diff --git a/examples/async-graphql/Cargo.toml b/examples/async-graphql/Cargo.toml
index 0463c29a..96c22469 100644
--- a/examples/async-graphql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/async-graphql/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,5 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 async-graphql = "3.0"
 slab = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/examples/async-graphql/src/main.rs b/examples/async-graphql/src/main.rs
index f26f25b8..9bc47a03 100644
--- a/examples/async-graphql/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/async-graphql/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+//! Example async-graphql application.
+//!
+//! Run with
+//!
+//! ```not_rust
+//! cargo run -p example-async-graphql
+//! ```
+
 mod starwars;
 
 use async_graphql::{
diff --git a/examples/chat/src/main.rs b/examples/chat/src/main.rs
index 8adbd52f..52c02a90 100644
--- a/examples/chat/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/chat/src/main.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ struct AppState {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    // Set the RUST_LOG, if it hasn't been explicitly defined
+    if std::env::var_os("RUST_LOG").is_none() {
+        std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "example_chat=trace")
+    }
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+
     let user_set = Mutex::new(HashSet::new());
     let (tx, _rx) = broadcast::channel(100);
 
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .layer(Extension(app_state));
 
     let addr = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000));
-
+    tracing::debug!("listening on {}", addr);
     axum::Server::bind(&addr)
         .serve(app.into_make_service())
         .await
@@ -62,7 +68,6 @@ async fn websocket(stream: WebSocket, state: Arc<AppState>) {
 
     // Username gets set in the receive loop, if it's valid.
     let mut username = String::new();
-
     // Loop until a text message is found.
     while let Some(Ok(message)) = receiver.next().await {
         if let Message::Text(name) = message {
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ async fn websocket(stream: WebSocket, state: Arc<AppState>) {
 
     // Send joined message to all subscribers.
     let msg = format!("{} joined.", username);
+    tracing::debug!("{}", msg);
     let _ = state.tx.send(msg);
 
     // This task will receive broadcast messages and send text message to our client.
@@ -120,8 +126,8 @@ async fn websocket(stream: WebSocket, state: Arc<AppState>) {
 
     // Send user left message.
     let msg = format!("{} left.", username);
+    tracing::debug!("{}", msg);
     let _ = state.tx.send(msg);
-
     // Remove username from map so new clients can take it.
     state.user_set.lock().unwrap().remove(&username);
 }
diff --git a/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml b/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml
index 83c4b5b5..69781c11 100644
--- a/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version="0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/prometheus-metrics/Cargo.toml b/examples/prometheus-metrics/Cargo.toml
index e24b09d8..03d40f8c 100644
--- a/examples/prometheus-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/prometheus-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra" }
 metrics = "0.18"
 metrics-exporter-prometheus = "0.8"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/examples/reverse-proxy/Cargo.toml b/examples/reverse-proxy/Cargo.toml
index e13c0d88..bc77aa5a 100644
--- a/examples/reverse-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/reverse-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@ edition = "2018"
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = { version="0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }