diff --git a/examples/basic.cc b/examples/basic.cc
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 0cfb186..2b7f050
--- a/examples/basic.cc
+++ b/examples/basic.cc
@@ -1,41 +1,28 @@
-#include <vector>
-#include <string>
 #include <iostream>
-#include "parallel_hashmap/phmap.h"
-
-
-int main() {
-    phmap::flat_hash_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> mymap;
-
-    //initialize mymap
-    mymap["hitF"].push_back("hitF");
-    mymap["hitB"].push_back("hitB");
-    mymap["idleF"].push_back("idleF");
-    mymap["idleB"].push_back("idleB");
-    mymap["walkF"].push_back("walkF");
-    mymap["walkB"].push_back("walkB");
-    mymap["dyingF"].push_back("dyingF");
-    mymap["dyingB"].push_back("dyingB");
-    mymap["attackF"].push_back("attackF");
-    mymap["attackB"].push_back("attackB");
-
-    //set fallbacks
-    mymap["downB"] = mymap["idleB"];
-    mymap["downF"] = mymap["idleF"];
-    mymap["hit_upF"] = mymap["idleF"];
-    mymap["hit_upB"] = mymap["idleB"];
-    mymap["weakF"] = mymap["idleF"];
-    mymap["weakB"] = mymap["idleB"];
-
-    //print map
-     for(auto& element : mymap) {
-        std::cout << element.first << ": ";
-        for(auto& inner : element.second) {
-            std::cout << inner;
-        }
-        std::cout << std::endl;
-    }
-
+#include <string>
+#include <parallel_hashmap/phmap.h>
 
+using phmap::flat_hash_map;
+ 
+int main()
+{
+    // Create an unordered_map of three strings (that map to strings)
+    flat_hash_map<std::string, std::string> email = 
+    {
+        { "tom",  "tom@gmail.com"},
+        { "jeff", "jk@gmail.com"},
+        { "jim",  "jimg@microsoft.com"}
+    };
+ 
+    // Iterate and print keys and values 
+    for (const auto& n : email) 
+        std::cout << n.first << "'s email is: " << n.second << "\n";
+ 
+    // Add a new entry
+    email["bill"] = "bg@whatever.com";
+ 
+    // and print it
+    std::cout << "bill's email is: " << email["bill"] << "\n";
+ 
     return 0;
 }