diff --git a/scripts/run_example.sh b/scripts/run_example.sh
index 9e38ceb..e5b071f 100755
--- a/scripts/run_example.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_example.sh
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ CORFUDB_HEAP="${CORFUDB_HEAP:-1000}"
 export CORFUDB_JVMFLAGS="-Xmx${CORFUDB_HEAP}m $SERVER_JVMFLAGS"
 
 RUN_AS=`basename $0`
-"$JAVA" -cp "$CLASSPATH" $JVMFLAGS org.corfudb.example.AirlineExample $*
\ No newline at end of file
+"$JAVA" -cp "$CLASSPATH" $JVMFLAGS org.corfudb.example.airline.AirlineExample $*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/corfudb/example/AirlineExample.java b/src/main/java/org/corfudb/example/airline/AirlineExample.java
similarity index 98%
rename from src/main/java/org/corfudb/example/AirlineExample.java
rename to src/main/java/org/corfudb/example/airline/AirlineExample.java
index 0bbf62a..1bd3a57 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/corfudb/example/AirlineExample.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/corfudb/example/airline/AirlineExample.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-package org.corfudb.example;
+package org.corfudb.example.airline;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-import org.corfudb.example.airline.AirlineManager;
 import org.corfudb.example.airline.objects.Aircraft;
 import org.corfudb.example.airline.objects.Airplane;
 import org.corfudb.example.airline.objects.DailyFlightSchedule;
@@ -11,10 +10,8 @@
 import org.fusesource.jansi.Ansi;
 import org.fusesource.jansi.AnsiConsole;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.util.*;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.fusesource.jansi.Ansi.ansi;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/corfudb/example/org/corfudb/example/counter/SimpleCounterExample.java b/src/main/java/org/corfudb/example/org/corfudb/example/counter/SimpleCounterExample.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8fe1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/corfudb/example/org/corfudb/example/counter/SimpleCounterExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.corfudb.example.org.corfudb.example.counter;
+
+import org.corfudb.runtime.CorfuRuntime;
+import org.corfudb.runtime.object.Accessor;
+import org.corfudb.runtime.object.ICorfuSMRObject;
+import org.corfudb.runtime.object.Mutator;
+import org.docopt.Docopt;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Created by dmalkhi on 6/28/16.
+ */
+public class SimpleCounterExample {
+
+    // This example uses docopt to simplify argument processing. This document below
+    // uses the docopt DSL and defines all the valid arguments to invoke the example
+    // program. It also sets reasonable defaults. See http://docopt.org for more details.
+    private static final String doc =
+            "a simple counter example over Corfu.\n\n"
+                    +"Usage:\n"
+                    +"  simplecounter [-c <corfu-config>]\n"
+                    +"  simplecounter (-h | --help)\n\n"
+                    +"Options:\n"
+                    +"  -c <corfu-config>                   The configuration string for Corfu. [default: localhost:9000]\n"
+                    +"  --h --help                          show this screen\n";
+
+
+    CorfuRuntime runtime;
+
+    public SimpleCounterExample(CorfuRuntime runtime) {
+        this.runtime = runtime;
+    }
+
+    public static class SharedCounter /* implements ICorfuSMRObject */ {
+        Integer cnt;
+
+
+        @Accessor
+        public Integer getCnt() { return cnt; }
+
+        @Mutator
+        public void setCnt(int v) { cnt = v; }
+
+    }
+
+    public SharedCounter getSharedCounter() {
+        // create a shared counter of type Intefer with name "SimpleCounterExample"
+        SharedCounter SharedCounter = runtime.getObjectsView().build()
+                .setType(SharedCounter.class)
+                .setStreamName("SimpleCounterExample")
+                .open();
+        return SharedCounter;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        // Use docopt to parse the command line arguments.
+        Map<String, Object> opts = new Docopt(doc).parse(args);
+        CorfuRuntime runtime = new CorfuRuntime((String) opts.get("-c"))
+                .connect();
+        SimpleCounterExample simpleCounterExample = new SimpleCounterExample(runtime);
+        SharedCounter cnt = simpleCounterExample.getSharedCounter();
+        cnt.setCnt(44);
+        assert cnt.getCnt() == 44;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/corfudb/example/counter/SimpleCounterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/corfudb/example/counter/SimpleCounterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e01305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/corfudb/example/counter/SimpleCounterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package org.corfudb.example.counter;
+
+import org.corfudb.example.org.corfudb.example.counter.SimpleCounterExample;
+import org.corfudb.runtime.view.AbstractViewTest;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+
+/**
+ * Created by dalia on 6/28/16.
+ */
+public class SimpleCounterTest extends AbstractViewTest {
+    @Override
+    public String getDefaultConfigurationString() {
+        return getDefaultEndpoint();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void canOpenSharedCounter()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        SimpleCounterExample simpleCounter =  new SimpleCounterExample(getDefaultRuntime());
+        simpleCounter.getSharedCounter();
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void canSetSharedCounter()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        SimpleCounterExample simpleCounter =  new SimpleCounterExample(getDefaultRuntime());
+        SimpleCounterExample.SharedCounter cnt = simpleCounter.getSharedCounter();
+        cnt.setCnt(44);
+
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void canGetSharedCounter()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        SimpleCounterExample simpleCounter =  new SimpleCounterExample(getDefaultRuntime());
+        SimpleCounterExample.SharedCounter cnt = simpleCounter.getSharedCounter();
+        System.out.printf("counter value: " + cnt.getCnt());
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void canSetAndGetSharedCounter()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        SimpleCounterExample simpleCounter =  new SimpleCounterExample(getDefaultRuntime());
+        SimpleCounterExample.SharedCounter cnt = simpleCounter.getSharedCounter();
+        cnt.setCnt(44);
+        System.out.printf("counter value: " + cnt.getCnt());
+        assertThat(cnt.getCnt() == 44);
+    }
+}