diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e40b8e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Examples
+
+- [`hello_world`](../examples/hello_world.rs) - Very small getting started app.
+- [`key_value_store`](../examples/key_value_store.rs) - Slightly larger app with an in-memory key/value store.
+- [`form`](../examples/form.rs) - Receiving data from an HTML `<form>`.
+- [`static_file_server`](../examples/static_file_server.rs) - Serving static files from a directory. Could for example be the baseline for a single page app.
+- [`templates`](../examples/templates.rs) - Rending HTML templates using [askama](https://crates.io/crates/askama).
+- [`testing`](../examples/testing.rs) - How to test awebframework apps.
+- [`versioning`](../examples/versioning.rs) - How one might version an API.
+- [`websocket`](../examples/websocket.rs) - How to build an app that handles WebSocket connections.
+- [`error_handling_and_dependency_injection`](../examples/error_handling_and_dependency_injection.rs) - How to handle errors and dependency injection using trait objects.
+- [`bb8_connection_pool`](../examples/bb8_connection_pool.rs) - How to use a bb8 and tokio-postgres to query a database.
diff --git a/examples/bb8_connection_pool.rs b/examples/bb8_connection_pool.rs
index be40c8af..2d0fc9d9 100644
--- a/examples/bb8_connection_pool.rs
+++ b/examples/bb8_connection_pool.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ use tokio_postgres::NoTls;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
-
     // setup connection pool
     let manager =
         PostgresConnectionManager::new_from_stringlike("host=localhost user=postgres", NoTls)
diff --git a/examples/error_handling_and_dependency_injection.rs b/examples/error_handling_and_dependency_injection.rs
index 64d918c8..d857cba0 100644
--- a/examples/error_handling_and_dependency_injection.rs
+++ b/examples/error_handling_and_dependency_injection.rs
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ use http::StatusCode;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
 use std::{net::SocketAddr, sync::Arc};
-use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
-
     // Inject a `UserRepo` into our handlers via a trait object. This could be
     // the live implementation or just a mock for testing.
     let user_repo = Arc::new(ExampleUserRepo) as DynUserRepo;
@@ -30,9 +27,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .route("/users", post(users_create))
         // Add our `user_repo` to all request's extensions so handlers can access
         // it.
-        .layer(AddExtensionLayer::new(user_repo))
-        // Add tracing because why not.
-        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+        .layer(AddExtensionLayer::new(user_repo));
 
     // Run our application
     let addr = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000));
diff --git a/examples/form.rs b/examples/form.rs
index c9755cc2..ff3bf799 100644
--- a/examples/form.rs
+++ b/examples/form.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
-
     // build our application with some routes
-    let app = route("/", get(show_form).post(accept_form))
-        .layer(tower_http::trace::TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+    let app = route("/", get(show_form).post(accept_form));
 
     // run it with hyper
     let addr = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000));
diff --git a/examples/hello_world.rs b/examples/hello_world.rs
index 07f9a13d..e2f26da0 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world.rs
+++ b/examples/hello_world.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 use awebframework::prelude::*;
-use http::StatusCode;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
-
-    // build our application with some routes
-    let app = route("/", get(handler)).route("/greet/:name", get(greet));
+    // build our application with a route
+    let app = route("/", get(handler));
 
     // run it
     let addr = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000));
@@ -21,12 +18,3 @@ async fn main() {
 async fn handler() -> response::Html<&'static str> {
     response::Html("<h1>Hello, World!</h1>")
 }
-
-async fn greet(params: extract::UrlParamsMap) -> Result<String, StatusCode> {
-    if let Some(name) = params.get("name") {
-        Ok(format!("Hello {}!", name))
-    } else {
-        // if the route matches "name" will be present
-        Err(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/templates.rs b/examples/templates.rs
index 99a2ce54..900c2d12 100644
--- a/examples/templates.rs
+++ b/examples/templates.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
-
     // build our application with some routes
     let app = route("/greet/:name", get(greet));
 
diff --git a/examples/versioning.rs b/examples/versioning.rs
index 208926b7..64fb6d34 100644
--- a/examples/versioning.rs
+++ b/examples/versioning.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
-
     // build our application with some routes
     let app = route("/:version/foo", get(handler));