diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/async_manual_acks.rs b/rumqttc/examples/async_manual_acks.rs
index def85b61a..5ee53b9f9 100644
--- a/rumqttc/examples/async_manual_acks.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/examples/async_manual_acks.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     loop {
         // get subscribed messages without acking
         let event = eventloop.poll().await;
-        println!("{:?}", event);
+        match &event {
+            Ok(notif) => {
+                println!("Event = {:?}", notif);
+            }
+            Err(error) => {
+                println!("Error = {:?}", error);
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+        }
         if let Err(_err) = event {
             // break loop on disconnection
             break;
@@ -49,7 +57,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     loop {
         // previously published messages should be republished after reconnection.
         let event = eventloop.poll().await;
-        println!("{:?}", event);
+        match &event {
+            Ok(notif) => {
+                println!("Event = {:?}", notif);
+            }
+            Err(error) => {
+                println!("Error = {:?}", error);
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+        }
 
         if let Ok(Event::Incoming(Incoming::Publish(publish))) = event {
             // this time we will ack incoming publishes.
diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/async_manual_acks_v5.rs b/rumqttc/examples/async_manual_acks_v5.rs
index f7efdcb9c..767da472a 100644
--- a/rumqttc/examples/async_manual_acks_v5.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/examples/async_manual_acks_v5.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     while let Ok(event) = eventloop.poll().await {
         println!("{:?}", event);
     }
+    loop {
+        let event = eventloop.poll().await;
+        match &event {
+            Ok(v) => {
+                println!("Event = {:?}", v);
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("Error = {:?}", e);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     // create new broker connection
     let (client, mut eventloop) = create_conn();
diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/asyncpubsub.rs b/rumqttc/examples/asyncpubsub.rs
index 4ec2cd983..3de6253e9 100644
--- a/rumqttc/examples/asyncpubsub.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/examples/asyncpubsub.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 
     loop {
         let event = eventloop.poll().await;
-        println!("{:?}", event.unwrap());
+        match &event {
+            Ok(v) => {
+                println!("Event = {:?}", v);
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("Error = {:?}", e);
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/asyncpubsub_v5.rs b/rumqttc/examples/asyncpubsub_v5.rs
index 2652b778f..76d246969 100644
--- a/rumqttc/examples/asyncpubsub_v5.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/examples/asyncpubsub_v5.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,18 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
     });
 
-    while let Ok(event) = eventloop.poll().await {
-        println!("{:?}", event);
+    loop {
+        let event = eventloop.poll().await;
+        match &event {
+            Ok(v) => {
+                println!("Event = {:?}", v);
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("Error = {:?}", e);
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+        }
     }
-
-    Ok(())
 }
 
 async fn requests(client: AsyncClient) {
diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/syncpubsub.rs b/rumqttc/examples/syncpubsub.rs
index 2c61d0c2b..255e22c9e 100644
--- a/rumqttc/examples/syncpubsub.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/examples/syncpubsub.rs
@@ -15,13 +15,22 @@ fn main() {
     thread::spawn(move || publish(client));
 
     for (i, notification) in connection.iter().enumerate() {
-        println!("{}. Notification = {:?}", i, notification);
+        match notification {
+            Ok(notif) => {
+                println!("{}. Notification = {:?}", i, notif);
+            }
+            Err(error) => {
+                println!("{}. Notification = {:?}", i, error);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     println!("Done with the stream!!");
 }
 
 fn publish(mut client: Client) {
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
     client.subscribe("hello/+/world", QoS::AtMostOnce).unwrap();
     for i in 0..10_usize {
         let payload = vec![1; i];
diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/syncpubsub_v5.rs b/rumqttc/examples/syncpubsub_v5.rs
index 862341e2d..3af309148 100644
--- a/rumqttc/examples/syncpubsub_v5.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/examples/syncpubsub_v5.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use rumqttc::v5::mqttbytes::{LastWill, QoS};
+use rumqttc::v5::ConnectionError;
 use rumqttc::v5::{Client, MqttOptions};
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 fn main() {
     pretty_env_logger::init();
 
-    let mut mqttoptions = MqttOptions::new("test-1", "localhost", 1883);
+    let mut mqttoptions = MqttOptions::new("test-1", "localhost", 1884);
     let will = LastWill::new("hello/world", "good bye", QoS::AtMostOnce, false);
     mqttoptions
         .set_keep_alive(Duration::from_secs(5))
@@ -16,6 +17,15 @@ fn main() {
     thread::spawn(move || publish(client));
 
     for (i, notification) in connection.iter().enumerate() {
+        match notification {
+            Err(ConnectionError::Io(error))
+                if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionRefused =>
+            {
+                println!("Failed to connect to the server. Make sure correct client is configured properly!\nError: {:?}", error);
+                return;
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
         println!("{}. Notification = {:?}", i, notification);
     }
 
@@ -29,7 +39,7 @@ fn publish(client: Client) {
         let topic = format!("hello/{}/world", i);
         let qos = QoS::AtLeastOnce;
 
-        client.publish(topic, qos, true, payload).unwrap();
+        let _ = client.publish(topic, qos, true, payload);
     }
 
     thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/tls.rs b/rumqttc/examples/tls.rs
index 2bb0daeab..65f88bdd2 100644
--- a/rumqttc/examples/tls.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/examples/tls.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             Ok(Event::Outgoing(o)) => println!("Outgoing = {:?}", o),
             Err(e) => {
                 println!("Error = {:?}", e);
+                return Ok(());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/websocket.rs b/rumqttc/examples/websocket.rs
index 712427b3c..b9233a109 100644
--- a/rumqttc/examples/websocket.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/examples/websocket.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     loop {
         let event = eventloop.poll().await;
         match event {
-            Ok(ev) => println!("{:?}", ev),
-            Err(err) => println!("{:?}", err),
+            Ok(notif) => {
+                println!("Event = {:?}", notif);
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                println!("Error = {:?}", err);
+                return Ok(());
+            }
         }
     }
 }