diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a5fc09..a76d4e0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ COMMANDS		:= $(notdir $(wildcard cmd/*))
 generate: ## Generate code.
 	$(GO) generate ./...
 
+.PHONY: bench
+bench: ## Run benchmarks.
+	mkdir -p .test/reports
+	$(GO_TEST) --junitfile .test/reports/bench-test.xml -- -bench=. -benchmem ./...
+
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt: ## Run go fmt against code.
 	$(GO_RUN_TOOLS) mvdan.cc/gofumpt -w .
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index e08ef03..23cbd57 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -167,6 +167,20 @@ func BenchmarkContext(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkContextExample(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	iso := v8.NewIsolate()
+	defer iso.Dispose()
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		ctx := v8.NewContext()
+		defer ctx.Isolate().Dispose()
+		defer ctx.Close()
+		ctx.RunScript("const add = (a, b) => a + b", "math.js")
+		ctx.RunScript("const result = add(3, 4)", "main.js")
+		_, _ = ctx.RunScript("result", "value.js")
+	}
+}
+
 func ExampleContext() {
 	ctx := v8.NewContext()
 	defer ctx.Isolate().Dispose()
diff --git a/examples/simple/main.go b/examples/simple/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80485ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	v8 "github.com/zeiss/v8go"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	ctx := v8.NewContext()                                  // creates a new V8 context with a new Isolate aka VM
+	ctx.RunScript("const add = (a, b) => a + b", "math.js") // executes a script on the global context
+	ctx.RunScript("const result = add(3, 4)", "main.js")    // any functions previously added to the context can be called
+	val, _ := ctx.RunScript("result", "value.js")           // return a value in JavaScript back to Go
+	fmt.Printf("addition result: %s", val)
+}