diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 7700bd80f9..c81ffcea10 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ sha2 = { version = "0.9" }
 smol = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio02"] }
 smol-potat = { version = "0.3" }
 
+[[example]]
+name = "create_did"
+path = "create_did.rs"
+
 [[example]]
 name = "credential"
 path = "credential.rs"
@@ -26,8 +30,3 @@ path = "merkle_key.rs"
 [[example]]
 name = "resolution"
 path = "resolution.rs"
-
-
-[[example]]
-name = "create_did"
-path = "create_did.rs"
diff --git a/examples/create_did.rs b/examples/create_did.rs
index d35f648fb7..87822f2d4d 100644
--- a/examples/create_did.rs
+++ b/examples/create_did.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
-use identity::iota::Client;
-use identity::iota::IotaDocument;
-use identity::crypto::KeyPair;
+// Copyright 2020-2021 IOTA Stiftung
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+use identity::crypto::KeyPair;
+use identity::iota::Client;
+use identity::iota::Document;
+use identity::iota::Network;
 use identity::iota::Result;
-
+use identity::iota::TangleRef;
 
 #[smol_potat::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
   let client: Client = Client::new()?;
 
-  let (mut document, keypair): (IotaDocument, KeyPair) = IotaDocument::builder()
-    .authentication_tag("key-1")
-    .did_network(client.network().as_str())
-    .build()?;
+  let keypair: KeyPair = KeyPair::new_ed25519()?;
+  let mut document: Document = Document::from_keypair(&keypair)?;
 
   // Sign the DID Document with the default authentication key.
   document.sign(keypair.secret())?;
 
   // Use the client to publish the DID Document to the Tangle.
-  let transaction: _ = client.publish_document(&document).await?;
-  println!("DID Document Transaction > {}", client.transaction_url(&transaction));
+  document.publish(&client).await?;
+
+  let network: Network = document.id().into();
+  let explore: String = format!("{}/transaction/{}", network.explorer_url(), document.message_id());
+
+  println!("DID Document Transaction > {}", explore);
 
   Ok(())
 }