diff --git a/SimpleLog.cabal b/SimpleLog.cabal
--- a/SimpleLog.cabal
+++ b/SimpleLog.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                SimpleLog
-version:             0.1.0.0
+version:             0.1.0.1
 synopsis:            Simple, configurable logging
 description:         SimpleLog allows configurable multi-threaded logging
 license:             BSD3
diff --git a/src/System/Log/SLog.hs b/src/System/Log/SLog.hs
--- a/src/System/Log/SLog.hs
+++ b/src/System/Log/SLog.hs
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
     logD \"This will not appear on stdout\"
     _ \<- forkSLog \"child\" $ do
       logS \"I am the child\"
-      logW \"CHILD SHUTTING DOWN AFTER 5 SECONDS\"
+      liftIO $ threadDelay 5000000
+      logW \"CHILD SHUTTING DOWN\"
     logI \"Exiting main thread\"
   waitFlush fkey
   c \<- countTChan tchan