diff --git a/examples/simple/simple.go b/examples/simple/simple.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/thoja/go-ircevent"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+const channel = "#go-eventirc-test";
+const serverssl = "irc.freenode.net:7000"
+
+func main() {
+        ircnick1 := "blatiblat"
+        irccon := irc.IRC(ircnick1, "IRCTestSSL")
+        irccon.VerboseCallbackHandler = true
+        irccon.Debug = true
+        irccon.UseTLS = true
+        irccon.TLSConfig = &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}
+        irccon.AddCallback("001", func(e *irc.Event) { irccon.Join(channel) })
+        irccon.AddCallback("366", func(e *irc.Event) {  })
+        err := irccon.Connect(serverssl)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Err %s", err )
+		return
+	}
+        irccon.Loop()
+}