `SharedMetricRegistries.getOrCreate("default")`
-to discover a registry. To make sure `DropwizardReporter` instances report
-to the main metrics registry of a Dropwizard application, call
-the following in your `run` method before defining any Kafka clients
-([this will be done by default in Dropwizard 1.0+](https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/1513)):
-```java
-public class MyApplication extends Application<MyConfiguration> {
-// [...]
-    @Override
-    public void run(MyConfiguration configuration, environment: Environment) {
-        SharedMetricRegistries.add("default", environment.metrics());
-    // [...]
-    }
-}
-```
+For a full example of integrating Kafka client metrics in a Dropwizard
+application, see [example/](example/).
 
-Metrics will be published with a prefix of
-`<metrics-prefix>.org.apache.kafka.common.metrics`
-where `metric-prefix` is the global prefix
-you've configured for a given reporter.
 
 ## Configuration (Optional)
 
diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..554ebfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,419 @@
+## Integration with Dropwizard Applications
+
+`DropwizardReporter` calls `SharedMetricRegistries.getOrCreate("default")`
+to discover a registry. To make sure `DropwizardReporter` instances report
+to the main metrics registry of a Dropwizard application, call
+the following in your `run` method before defining any Kafka clients
+([this will be done by default in Dropwizard 1.0+](https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/1513)):
+```java
+public class MyApplication extends Application<MyConfiguration> {
+// [...]
+    @Override
+    public void run(MyConfiguration configuration, environment: Environment) {
+        SharedMetricRegistries.add("default", environment.metrics());
+    // [...]
+    }
+}
+```
+
+
+## Running the Example
+
+This example application starts up a `KafkaProducer` and a `KafkaConsumer`
+inside an `ExecutorService` to demonstrate what metrics are produced.
+
+If you want to run this yourself, you'll need to have Zookeeper and Kafka
+running locally on their default ports.
+
+Then,
+
+```
+# Move into the example/ directory.
+cd example/
+
+# Compile the application.
+mvn clean package
+
+# Start the server.
+java -jar target/kafka-dropwizard-reporter-example-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar server conf.yml
+```
+
+
+## Example Output
+
+While the application is running, you should be able to see the Kafka client
+metrics by hitting the `/metrics` endpoint on the admin port.
+Notice that the `client.id` property of the producer and consumer is reflected
+in the metric names.
+```
+$ http localhost:8081/metrics
+{
+...
+    "gauges": {
+    ...
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.assigned-partitions": {
+            "value": 1.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.commit-latency-avg": {
+            "value": 3.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.commit-latency-max": {
+            "value": 3.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.commit-rate": {
+            "value": 0.03322479898996611
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.heartbeat-rate": {
+            "value": 0.031151677517834337
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.heartbeat-response-time-max": {
+            "value": 1.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.join-rate": {
+            "value": 0.028481913984619765
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.join-time-avg": {
+            "value": 4.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.join-time-max": {
+            "value": 4.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.last-heartbeat-seconds-ago": {
+            "value": 2.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.sync-rate": {
+            "value": 0.028483536515893818
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.sync-time-avg": {
+            "value": 2.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-coordinator-metrics.my-consumer-id.sync-time-max": {
+            "value": 2.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.bytes-consumed-rate": {
+            "value": 10.54131054131054
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.fetch-latency-avg": {
+            "value": 309.4375
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.fetch-latency-max": {
+            "value": 504.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.fetch-rate": {
+            "value": 0.45584045584045585
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.fetch-size-avg": {
+            "value": 23.125
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.fetch-size-max": {
+            "value": 88.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.fetch-throttle-time-avg": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.fetch-throttle-time-max": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.records-consumed-rate": {
+            "value": 0.370359818808581
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.records-lag-max": {
+            "value": 1.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-fetch-manager-metrics.my-consumer-id.records-per-request-avg": {
+            "value": 0.8125
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.connection-close-rate": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.connection-count": {
+            "value": 3.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.connection-creation-rate": {
+            "value": 0.08519338899301415
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.incoming-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 42.536229820915075
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.io-ratio": {
+            "value": 0.0003977566377963936
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.io-time-ns-avg": {
+            "value": 264283.0188679245
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.io-wait-ratio": {
+            "value": 0.14415233254777252
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.io-wait-time-ns-avg": {
+            "value": 95790584.90566038
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.network-io-rate": {
+            "value": 1.3381544856646643
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.outgoing-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 55.49070409703044
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.request-rate": {
+            "value": 0.6833129288500414
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.request-size-avg": {
+            "value": 81.20833333333333
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.request-size-max": {
+            "value": 192.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.response-rate": {
+            "value": 0.6548229131078465
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-metrics.my-consumer-id.select-rate": {
+            "value": 1.5048268029528677
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node--1.incoming-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 2.192233230839312
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node--1.outgoing-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 1.1957635804578066
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node--1.request-latency-avg": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node--1.request-latency-max": {
+            "value": "-Infinity"
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node--1.request-rate": {
+            "value": 0.028470561439471586
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node--1.request-size-avg": {
+            "value": 42.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node--1.request-size-max": {
+            "value": 42.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node--1.response-rate": {
+            "value": 0.028469750889679714
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-0.incoming-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 31.405711682469175
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-0.outgoing-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 37.12772621149137
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-0.request-latency-avg": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-0.request-latency-max": {
+            "value": "-Infinity"
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-0.request-rate": {
+            "value": 0.5124992881954331
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-0.request-size-avg": {
+            "value": 72.44444444444444
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-0.request-size-max": {
+            "value": 74.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-0.response-rate": {
+            "value": 0.48404088721847327
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-2147483647.incoming-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 8.942047558023637
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-2147483647.outgoing-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 17.171659642328283
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-2147483647.request-latency-avg": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-2147483647.request-latency-max": {
+            "value": "-Infinity"
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-2147483647.request-rate": {
+            "value": 0.14238118290286758
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-2147483647.request-size-avg": {
+            "value": 120.6
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-2147483647.request-size-max": {
+            "value": 192.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.consumer-node-metrics.my-consumer-id.node-2147483647.response-rate": {
+            "value": 0.14238523749857615
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.batch-size-avg": {
+            "value": 28.181818181818183
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.batch-size-max": {
+            "value": 30.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.buffer-available-bytes": {
+            "value": 33554432.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.buffer-exhausted-rate": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.buffer-total-bytes": {
+            "value": 33554432.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.bufferpool-wait-ratio": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.compression-rate-avg": {
+            "value": 1.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.connection-close-rate": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.connection-count": {
+            "value": 2.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.connection-creation-rate": {
+            "value": 0.0568197960169323
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.incoming-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 14.690003977950786
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.io-ratio": {
+            "value": 0.0003581031255317942
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.io-time-ns-avg": {
+            "value": 323743.58974358975
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.io-wait-ratio": {
+            "value": 0.14408179703896987
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.io-wait-time-ns-avg": {
+            "value": 130257333.33333333
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.metadata-age": {
+            "value": 5.195
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.network-io-rate": {
+            "value": 0.681856923688846
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.outgoing-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 28.75163361554634
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.produce-throttle-time-avg": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.produce-throttle-time-max": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.record-error-rate": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.record-queue-time-avg": {
+            "value": 0.5454545454545454
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.record-queue-time-max": {
+            "value": 4.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.record-retry-rate": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.record-send-rate": {
+            "value": 0.312659882894662
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.record-size-avg": {
+            "value": 16.181818181818183
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.record-size-max": {
+            "value": 18.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.records-per-request-avg": {
+            "value": 1.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.request-latency-avg": {
+            "value": 1.6363636363636365
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.request-latency-max": {
+            "value": 3.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.request-rate": {
+            "value": 0.3409187761015938
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.request-size-avg": {
+            "value": 84.33333333333333
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.request-size-max": {
+            "value": 90.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.requests-in-flight": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.response-rate": {
+            "value": 0.34093814813762535
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.select-rate": {
+            "value": 1.1060378321658488
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-metrics.my-producer-id.waiting-threads": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node--1.incoming-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 2.1876864505497626
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node--1.outgoing-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 1.1931818181818181
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node--1.request-latency-avg": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node--1.request-latency-max": {
+            "value": "-Infinity"
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node--1.request-rate": {
+            "value": 0.028408283855572286
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node--1.request-size-avg": {
+            "value": 42.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node--1.request-size-max": {
+            "value": 42.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node--1.response-rate": {
+            "value": 0.028410705153701914
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node-0.incoming-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 12.50675080299025
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node-0.outgoing-byte-rate": {
+            "value": 27.570916946165653
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node-0.request-latency-avg": {
+            "value": 1.6363636363636365
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node-0.request-latency-max": {
+            "value": 3.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node-0.request-rate": {
+            "value": 0.3126509962197652
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node-0.request-size-avg": {
+            "value": 88.18181818181819
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node-0.request-size-max": {
+            "value": 90.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-node-metrics.my-producer-id.node-0.response-rate": {
+            "value": 0.312659882894662
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-topic-metrics.my-producer-id.my-topic.byte-rate": {
+            "value": 8.810823101409733
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-topic-metrics.my-producer-id.my-topic.compression-rate": {
+            "value": 1.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-topic-metrics.my-producer-id.my-topic.record-error-rate": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-topic-metrics.my-producer-id.my-topic.record-retry-rate": {
+            "value": 0.0
+        },
+        "org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.producer-topic-metrics.my-producer-id.my-topic.record-send-rate": {
+            "value": 0.3126332243853915
+        },
+    ...
+}
+```
diff --git a/example/conf.yml b/example/conf.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de6abc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/conf.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+metrics:
+  frequency: 5 seconds
+  reporters:
+    - type: csv
+      file: metrics/
+      
+producer:
+  bootstrap.servers: localhost:9092
+  client.id: my-producer-id
+  key.serializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
+  value.serializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
+  metric.reporters: com.simple.metrics.kafka.DropwizardReporter
+
+consumer:
+  bootstrap.servers: localhost:9092
+  client.id: my-consumer-id
+  group.id: example-group-id
+  enable.auto.commit: true
+  key.deserializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
+  value.deserializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
+  metric.reporters: com.simple.metrics.kafka.DropwizardReporter
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..102878d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project
+        xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <prerequisites>
+        <maven>3.0.0</maven>
+    </prerequisites>
+
+    <groupId>com.simple</groupId>
+    <artifactId>kafka-dropwizard-reporter-example</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>DropwizardReporterExample</name>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <dropwizard.version>0.9.2</dropwizard.version>
+        <mainClass>com.simple.example.DropwizardReporterExampleApplication</mainClass>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
+                <artifactId>dropwizard-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dropwizard-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dropwizard-metrics-graphite</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+            <version>0.9.0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.simple</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kafka-dropwizard-reporter</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                    <transformers>
+                        <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
+                        <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                            <mainClass>${mainClass}</mainClass>
+                        </transformer>
+                    </transformers>
+                    <!-- exclude signed Manifests -->
+                    <filters>
+                        <filter>
+                            <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                            <excludes>
+                                <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                                <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                            </excludes>
+                        </filter>
+                    </filters>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.6</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+                            <mainClass>${mainClass}</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.7</source>
+                    <target>1.7</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-sources</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.10.3</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <reporting>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <dependencyLocationsEnabled>false</dependencyLocationsEnabled>
+                    <dependencyDetailsEnabled>false</dependencyDetailsEnabled>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.10.3</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/com/simple/example/DropwizardReporterExampleApplication.java b/example/src/main/java/com/simple/example/DropwizardReporterExampleApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b306fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/main/java/com/simple/example/DropwizardReporterExampleApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.simple.example;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.SharedMetricRegistries;
+import io.dropwizard.Application;
+import io.dropwizard.setup.Bootstrap;
+import io.dropwizard.setup.Environment;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecords;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+
+public class DropwizardReporterExampleApplication extends Application<DropwizardReporterExampleConfiguration> {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DropwizardReporterExampleApplication.class);
+
+    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+        new DropwizardReporterExampleApplication().run(args);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "DropwizardReporterExample";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(final Bootstrap<DropwizardReporterExampleConfiguration> bootstrap) {
+        // No initialization needed.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run(final DropwizardReporterExampleConfiguration configuration,
+                    final Environment environment) {
+
+        // The default shared registry will be pre-registered in Dropwizard 1.0+
+        SharedMetricRegistries.add("default", environment.metrics());
+
+        final ExecutorService executorService = environment
+                .lifecycle()
+                .executorService("kafka-threads")
+                .minThreads(2)
+                .maxThreads(10)
+                .build();
+
+        executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                final Producer<String, String> producer = new KafkaProducer<>(configuration.getProducer());
+                int i = 0;
+                try {
+                    while (true) {
+                        String s = Integer.toString(i);
+                        producer.send(new ProducerRecord<String, String>("my-topic", s, s));
+                        i++;
+                        Thread.sleep(500);
+                    }
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    LOGGER.info("Producer interrupted");
+                    producer.close();
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                final Consumer<String, String> consumer = new KafkaConsumer<>(configuration.getConsumer());
+                consumer.subscribe(Arrays.asList("my-topic"));
+                while (true) {
+                    ConsumerRecords<String, String> records = consumer.poll(2000);
+                    for (ConsumerRecord<String, String> record : records)
+                        LOGGER.info("offset = {}, key = {}, value = {}", record.offset(), record.key(), record.value());
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/com/simple/example/DropwizardReporterExampleConfiguration.java b/example/src/main/java/com/simple/example/DropwizardReporterExampleConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d1743f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/main/java/com/simple/example/DropwizardReporterExampleConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.simple.example;
+
+import io.dropwizard.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotEmpty;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class DropwizardReporterExampleConfiguration extends Configuration {
+    @NotEmpty
+    private Properties producer;
+
+    @NotEmpty
+    private Properties consumer;
+
+    public Properties getProducer() {
+        return producer;
+    }
+
+    public void setProducer(Properties producer) {
+        this.producer = producer;
+    }
+
+    public Properties getConsumer() {
+        return consumer;
+    }
+
+    public void setConsumer(Properties consumer) {
+        this.consumer = consumer;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/example/src/main/resources/banner.txt b/example/src/main/resources/banner.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26d0154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/main/resources/banner.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+================================================================================
+
+                              DropwizardReporterExample
+
+================================================================================
+