diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db3c5d0..c4a7b0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ go func() {
 for ev := range sub.Events {
 	// handle returned event.
 	// channel will stay open until the ctx is cancelled (in this case, by calling cancel())
-	
+
 	fmt.Println(ev.ID)
 }
 ```
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pub, _ := nostr.GetPublicKey(sk)
 
 ev := nostr.Event{
 	PubKey:    pub,
-	CreatedAt: time.Now(),
+	CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
 	Kind:      1,
 	Tags:      nil,
 	Content:   "Hello World!",
diff --git a/example/example.go b/example/example.go
index 6eed9c0..cfc6de4 100644
--- a/example/example.go
+++ b/example/example.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// create a subscription and submit to relay
 	// results will be returned on the sub.Events channel
-	sub := relay.Subscribe(ctx, filters)
+	sub, _ := relay.Subscribe(ctx, filters)
 
 	// we will append the returned events to this slice
 	evs := make([]nostr.Event, 0)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func main() {
 		panic(e)
 	}
 
-	ev.CreatedAt = time.Now()
+	ev.CreatedAt = nostr.Now()
 	ev.Kind = 1
 	var content string
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "enter content of note, ending with an empty newline (ctrl+d):")
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ func main() {
 			fmt.Println(e)
 			continue
 		}
-		fmt.Println("posting to: ", url, relay.Publish(ctx, ev))
+		fmt.Println("posting to: ", url)
+		relay.Publish(ctx, ev)
 	}
 }