diff --git a/example/public/index.html b/example/public/index.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+    <title>Socket.io with JWTs</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <form id="login">
+        <input type="text" id="username" />
+        <input type="password" id="password" />
+        <input type="submit">
+    </form>
+
+    <div>
+        <button id="ping">Send Socket.io Ping</button>
+    </div>
+
+    <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
+
+    <script>
+        var token, socket;
+
+        function connect () {
+          socket = io.connect('', {
+            'force new connection': true,
+            query: token ? 'token=' + token : undefined
+          });
+
+          socket.on('pong', function () {
+            console.log('- pong');
+          }).on('time', function (data) {
+            console.log('- broadcast: ' + data);
+          }).on('authenticated', function () {
+            console.log('- authenticated');
+          }).on('disconnect', function () {
+            console.log('- disconnected');
+          });
+        }
+
+        connect(); //connect now, it will drop
+
+        $('#ping').on('click', function () {
+            console.log('- ping');
+            socket.emit('ping');
+        });
+
+        $('#login').submit(function (e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            var username = $('username').val();
+            var password = $('password').val();
+            $.ajax({
+                type: 'POST',
+                data: {
+                    username: username,
+                    password: password
+                },
+                url: '/login'
+            }).done(function (result) {
+                token = result.token;
+                connect();
+            });
+        });
+    </script>
+</body>
+</html>
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+var express = require('express');
+var http = require('http');
+
+var socketIo = require('socket.io');
+var socketio_jwt = require('../'); //require('socketio-jwt');
+
+var jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
+var jwt_secret = 'foo bar big secret';
+
+var app = express();
+
+app.configure(function(){
+  this.use(express.json());
+  this.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
+});
+
+app.post('/login', function (req, res) {
+  var profile = {
+    first_name: 'John',
+    last_name: 'Doe',
+    email: 'john@doe.com',
+    id: 123
+  };
+
+  // We are sending the profile inside the token
+  var token = jwt.sign(profile, jwt_secret, { expiresInMinutes: 60*5 });
+
+  res.json({token: token});
+});
+
+var server = http.createServer(app);
+var sio = socketIo.listen(server);
+
+sio.set('authorization', socketio_jwt.authorize({
+  secret: jwt_secret,
+  handshake: true
+}));
+
+sio.sockets
+  .on('connection', function (socket) {
+    socket.on('ping', function (m) {
+      socket.emit('pong', m);
+    });
+  });
+
+setInterval(function () {
+  sio.sockets.emit('time', Date());
+}, 5000);
+
+server.listen(9000, function () {
+  console.log('listening on http://localhost:9000');
+});
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