diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4480432..b8c86a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ dogstatsd:gauge("users.active", UserCount, #{ shard => ShardId, version => Vsn }
 
 ### Elixir
 
+For more details, see the example application in (examples/elixir)[examples/elixir]
+
 1. List dogstatsd dependency in your `mix.exs` file
 
 ```elixir
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ dogstatsd:gauge("users.active", UserCount, #{ shard => ShardId, version => Vsn }
 5. For custom metrics:
 
 ```elixir
-Dogstatsd.gauge("users.active", user_count, %{ :shard => shard_id, :version => vsn })
+:dogstatsd.gauge("users.active", user_count, %{ :shard => shard_id, :version => vsn })
 ```
 
 ### VM Stats
diff --git a/examples/elixir/.gitignore b/examples/elixir/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91b5343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/elixir/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# The directory Mix will write compiled artifacts to.
+/_build
+
+# If you run "mix test --cover", coverage assets end up here.
+/cover
+
+# The directory Mix downloads your dependencies sources to.
+/deps
+
+# Where 3rd-party dependencies like ExDoc output generated docs.
+/doc
+
+# If the VM crashes, it generates a dump, let's ignore it too.
+erl_crash.dump
+
+# Also ignore archive artifacts (built via "mix archive.build").
+*.ez
+elixir_example
+mix.lock
diff --git a/examples/elixir/README.md b/examples/elixir/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c1f3f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/elixir/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# ElixirExample
+
+Example of some Elixir code using the Dogstatsd library
+
+## Mix.exs
+
+`:dogstatsd` is listed as an application dependency so it will start before your application.
+
+```
+  def application do
+    [applications: [:logger, :dogstatsd]]
+  end
+```
+
+`:dogstatsd` is listed as a dependency so Mix will fetch it. (You will actually want to depend on `{:dogstatsd, "~> <version>", hex: :dogstatsde}`, not a relative path!)
+
+```
+  defp deps do
+    [
+      {:dogstatsd, path: "../../"}
+    ]
+  end
+```
diff --git a/examples/elixir/config/config.exs b/examples/elixir/config/config.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c842e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/elixir/config/config.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# This file is responsible for configuring your application
+# and its dependencies with the aid of the Mix.Config module.
+use Mix.Config
+
+# This configuration is loaded before any dependency and is restricted
+# to this project. If another project depends on this project, this
+# file won't be loaded nor affect the parent project. For this reason,
+# if you want to provide default values for your application for
+# 3rd-party users, it should be done in your "mix.exs" file.
+
+# You can configure for your application as:
+#
+#     config :elixir_example, key: :value
+#
+# And access this configuration in your application as:
+#
+#     Application.get_env(:elixir_example, :key)
+#
+# Or configure a 3rd-party app:
+#
+#     config :logger, level: :info
+#
+
+# It is also possible to import configuration files, relative to this
+# directory. For example, you can emulate configuration per environment
+# by uncommenting the line below and defining dev.exs, test.exs and such.
+# Configuration from the imported file will override the ones defined
+# here (which is why it is important to import them last).
+#
+#     import_config "#{Mix.env}.exs"
diff --git a/examples/elixir/lib/elixir_example.ex b/examples/elixir/lib/elixir_example.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0092174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/elixir/lib/elixir_example.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+defmodule ElixirExample do
+  require Logger
+
+  def main(_) do
+    Logger.info "Example dogstatsd calls"
+    :dogstatsd.event("Test", "Testing dogstatsd library", :info, :low)
+    :dogstatsd.gauge("connection.active", 5)
+    :dogstatsd.increment("requests.image", 1, %{:file_type => "png"})
+    :dogstatsd.timer("connection.latency", 35, %{:path => "/hello/world.png"})
+    :dogstatsd.set("user.recent_ids", 2054)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/examples/elixir/mix.exs b/examples/elixir/mix.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9609a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/elixir/mix.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+defmodule Elixir.Mixfile do
+  use Mix.Project
+
+  def project do
+    [app: :elixir_example,
+     version: "0.1.0",
+     elixir: "~> 1.3",
+     build_embedded: Mix.env == :prod,
+     start_permanent: Mix.env == :prod,
+     escript: [main_module: ElixirExample],
+     deps: deps()]
+  end
+
+  # Configuration for the OTP application
+  #
+  # Type "mix help compile.app" for more information
+  def application do
+    [applications: [:logger, :dogstatsd]]
+  end
+
+  # Dependencies can be Hex packages:
+  #
+  #   {:mydep, "~> 0.3.0"}
+  #
+  # Or git/path repositories:
+  #
+  #   {:mydep, git: "https://github.com/elixir-lang/mydep.git", tag: "0.1.0"}
+  #
+  # Type "mix help deps" for more examples and options
+  defp deps do
+    [
+      {:dogstatsd, path: "../../"}
+    ]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/examples/elixir/test/elixir_example_test.exs b/examples/elixir/test/elixir_example_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02c0353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/elixir/test/elixir_example_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+defmodule ElixirExampleTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+  doctest ElixirExample
+
+  test "the truth" do
+    assert 1 + 1 == 2
+  end
+end
diff --git a/examples/elixir/test/test_helper.exs b/examples/elixir/test/test_helper.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..869559e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/elixir/test/test_helper.exs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ExUnit.start()
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a06aa6..0000000
--- a/mix.exs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-defmodule Dogstatsd do
-  [:gauge, :increment, :counter, :histogram, :timing, :timer, :set] |> (Enum.each fn name ->
-    def unquote(name)(metric_name, metric_value) do
-      apply(:dogstatsd, unquote(name), [metric_name, metric_value])
-    end
-    def unquote(name)(metric_name, metric_value, rate_or_tags) do
-      apply(:dogstatsd, unquote(name), [metric_name, metric_value, rate_or_tags])
-    end
-    def unquote(name)(metric_name, metric_value, metric_rate, metric_tags) do
-      apply(:dogstatsd, unquote(name), [metric_name, metric_value, metric_rate, metric_tags])
-    end
-  end)
-  def start do
-    Application.ensure_all_started(:dogstatsd)
-  end
-
-  defmodule Mixfile do
-    use Mix.Project
-
-    def project do
-      [app: :dogstatsd,
-       version: version(),
-       name: "Dogstatsd",
-       elixir: "~> 1.3",
-       source_url: "https://github.com/WhoopInc/dogstatsde",
-       docs: [
-         extras: ["README.md"],
-         main: "README.md",
-       ],
-       build_embedded: Mix.env == :prod,
-       start_permanent: Mix.env == :prod,
-       deps: deps]
-    end
-
-    def application do
-      [
-        applications: [:logger, :worker_pool, :stillir],
-        mod: {:dogstatsd_app, []}
-      ]
-    end
-
-    defp deps do
-      [
-        {:stillir, "~> 1.0.0"},
-        {:worker_pool, "~> 2.1.0"},
-        {:meck, "~> 0.8.4", only: :test}
-      ]
-    end
-
-    def version do
-      # Fetch or fabricate a version number
-      {:ok, [{:application, :dogstatsd, appdata}]} = :file.consult("src/dogstatsd.app.src")
-      case appdata[:vsn] do
-        :git ->
-          # Fabricate a magic git version
-          last_vsn = case System.cmd("git", ["tag", "--sort=version:refname"]) do
-                       {git_tags, 0} ->
-                         git_tags |> String.trim |> String.split |> List.last
-                       {_, 129} ->
-                         {git_tags, 0} = System.cmd("git", ["tag"])
-                         git_tags |> String.trim |> String.split |> List.last
-                     end
-          {git_hash,0} = System.cmd("git", ["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"])
-          short_hash = git_hash |> String.trim
-          "#{last_vsn}+build-#{short_hash}"
-        real_vsn ->
-          # We get here when this is a downloaded Hex package
-          # In this case, the version comes in as an Erlang string and we need it to be an Elixir string
-          to_string(real_vsn)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/rebar.lock b/rebar.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 8859f54..0000000
--- a/rebar.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[{<<"stillir">>,{pkg,<<"stillir">>,<<"1.0.0">>},0},
- {<<"worker_pool">>,{pkg,<<"worker_pool">>,<<"2.1.0">>},0}].
diff --git a/scripts/install-deps.bash b/scripts/install-deps.bash
index b7276af..65e3b56 100755
--- a/scripts/install-deps.bash
+++ b/scripts/install-deps.bash
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ elif [ $ELIXIR_VSN ]; then
     source $HOME/.kiex/elixirs/elixir-${ELIXIR_VSN}.env
     mix local.hex --force
     mix local.rebar --force
-    mix deps.get
 else
     echo Unknown rebar version requested: $REBAR_VSN
     exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/run-tests.bash b/scripts/run-tests.bash
index 921d1a2..eecf4c9 100755
--- a/scripts/run-tests.bash
+++ b/scripts/run-tests.bash
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ elif [ $REBAR_VSN -eq 3 ]; then
     ./vendor/rebar3 eunit
 elif [ $ELIXIR_VSN ]; then
     source $HOME/.kiex/elixirs/elixir-${ELIXIR_VSN}.env
+    cd examples/elixir
+    mix deps.get
     mix compile
-    mix test
+    mix escript.build
+    ./elixir_example
 else
     echo Unknown rebar version requested: $REBAR_VSN
     exit 1
diff --git a/src/dogstatsd.app.src b/src/dogstatsd.app.src
index 6088bf6..efc597f 100644
--- a/src/dogstatsd.app.src
+++ b/src/dogstatsd.app.src
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
   {links, [{"GitHub", "https://github.com/WhoopInc/dogstatsde"}]},
   {pkg_name, "dogstatsde"},
   {include_files, ["mix.exs"]},
-  {build_tools, [<<"rebar3">>, <<"mix">>]}
+  {build_tools, [<<"rebar3">>]}
  ]}.
diff --git a/test/basic_test.exs b/test/basic_test.exs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f1cf62..0000000
--- a/test/basic_test.exs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-defmodule BasicTest do
-  use ExUnit.Case, async: false
-
-  test "send a metric" do
-    assert :ok = Dogstatsd.gauge("test", 1)
-
-    assert :meck.validate(:gen_udp)
-    assert :meck.called(:gen_udp, :send, :_)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.exs b/test/test_helper.exs
deleted file mode 100644
index fe022f2..0000000
--- a/test/test_helper.exs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-ExUnit.start
-
-Application.ensure_all_started(:meck)
-
-:meck.new(:gen_udp, [:unstick])
-:meck.expect(:gen_udp, :send, fn (_Socket, _Address, _Port, _Packet) -> :ok end)
-:meck.expect(:gen_udp, :open, fn (_Port) -> {:ok, :fake_socket} end)
-
-Dogstatsd.start