diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f842169..43bc81e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ option(TELEMETRY_BUILD_SHARED "Build shared library" ON)
 option(TELEMETRY_PACKAGE_BUILDER "Enable RPM package builder (make rpm)" ON)
 option(TELEMETRY_INSTALL_TARGETS "Generate the install target" ON)
 option(TELEMETRY_ENABLE_TESTS "Build Unit tests (make test)" OFF)
+option(TELEMETRY_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build included example files (make example)" OFF)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ endif()
 
 include(cmake/dependencies.cmake)
 
+if (TELEMETRY_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+	add_subdirectory(examples)
+endif()
+
 if (TELEMETRY_ENABLE_TESTS)
 	include(cmake/googletest.cmake)
 	include(GoogleTest)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8afd119..24e258e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ test: build
 	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C build
 	@$(MAKE) test --no-print-directory -C build
 
+example: build
+	@cd build && $(CMAKE) $(CMAKE_ARGS) -DTELEMETRY_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C build
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2db1ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+add_executable(test
+	basicExample.cpp
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(test PRIVATE
+	telemetry::telemetry
+	telemetry::appFs
+)
diff --git a/examples/basicExample.cpp b/examples/basicExample.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f9eb6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basicExample.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#include <telemetry.hpp>
+#include <appFs.hpp>
+#include <memory>
+
+// example help
+#include <chrono>
+#include <csignal>
+#include <atomic>
+std::atomic<bool> g_gotSIGINT(false);
+void signalHandler(int signum) {
+    (void)signum;
+    g_gotSIGINT.store(true);
+}
+
+
+// The return value has to be telemetry::Content or one of its variants.
+telemetry::Content getTimeElapsed(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock>& startTime) {
+    auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+    auto timeElapsed = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(now - startTime).count();
+
+    // telemetry::Content is std::variant<Scalar, ScalarWithUnit, Array, Dict>.
+    // How they are used is shown in another example.
+    return telemetry::Scalar(timeElapsed);
+}
+
+// Resets start time to the current time.
+void clearTime(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock>& startTime) {
+    startTime = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+}
+
+int main() {
+    // Creating root dir for filesystem.
+    std::shared_ptr<telemetry::Directory> telemetryRootNode;
+	telemetryRootNode = telemetry::Directory::create();
+
+    // path to root dir, which has to exist before the program starts.
+    // The path is local to where the program is called from.
+    std::string fusePath = "fusedir";
+
+    // Linking root dir to the chosen directory on disk.
+    telemetry::appFs::AppFsFuse fuse = telemetry::appFs::AppFsFuse(telemetryRootNode, fusePath);
+	fuse.start();
+    // The filesystem is still just empty.
+    // /
+
+    // So let's a directory named input into the root dir.
+    std::shared_ptr<telemetry::Directory> inputDir = telemetryRootNode->addDir("input");
+    // Now the filesystem looks like this.
+    // /
+    // └─ input/
+
+
+    // Every file can have two lambdas attached to it.
+    //
+    // One for reading -> What gets called when something tries to read the file on disk.
+    // Here we write the return value of getTime to the file.
+    //
+    // One for clearing -> What gets called when you want to reset telemetry data.
+    // In this case we reset the startTime.
+    auto startTime = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+    telemetry::FileOps const fileOps
+			= {[&startTime]() { return getTimeElapsed(startTime); },
+               [&startTime]() { return clearTime(startTime); }};
+
+    // The read and clear functions are optional. In the case you don't use them pass
+    // a null pointer instead.
+    telemetry::FileOps const anotherFileOps
+        = {nullptr, nullptr};
+
+
+    // Files be put into the root directory.
+    const std::shared_ptr<telemetry::File> timeFile = telemetryRootNode->addFile("time", fileOps);
+    // Now it looks like this.
+    // /
+    // ├─ input/
+    // └─ time
+
+    // Or into another directory.
+    const std::shared_ptr<telemetry::File> anotherTimeFile = inputDir->addFile("time", anotherFileOps);
+    // Now it looks like this.
+    // /
+    // ├─ input/
+    // │  └─ time
+    // └─ time
+
+    // Don't forget to create directory named fusedir
+    // Waiting for ctrl+c. In the meantime you can open another terminal and
+    // navigate to the newly linked directory. Just reading the new time file
+    // should print the time elapsed in seconds since the start of the program.
+    std::signal(SIGINT, signalHandler);
+    while(!g_gotSIGINT.load()){};
+
+    return 0;
+}