diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 16b8767..aed1ec0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ hiredis-example-ae:
 	@false
 else
 hiredis-example-ae: example-ae.c adapters/ae.h $(STLIBNAME)
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(REAL_CFLAGS) $(REAL_LDFLAGS) -I$(AE_DIR) $(AE_DIR)/ae.o $(AE_DIR)/zmalloc.o example-ae.c $(STLIBNAME)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(REAL_CFLAGS) $(REAL_LDFLAGS) -I$(AE_DIR) $(AE_DIR)/ae.o $(AE_DIR)/zmalloc.o $(AE_DIR)/../deps/jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.a -pthread example-ae.c $(STLIBNAME)
 endif
 
 hiredis-%: %.o $(STLIBNAME)
diff --git a/example-ae.c b/example-ae.c
index 5ed34a3..93f1a84 100644
--- a/example-ae.c
+++ b/example-ae.c
@@ -21,17 +21,22 @@ void getCallback(redisAsyncContext *c, void *r, void *privdata) {
 void connectCallback(const redisAsyncContext *c, int status) {
     if (status != REDIS_OK) {
         printf("Error: %s\n", c->errstr);
+        aeStop(loop);
         return;
     }
+
     printf("Connected...\n");
 }
 
 void disconnectCallback(const redisAsyncContext *c, int status) {
     if (status != REDIS_OK) {
         printf("Error: %s\n", c->errstr);
+        aeStop(loop);
         return;
     }
+
     printf("Disconnected...\n");
+    aeStop(loop);
 }
 
 int main (int argc, char **argv) {
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
-    loop = aeCreateEventLoop();
+    loop = aeCreateEventLoop(64);
     redisAeAttach(loop, c);
     redisAsyncSetConnectCallback(c,connectCallback);
     redisAsyncSetDisconnectCallback(c,disconnectCallback);