diff --git a/examples/simple-example/simple_example/app.py b/examples/simple-example/simple_example/app.py
index ef101e17..56c6458e 100644
--- a/examples/simple-example/simple_example/app.py
+++ b/examples/simple-example/simple_example/app.py
@@ -24,10 +24,16 @@ class EventStore:
     def add(self, event: ConsumerRecord) -> None:
         self.events.append(event)
 
+    def remove(self) -> None:
+        self.events.pop(0)
+
     @property
-    def total(self):
+    def total(self) -> int:
         return len(self.events)
 
+    def clean(self) -> None:
+        self.events = []
+
 
 event_store = EventStore()
 
@@ -35,7 +41,11 @@ def total(self):
 @stream_engine.stream(topic, group_id="example-group")
 async def consume(cr: ConsumerRecord):
     logger.info(f"Event consumed: {cr} \n")
-    event_store.add(cr)
+
+    if cr.value == b"remove-event":
+        event_store.remove()
+    else:
+        event_store.add(cr)
 
     await stream_engine.send("local--hello-world", value=cr.value)
 
diff --git a/kstreams/streams.py b/kstreams/streams.py
index 1afa96da..256a613c 100644
--- a/kstreams/streams.py
+++ b/kstreams/streams.py
@@ -137,11 +137,10 @@ async def stop(self) -> None:
 
     def subscribe(self) -> None:
         if self.consumer is None:
-            # Always create a consumer on stream.start
+            # Only create a consumer if it was not previously created
             self.consumer = self._create_consumer()
-            self.consumer.subscribe(
-                topics=self.topics, listener=self.rebalance_listener
-            )
+
+        self.consumer.subscribe(topics=self.topics, listener=self.rebalance_listener)
 
     async def commit(
         self, offsets: typing.Optional[typing.Dict[TopicPartition, int]] = None
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 7e8f13fd..49a81a73 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -405,6 +405,66 @@ async def test_e2e_example():
     assert TopicManager.all_messages_consumed()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_repeat_e2e_example():
+    """
+    This test is to show that the same Stream can be tested multiple
+    times and that all the resources must start from scratch on every unittest:
+        1. There must not be events in topics from previous tests
+        2. All extra partitions should be removed from Topics
+        3. Streams on new test must have only the default partitions (0, 1, 2)
+        4. Total events per Topic (asyncio.Queue) must be 0
+    """
+    simple_example = importlib.import_module(
+        "examples.simple-example.simple_example.app"
+    )
+
+    topic_name = simple_example.topic
+    client = TestStreamClient(simple_example.stream_engine)
+
+    # From the previous test, we have produced 5 events
+    # which still they are on memory. This is the application
+    # logic
+    assert simple_example.event_store.total == 5
+
+    # clean the application store
+    simple_example.event_store.clean()
+    assert simple_example.event_store.total == 0
+
+    async with client:
+        topic = TopicManager.get(topic_name)
+        assert topic.is_empty()
+
+        # Even Though the topic is empty, the counter might be not
+        assert topic.total_events == 0
+
+        # check that all default partitions are empty
+        assert topic.total_partition_events[0] == -1
+        assert topic.total_partition_events[1] == -1
+        assert topic.total_partition_events[2] == -1
+
+        # add 1 event to the store
+        metadata = await client.send(topic=topic_name, value=b"add-event")
+
+        # give some time to process the event
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        assert simple_example.event_store.total == 1
+        assert metadata.partition == 0
+
+        # remove 1 event from the store
+        metadata = await client.send(
+            topic=topic_name, value=b"remove-event", partition=1
+        )
+
+        # give some time to process the event
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        assert simple_example.event_store.total == 0
+        assert metadata.partition == 1
+
+    # check that all events has been consumed
+    assert TopicManager.all_messages_consumed()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "monitoring_enabled",