diff --git a/example.config.json b/example.config.json
index 10347e1..f74c46e 100644
--- a/example.config.json
+++ b/example.config.json
@@ -2,21 +2,58 @@
   "api": {
     "url": "https://demo.cachethq.io/api/v1",
     "token": "9yMHsdioQosnyVK4iCVR",
-    "insecure": true
+    "insecure": false
   },
+  "date_format": "02/01/2006 15:04:05 MST",
   "monitors": [
     {
       "name": "google",
-      "url": "https://google.com",
-      "threshold": 80,
+      "target": "https://google.com",
+      "strict": true,
+      "method": "POST",
       "component_id": 1,
-      "interval": 10,
-      "timeout": 5,
+      "metric_id": 4,
+      "template": {
+        "investigating": {
+          "subject": "{{ .Monitor.Name }} - {{ .SystemName }}",
+          "message": "{{ .Monitor.Name }} check **failed** (server time: {{ .now }})\n\n{{ .FailReason }}"
+        },
+        "fixed": {
+          "subject": "I HAVE BEEN FIXED"
+        }
+      },
+      "interval": 1,
+      "timeout": 1,
+      "threshold": 80,
       "headers": {
         "Authorization": "Basic <hash>"
       },
       "expected_status_code": 200,
-      "strict_tls": true
+      "expected_body": "P.*NG"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "dns",
+      "target": "matej.me.",
+      "question": "mx",
+      "type": "dns",
+      "component_id": 2,
+      "interval": 1,
+      "timeout": 1,
+      "dns": "8.8.4.4:53",
+      "answers": [
+        {
+          "regex": "[1-9] alt[1-9].aspmx.l.google.com."
+        },
+        {
+          "exact": "10 aspmx2.googlemail.com."
+        },
+        {
+          "exact": "1 aspmx.l.google.com."
+        },
+        {
+          "exact": "10 aspmx3.googlemail.com."
+        }
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example.config.yml b/example.config.yml
index fc4e32a..8cd05f9 100644
--- a/example.config.yml
+++ b/example.config.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ monitors:
   # http monitor example
   - name: google
     # test url
-    target: http://localhost:2000/ping
+    target: https://google.com
     # strict certificate checking for https
     strict: true
     # HTTP method
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 0420608..e59227c 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 ## Example Configuration
 
+**Note:** configuration can be in json or yaml format. See `example.config.*` files.
+
 ```yaml
 api:
   # cachet url
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ monitors:
   # http monitor example
   - name: google
     # test url
-    target: http://localhost:2000/ping
+    target: https://google.com
     # strict certificate checking for https
     strict: true
     # HTTP method