diff --git a/examples/tickers/tickers.go b/examples/tickers/tickers.go
index ef55c97..3547648 100644
--- a/examples/tickers/tickers.go
+++ b/examples/tickers/tickers.go
@@ -16,9 +16,16 @@ func main() {
     // `range` builtin on the channel to iterate over
     // the values as they arrive every 500ms.
     ticker := time.NewTicker(500 * time.Millisecond)
+    done := make(chan bool)
+
     go func() {
-        for t := range ticker.C {
-            fmt.Println("Tick at", t)
+        for {
+            select {
+            case <-done:
+                return
+            case t := <-ticker.C:
+                fmt.Println("Tick at", t)
+            }
         }
     }()
 
@@ -27,5 +34,6 @@ func main() {
     // channel. We'll stop ours after 1600ms.
     time.Sleep(1600 * time.Millisecond)
     ticker.Stop()
+    done <- true
     fmt.Println("Ticker stopped")
 }