diff --git a/examples/01_client_connect.zig b/examples/01_client_connect.zig
index f61c52f..b347fdb 100644
--- a/examples/01_client_connect.zig
+++ b/examples/01_client_connect.zig
@@ -174,12 +174,16 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     // allocate a shared memory file for display purposes
     const Pixel = [4]u8;
     const framebuffer_size = [2]usize{ 128, 128 };
-    const framebuffer_file_len = framebuffer_size[0] * framebuffer_size[1] * @sizeOf(Pixel);
+    const pool_file_len = 1024 * framebuffer_size[0] * framebuffer_size[1] * @sizeOf(Pixel);
 
-    const framebuffer_fd = try std.os.memfd_create("my-wayland-framebuffer", 0);
-    try std.os.ftruncate(framebuffer_fd, framebuffer_file_len);
-    const framebuffer_bytes = try std.os.mmap(null, framebuffer_file_len, std.os.PROT.READ | std.os.PROT.WRITE, std.os.MAP.SHARED, framebuffer_fd, 0);
-    const framebuffer = @as([*][4]u8, @ptrCast(framebuffer_bytes.ptr))[0 .. framebuffer_bytes.len / @sizeOf([4]u8)];
+    const pool_fd = try std.os.memfd_create("my-wayland-framebuffer", 0);
+    try std.os.ftruncate(pool_fd, pool_file_len);
+    const pool_bytes = try std.os.mmap(null, pool_file_len, std.os.PROT.READ | std.os.PROT.WRITE, std.os.MAP.SHARED, pool_fd, 0);
+    var pool_fixed_buffer_allocator = std.heap.FixedBufferAllocator.init(pool_bytes);
+    var pool_general_purpose_allocator = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){ .backing_allocator = pool_fixed_buffer_allocator.allocator() };
+    const pool_alloc = pool_general_purpose_allocator.allocator();
+
+    const framebuffer = try pool_alloc.alloc(Pixel, framebuffer_size[0] * framebuffer_size[1]);
 
     // put some interesting colors into the framebuffer
     for (0..framebuffer_size[1]) |y| {
@@ -196,18 +200,22 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     const wl_shm_pool_id = id_pool.create();
     {
-        std.debug.print("framebuffer_fd: {}\n", .{framebuffer_fd});
+        std.debug.print("framebuffer_fd: {}\n", .{pool_fd});
         try conn.send(
             wayland.core.Shm.Request,
             shm_id,
             .{ .create_pool = .{
                 .new_id = wl_shm_pool_id,
-                .fd = @enumFromInt(framebuffer_fd),
-                .size = framebuffer_file_len,
+                .fd = @enumFromInt(pool_fd),
+                .size = pool_file_len,
             } },
         );
     }
 
+    var framebuffers = std.AutoHashMap(u32, []Pixel).init(gpa);
+    defer framebuffers.deinit();
+    try framebuffers.put(wl_shm_pool_id, framebuffer);
+
     const wl_buffer_id = id_pool.create();
     try conn.send(
         wayland.core.ShmPool.Request,
@@ -249,6 +257,8 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         wayland.core.Surface.Request.commit,
     );
 
+    var window_size: [2]u32 = [2]u32{ @intCast(framebuffer_size[0]), @intCast(framebuffer_size[1]) };
+
     var running = true;
     while (running) {
         const header, const body = try conn.recv();
@@ -265,6 +275,63 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                         } },
                     );
 
+                    const new_buffer_id = id_pool.create();
+                    const new_framebuffer = try pool_alloc.alloc(Pixel, window_size[0] * window_size[1]);
+                    try framebuffers.put(new_buffer_id, new_framebuffer);
+
+                    // put some interesting colors into the new_framebuffer
+                    for (0..window_size[1]) |y| {
+                        const row = new_framebuffer[y * window_size[0] .. (y + 1) * window_size[0]];
+                        for (row, 0..window_size[0]) |*pixel, x| {
+                            pixel.* = .{
+                                @truncate(x),
+                                @truncate(y),
+                                0x00,
+                                0xFF,
+                            };
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    try conn.send(
+                        wayland.core.ShmPool.Request,
+                        wl_shm_pool_id,
+                        .{ .create_buffer = .{
+                            .new_id = new_buffer_id,
+                            .offset = @intCast(@intFromPtr(new_framebuffer.ptr) - @intFromPtr(pool_bytes.ptr)),
+                            .width = @intCast(window_size[0]),
+                            .height = @intCast(window_size[1]),
+                            .stride = @as(i32, @intCast(window_size[0])) * @sizeOf([4]u8),
+                            .format = .argb8888,
+                        } },
+                    );
+
+                    try conn.send(
+                        wayland.core.Surface.Request,
+                        surface_id,
+                        .{ .attach = .{
+                            .buffer = new_buffer_id,
+                            .x = 0,
+                            .y = 0,
+                        } },
+                    );
+
+                    try conn.send(
+                        wayland.core.Surface.Request,
+                        surface_id,
+                        .{ .damage = .{
+                            .x = 0,
+                            .y = 0,
+                            .width = std.math.maxInt(i32),
+                            .height = std.math.maxInt(i32),
+                        } },
+                    );
+
+                    try conn.send(
+                        wayland.core.Surface.Request,
+                        surface_id,
+                        wayland.core.Surface.Request.commit,
+                    );
+
                     // commit the configuration
                     try conn.send(
                         wayland.core.Surface.Request,
@@ -278,13 +345,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             switch (event) {
                 .configure => |conf| {
                     std.debug.print("<- xdg_toplevel@{} configure <{}, {}> {any}\n", .{ header.object_id, conf.width, conf.height, conf.states });
+                    window_size = .{
+                        @intCast(conf.width),
+                        @intCast(conf.height),
+                    };
                 },
                 .close => running = false,
                 else => |tag| std.debug.print("<- xdg_toplevel@{} {s} {}\n", .{ header.object_id, @tagName(tag), event }),
             }
-        } else if (header.object_id == wl_buffer_id) {
-            const event = try wayland.deserialize(wayland.core.Buffer.Event, header, body);
-            std.debug.print("<- wl_buffer@{} {}\n", .{ header.object_id, event });
         } else if (header.object_id == xdg_wm_base_id) {
             const event = try wayland.deserialize(wayland.xdg.WmBase.Event, header, body);
             switch (event) {
@@ -316,6 +384,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                     std.debug.print("<- wl_keyboard@{}\n", .{event});
                 },
             }
+        } else if (framebuffers.get(header.object_id)) |framebuffer_slice| {
+            const event = try wayland.deserialize(wayland.core.Buffer.Event, header, body);
+            switch (event) {
+                .release => {
+                    _ = framebuffers.remove(header.object_id);
+                    pool_alloc.free(framebuffer_slice);
+                },
+            }
         } else if (header.object_id == DISPLAY_ID) {
             const event = try wayland.deserialize(wayland.core.Display.Event, header, body);
             switch (event) {