diff --git a/examples/simple_task_queue/client.py b/examples/simple_task_queue/client.py
index 8cad069e..2cbd8f92 100644
--- a/examples/simple_task_queue/client.py
+++ b/examples/simple_task_queue/client.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ def send_as_task(connection, fun, args=(), kwargs={}, priority='mid'):
     routing_key = priority_to_routing_key[priority]
 
     with producers[connection].acquire(block=True) as producer:
-        maybe_declare(task_exchange, producer.channel)
         producer.publish(payload,
                          serializer='pickle',
                          compression='bzip2',
                          exchange=task_exchange,
+                         declare=[task_exchange],
                          routing_key=routing_key)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/examples/simple_task_queue/worker.py b/examples/simple_task_queue/worker.py
index 807542e9..7f62445d 100644
--- a/examples/simple_task_queue/worker.py
+++ b/examples/simple_task_queue/worker.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Worker(ConsumerMixin):
 
     def get_consumers(self, Consumer, channel):
         return [Consumer(queues=task_queues,
+                         accept=['pickle', 'json'],
                          callbacks=[self.process_task])]
 
     def process_task(self, body, message):
@@ -30,10 +31,12 @@ class Worker(ConsumerMixin):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from kombu import Connection
     from kombu.utils.debug import setup_logging
-    setup_logging(loglevel='INFO')
+    # setup root logger
+    setup_logging(loglevel='INFO', loggers=[''])
 
     with Connection('amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//') as conn:
         try:
-            Worker(conn).run()
+            worker = Worker(conn)
+            worker.run()
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             print('bye bye')