diff --git a/sentry-sample/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/sentry-sample/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 5c6d2b0df..394f9967d 100644
--- a/sentry-sample/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/sentry-sample/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 <!--    <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.anr.enable" android:value="false" />-->
 
 <!--    how to disable the auto-init-->
-<!--    <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.auto-init" android:value="false" />-->
+    <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.auto-init" android:value="false" />
 
 <!--    how to disable the NDK-->
 <!--    <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.ndk.enable" android:value="false" />-->
diff --git a/sentry-sample/src/main/java/io/sentry/core/transport/StdoutTransport.java b/sentry-sample/src/main/java/io/sentry/core/transport/StdoutTransport.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..144b1c306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-sample/src/main/java/io/sentry/core/transport/StdoutTransport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package io.sentry.core.transport;
+
+import io.sentry.core.ISerializer;
+import io.sentry.core.SentryEvent;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
+public final class StdoutTransport implements ITransport {
+
+  private final ISerializer serializer;
+
+  public StdoutTransport(final ISerializer serializer) {
+    this.serializer = serializer;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TransportResult send(SentryEvent event) throws IOException {
+    PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(System.out);
+    serializer.serialize(event, writer);
+
+    return TransportResult.success();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void close() throws IOException {}
+}
diff --git a/sentry-sample/src/main/java/io/sentry/sample/MyApplication.java b/sentry-sample/src/main/java/io/sentry/sample/MyApplication.java
index 591e28bde..1b06fae1d 100644
--- a/sentry-sample/src/main/java/io/sentry/sample/MyApplication.java
+++ b/sentry-sample/src/main/java/io/sentry/sample/MyApplication.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import android.app.Application;
 import android.os.StrictMode;
+import io.sentry.android.core.SentryAndroid;
+import io.sentry.core.transport.StdoutTransport;
 import timber.log.Timber;
 
 // import io.sentry.android.core.SentryAndroid;
@@ -18,14 +20,13 @@ public void onCreate() {
 
     // Example how to initialize the SDK manually which allows access to SentryOptions callbacks.
     // Make sure you disable the auto init via manifest meta-data: io.sentry.auto-init=false
-    // SentryAndroid.init(
-    // this,
-    // options -> {
-    //   options.setBeforeSend(event -> {
-    //     event.setTag("sample-key", "before-send");
-    //   });
-    //   options.setAnrTimeoutIntervalMills(2000);
-    // });
+    SentryAndroid.init(
+        this,
+        options -> {
+          if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+            options.setTransport(new StdoutTransport(options.getSerializer()));
+          }
+        });
   }
 
   private void strictMode() {