diff --git a/samples/sync-handler/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/sync-handler/CMakeLists.txt
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+set(SOURCE_NAME "sync-handler")
+add_executable(
+  ${SOURCE_NAME}
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SOURCE_NAME}.cpp
+)
+add_sycl_to_target(
+  TARGET ${SOURCE_NAME}
+  SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SOURCE_NAME}.cpp
+)
+add_test(
+  NAME ${SOURCE_NAME}
+  COMMAND ${SOURCE_NAME}
+)
+install(
+  TARGETS ${SOURCE_NAME}
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+)
diff --git a/samples/sync-handler/sync-handler.cpp b/samples/sync-handler/sync-handler.cpp
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+/***************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Codeplay Software Limited
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  For your convenience, a copy of the License has been included in this
+ *  repository.
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *  Codeplay's ComputeCpp SDK
+ *
+ *  sync-handler.cpp
+ *
+ *  Description:
+ *    Sample code that demonstrates the use of a synchronous error handler to
+ *    demonstrate error handling.
+ *
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+#include <CL/sycl.hpp>
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace cl::sycl;
+
+namespace {
+class Worker;
+
+/* A custom device selector */
+class PickySelector : public device_selector {
+  int operator()(const device&) const final {
+    /* Here logic would exist to find a specific device to do our computation
+     * with. As this is just an example, it's hardcoded to find nothing. In a
+     * real program, it would inspect the device information and return priority
+     * numbers depending on that device's suitablity. */
+    return -1;
+  }
+};
+}  // namespace
+
+int main() {
+  /* Our output array */
+  constexpr size_t number_of_sevens = 7;
+  std::array<size_t, number_of_sevens> sevens;
+
+  try {
+    /* Use our custom device selector to find a specific device. In this example
+     * we require a very specific piece of hardware. If that isn't present, the
+     * code should just run on the host. */
+    PickySelector selector;
+
+    /* Attempt to create a queue for this using this selector. If the selector
+     * fails to find a device, this will throw an exception. */
+    queue myQueue(selector);
+
+    /* If the selector couldn't find a suitable device, the following code
+     * will not run. */
+    buffer<size_t, 1> buf(sevens.data(), range<1>(number_of_sevens));
+    myQueue.submit([&](handler& cgh) {
+      auto ptr = buf.get_access<access::mode::discard_write>(cgh);
+      cgh.parallel_for<Worker>(range<1>(number_of_sevens),
+                               [=](item<1> item) { ptr[item] = 7; });
+    });
+  } catch (const exception& e) {
+    /* Report the exception to the user. */
+    std::cerr << "SYCL exception caught: " << e.what() << "\n";
+    std::cerr << "Running on host...\n";
+
+    /* Can't find any suitable devices, so just run the code on the host
+     * system normally. */
+    sevens.fill(7);
+  }
+
+  /* Check the array has been populated with sevens correctly. */
+  if (std::any_of(sevens.begin(), sevens.end(),
+                  [](const auto x) { return x != 7; })) {
+    std::cerr << "A seven was not set!\n";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}