diff --git a/examples/__main__.py b/examples/__main__.py
index c3f7add10..66a1bf88d 100644
--- a/examples/__main__.py
+++ b/examples/__main__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
     # temporary dir and name it test_example.py. We import that script
     # module here and invoke it's ``main()``.
     from . import test_example
-    test_example.tractor.run(test_example.main, start_method='spawn')
+    test_example.trio.run(test_example.main)