diff --git a/examples/ping_xapp.py b/examples/ping_xapp.py
index aafebb8..c247ee3 100644
--- a/examples/ping_xapp.py
+++ b/examples/ping_xapp.py
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
     number = 0
     while True:
         # test healthcheck
-        print("Healthy? {}".format(xapp.healthcheck()))
+        print("ping is healthy? {}".format(xapp.healthcheck()))
 
         # rmr send to default handler
-        self.rmr_send(json.dumps({"sup": number}).encode(), 6660666)
+        self.rmr_send(json.dumps({"ping": number}).encode(), 6660666)
 
         # rmr send 60000, should trigger registered callback
         val = json.dumps({"test_send": number}).encode()
@@ -40,18 +40,19 @@
         number += 1
 
         # store it in SDL and read it back; delete and read
-        self.sdl_set(my_ns, "numba", number)
-        self.logger.info(self.sdl_get(my_ns, "numba"))
-        self.logger.info(self.sdl_find_and_get(my_ns, "num"))
-        self.sdl_delete(my_ns, "numba")
-        self.logger.info(self.sdl_get(my_ns, "numba"))
+        self.sdl_set(my_ns, "ping", number)
+        self.logger.info(self.sdl_get(my_ns, "ping"))
+        self.logger.info(self.sdl_find_and_get(my_ns, "pin"))
+        self.sdl_delete(my_ns, "ping")
+        self.logger.info(self.sdl_get(my_ns, "ping"))
 
         # rmr receive
         for (summary, sbuf) in self.rmr_get_messages():
-            # summary is a dict that contains bytes so we can't use json.dumps on it so we have no good way to turn this into a string to use the logger unfortunately
+            # summary is a dict that contains bytes so we can't use json.dumps on it
+            # so we have no good way to turn this into a string to use the logger unfortunately
             # print is more "verbose" than the ric logger
             # if you try to log this you will get: TypeError: Object of type bytes is not JSON serializable
-            print(summary)
+            print("ping: {0}".format(summary))
             self.rmr_free(sbuf)
 
         time.sleep(2)