diff --git a/examples/itchy.rb b/examples/itchy.rb
index ad851db..41491f6 100755
--- a/examples/itchy.rb
+++ b/examples/itchy.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 require 'dcell'
-
-require 'dcell/registries/redis_adapter'
-registry = DCell::Registry::RedisAdapter.new :server => 'localhost'
+require_relative 'registry'
 
 class Itchy
   include Celluloid
diff --git a/examples/registry.rb b/examples/registry.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40f287a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/registry.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require 'dcell/registries/redis_adapter'
+def registry
+  DCell::Registry::RedisAdapter.new :server => 'localhost'
+end
diff --git a/examples/scratchy.rb b/examples/scratchy.rb
index 2866778..7224fcc 100755
--- a/examples/scratchy.rb
+++ b/examples/scratchy.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 require 'dcell'
-require 'dcell/registries/redis_adapter'
+require_relative 'registry'
 
-registry = DCell::Registry::RedisAdapter.new :server => 'localhost'
 DCell.start :registry => registry
+
 itchy_node = DCell::Node["itchy"]
 itchy = itchy_node[:itchy]