diff --git a/examples/fabric/build_your_own_trainer/run.py b/examples/fabric/build_your_own_trainer/run.py
index 01044f5d94..c0c2ff28dd 100644
--- a/examples/fabric/build_your_own_trainer/run.py
+++ b/examples/fabric/build_your_own_trainer/run.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class MNISTModule(L.LightningModule):
 
     def configure_optimizers(self):
         optim = torch.optim.Adam(self.parameters(), lr=1e-4)
-        return optim, {
+        return {
+            "optimizer": optim,
             "scheduler": torch.optim.lr_scheduler.ReduceLROnPlateau(optim, mode="max", verbose=True),
             "monitor": "val_accuracy",
             "interval": "epoch",