diff --git a/examples/advanced.php b/examples/advanced.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f0f0e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/advanced.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the php-gelf package.
+ *
+ * (c) Benjamin Zikarsky <http://benjamin-zikarsky.de>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+// We need a transport - UDP via port 12201 is standard.
+$transport = new Gelf\Transport\UdpTransport("127.0.0.1", 12201, Gelf\Transport\UdpTransport::CHUNK_SIZE_LAN);
+
+// While the UDP transport is itself a publisher, we wrap it in a real Publisher for convenience
+// A publisher allows for message validation before transmission, and it calso supports to send messages
+// to multiple backends at once
+$publisher = new Gelf\Publisher();
+$publisher->addTransport($transport);
+
+// Now we can create custom messages and publish them
+$message = new Gelf\Message();
+$message->setShortMessage("Foobar!")
+    ->setLevel(\Psr\Log\LogLevel::ALERT)
+    ->setFullMessage("There was a foo in bar")
+    ->setFacility("example-facility")
+;
+$publisher->publish($message);
+
+
+// The implementation of PSR-3 is encapsulated in the Logger-class.
+// It provides high-level logging methods, such as alert(), info(), etc.
+$logger = new Gelf\Logger($publisher, "example-facility");
+
+// Now we can log...
+$logger->alert("Foobaz!");
diff --git a/examples/simple.php b/examples/simple.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..151c4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the php-gelf package.
+ *
+ * (c) Benjamin Zikarsky <http://benjamin-zikarsky.de>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+// When creating a logger without any options, it logs automatically to localhost:12201 via UDP
+// For a move advanced configuration, check out the advanced.php example
+$logger = new Gelf\Logger();
+
+// Log!
+$logger->alert("Foobaz!");
diff --git a/src/Gelf/Logger.php b/src/Gelf/Logger.php
index b4d18a3..d630ad9 100644
--- a/src/Gelf/Logger.php
+++ b/src/Gelf/Logger.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Logger extends AbstractLogger implements LoggerInterface
     protected $facility;
 
     /**
-     * @var Publisher
+     * @var PublisherInterface
      */
     protected $publisher;
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Logger extends AbstractLogger implements LoggerInterface
      * @param Publisher $publisher
      * @param string $facility
      */
-    public function __construct(Publisher $publisher = null, $facility = null)
+    public function __construct(PublisherInterface $publisher = null, $facility = null)
     {
         // if no publisher is provided build a "default" publisher
         // which is logging via Gelf over UDP to localhost on the default port
diff --git a/src/Gelf/Transport/UdpTransport.php b/src/Gelf/Transport/UdpTransport.php
index e86e10b..66c78ef 100644
--- a/src/Gelf/Transport/UdpTransport.php
+++ b/src/Gelf/Transport/UdpTransport.php
@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@
 use Gelf\Encoder\EncoderInterface;
 use Gelf\MessageInterface as Message;
 use Gelf\Encoder\CompressedJsonEncoder as DefaultEncoder;
+use Gelf\MessageInterface;
+use Gelf\PublisherInterface;
 use RuntimeException;
 
 /**
  * UdpTransport allows the transfer of GELF-messages to an compatible GELF-UDP-backend
  * as described in https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog2-docs/wiki/GELF
  *
+ * It can also act as a direct publisher
+ *
  * @author Benjamin Zikarsky <benjamin@zikarsky.de>
  */
-class UdpTransport implements TransportInterface
+class UdpTransport implements TransportInterface, PublisherInterface
 {
     const CHUNK_GELF_ID = "\x1e\x0f";
     const CHUNK_MAX_COUNT = 256; // sequence-size is stored in a CHAR
@@ -116,6 +120,11 @@ public function send(Message $message)
         return 1;
     }
 
+    public function publish(Message $message)
+    {
+        $this->send($message);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sends given string in multiple chunks
      *