diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa152ac..1d2c4bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,19 +11,24 @@ public_key = get_public_key(private_key)
 ```
 **Connect to relays**
 ```python
+import time
 from nostr.relay_manager import RelayManager
 
 relay_manager = RelayManager()
 relay_manager.add_relay("wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net")
 relay_manager.add_relay("wss://relay.damus.io")
-relay_manager.open_connections()
+relay_manager.open_connections({"cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE}) # NOTE: This disables ssl certificate verification
+time.sleep(1.25) # allow the connections to open
 
 while relay_manager.message_pool.has_notices():
   notice_msg = relay_manager.message_pool.get_notice()
   print(notice_msg.content)
+  
+relay_manager.close_connections()
 ```
 **Publish to relays**
 ```python
+import time
 from nostr.event import Event
 from nostr.relay_manager import RelayManager
 from nostr.message_type import ClientMessageType
@@ -32,7 +37,8 @@ from nostr.key import generate_private_key, get_public_key
 relay_manager = RelayManager()
 relay_manager.add_relay("wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net")
 relay_manager.add_relay("wss://relay.damus.io")
-relay_manager.open_connections()
+relay_manager.open_connections({"cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE}) # NOTE: This disables ssl certificate verification
+time.sleep(1.25) # allow the connections to open
 
 private_key = generate_private_key()
 public_key = get_public_key(private_key)
@@ -42,9 +48,13 @@ event.sign(private_key)
 
 message = json.dumps([ClientMessageType.EVENT, event.to_json_object()])
 relay_manager.publish_message(message)
+time.sleep(1) # allow the messages to send
+
+relay_manager.close_connections()
 ```
 **Receive events from relays**
 ```python
+import time
 from nostr.filter import Filter, Filters
 from nostr.event import Event, EventKind
 from nostr.relay_manager import RelayManager
@@ -60,14 +70,18 @@ relay_manager = RelayManager()
 relay_manager.add_relay("wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net")
 relay_manager.add_relay("wss://relay.damus.io")
 relay_manager.add_subscription(subscription_id, filters)
-relay_manager.open_connections()
+relay_manager.open_connections({"cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE}) # NOTE: This disables ssl certificate verification
+time.sleep(1.25) # allow the connections to open
 
 message = json.dumps(request)
 relay_manager.publish_message(message)
+time.sleep(1) # allow the messages to send
 
 while relay_manager.message_pool.has_events():
   event_msg = relay_manager.message_pool.get_event()
   print(event_msg.event.content)
+  
+relay_manager.close_connections()
 ```
 
 ## Installation