diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d61a25b..657f4e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1653,6 +1653,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "consensus",
  "execution",
  "eyre",
+ "home",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -1680,6 +1681,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.10.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "747309b4b440c06d57b0b25f2aee03ee9b5e5397d288c60e21fc709bb98a7408"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e199da1..a5cabc1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,9 +27,17 @@ ethers = { git = "https://github.com/ncitron/ethers-rs", branch = "fix-retry" }
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 eyre = "0.6.8"
+home = "0.5.4"
 
 [[example]]
 name = "checkpoints"
 path = "examples/checkpoints.rs"
-required-features = []
+
+[[example]]
+name = "client"
+path = "examples/client.rs"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "config"
+path = "examples/config.rs"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 495886b..b6129c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // Fetch the latest mainnet checkpoint
     let mainnet_checkpoint = cf.fetch_latest_checkpoint(&networks::Network::MAINNET).await.unwrap();
     println!("Fetched latest mainnet checkpoint: {}", mainnet_checkpoint);
+
+    Ok(())
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/client/src/client.rs b/client/src/client.rs
index f879a98..23c435c 100644
--- a/client/src/client.rs
+++ b/client/src/client.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ impl ClientBuilder {
     }
 
     pub fn checkpoint(mut self, checkpoint: &str) -> Self {
-        let checkpoint = hex::decode(checkpoint).expect("cannot parse checkpoint");
+        let checkpoint = hex::decode(checkpoint.strip_prefix("0x").unwrap_or(checkpoint))
+            .expect("cannot parse checkpoint");
         self.checkpoint = Some(checkpoint);
         self
     }
diff --git a/config/src/cli.rs b/config/src/cli.rs
index 2afca4d..6c88f06 100644
--- a/config/src/cli.rs
+++ b/config/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use std::{collections::HashMap, path::PathBuf};
 
 use figment::{providers::Serialized, value::Value};
-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Cli Config
-#[derive(Serialize)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct CliConfig {
     pub execution_rpc: Option<String>,
     pub consensus_rpc: Option<String>,
diff --git a/examples/client.rs b/examples/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbd3013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use eyre::Result;
+
+use helios::prelude::*;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // Create a new Helios Client Builder
+    let mut builder = ClientBuilder::new();
+
+    // Set the network to mainnet
+    builder = builder.network(networks::Network::MAINNET);
+
+    // Set the consensus rpc url
+    builder = builder.consensus_rpc("https://www.lightclientdata.org");
+
+    // Set the execution rpc url
+    builder = builder.execution_rpc("https://eth-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/XXXXX");
+
+    // Set the checkpoint to the last known checkpoint
+    builder =
+        builder.checkpoint("85e6151a246e8fdba36db27a0c7678a575346272fe978c9281e13a8b26cdfa68");
+
+    // Set the rpc port
+    builder = builder.rpc_port(8545);
+
+    // Set the data dir
+    builder = builder.data_dir(PathBuf::from("/tmp/helios"));
+
+    // Set the fallback service
+    builder = builder.fallback("https://sync-mainnet.beaconcha.in");
+
+    // Enable lazy checkpoints
+    builder = builder.load_external_fallback();
+
+    // Build the client
+    let _client = builder.build().unwrap();
+    println!("Constructed client!");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/config.rs b/examples/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c055477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use config::CliConfig;
+use eyre::Result;
+
+use helios::prelude::*;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // Load the config from the global config file
+    let config_path = home::home_dir().unwrap().join(".helios/helios.toml");
+    let config = Config::from_file(&config_path, "mainnet", &CliConfig::default());
+    println!("Constructed config: {:#?}", config);
+
+    Ok(())
+}