diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/KafkaCase.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/KafkaCase.scala
index ce451aa..cd103ce 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/KafkaCase.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/KafkaCase.scala
@@ -40,14 +40,23 @@ object KafkaCase {
 
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
     val writerConfig = config.getConfig("writer")
+    val readerConfig = config.getConfig("reader")
+    val topicName = config.getString("topicName")
+    println("Sample how to use writer with manual resource handling")
     WriterManualResourceHandling(writerConfig, topicName, sampleMessageToWrite)
+    println("Sample how to use writer with custom resource handling")
     WriterCustomResourceHandling(writerConfig, topicName, sampleMessageToWrite)
+    println("Sample how to use writer with Usings in scala 3")
     WriterUsingsResourceHandling(writerConfig, topicName, sampleMessageToWrite)
+    println("Sample how to use writer write-once fashion")
     WriterWriteOnce(writerConfig, topicName, sampleMessageToWrite)
-    val readerConfig = config.getConfig("reader")
+    println("Sample how to use reader with manual resource handling")
     ReaderManualResourceHandling[EdlaChange](readerConfig, topicName)
+    println("Sample how to use reader with custom resource handling")
     ReaderCustomResourceHandling[EdlaChange](readerConfig, topicName)
+    println("Sample how to use reader with Usings in scala 3")
     ReaderUsingsResourceHandling[EdlaChange](readerConfig, topicName)
+    println("Sample how to use reader read-once fashion")
     ReaderReadOnce[EdlaChange](readerConfig, topicName)
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderReadOnce.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderReadOnce.scala
index 5d0e0e4..16612e7 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderReadOnce.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderReadOnce.scala
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
 
 package za.co.absa.kafkacase.examples.reader
 
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import io.circe.Decoder
 import za.co.absa.kafkacase.reader.Reader
 
-import java.util.Properties
-
 object ReaderReadOnce {
-  def apply[T: Decoder](readerProps: Properties, topicName: String): Unit =
-    Reader.readOnce[T](readerProps, topicName, println)
+  def apply[T: Decoder](readerConf: Config, topicName: String): Unit =
+    Reader.readOnce[T](readerConf, topicName, println)
 }
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/writer/WriterWriteOnce.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/writer/WriterWriteOnce.scala
index 985fc14..e76a5d6 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/writer/WriterWriteOnce.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/writer/WriterWriteOnce.scala
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
 
 package za.co.absa.kafkacase.examples.writer
 
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import io.circe.Encoder
 import za.co.absa.kafkacase.writer.Writer
 
-import java.util.Properties
-
 object WriterWriteOnce {
-  def apply[T: Encoder](writerProps: Properties, topicName: String, sampleMessageToWrite: T): Unit =
-    Writer.writeOnce(writerProps, topicName, "sampleKey", sampleMessageToWrite)
+  def apply[T: Encoder](writerConf: Config, topicName: String, sampleMessageToWrite: T): Unit =
+    Writer.writeOnce(writerConf, topicName, "sampleKey", sampleMessageToWrite)
 }
diff --git a/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/Reader.scala b/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/Reader.scala
index d57793d..5b5f5fb 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/Reader.scala
+++ b/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/Reader.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package za.co.absa.kafkacase.reader
 
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import io.circe.Decoder
 
 import java.util.Properties
@@ -32,4 +33,14 @@ object Reader {
       reader.close()
     }
   }
+
+  def readOnce[T: Decoder](readerConf: Config, topicName: String, work: ((String, Either[String, T])) => Unit): Unit = {
+    val reader = new ReaderImpl[T](readerConf, topicName, neverEnding = false)
+    try {
+      for (item <- reader)
+        work(item)
+    } finally {
+      reader.close()
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/writer/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/writer/Writer.scala b/writer/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/writer/Writer.scala
index e63248c..c3a9ee6 100644
--- a/writer/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/writer/Writer.scala
+++ b/writer/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/writer/Writer.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package za.co.absa.kafkacase.writer
 
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import io.circe.Encoder
 
 import java.util.Properties
@@ -39,4 +40,13 @@ object Writer {
       writer.close()
     }
   }
+
+  def writeOnce[T: Encoder](writerConf: Config, topicName: String, messageKey: String, sampleMessageToWrite: T): Unit = {
+    val writer = new WriterImpl[T](writerConf, topicName)
+    try {
+      writer.write(messageKey, sampleMessageToWrite)
+    } finally {
+      writer.close()
+    }
+  }
 }