diff --git a/examples/simple/word_count_bolt.rb b/examples/simple/word_count_bolt.rb
index 0a3fd09..697223d 100644
--- a/examples/simple/word_count_bolt.rb
+++ b/examples/simple/word_count_bolt.rb
@@ -1,32 +1,28 @@
 class WordCountBolt < RedStorm::SimpleBolt
   output_fields :word, :count
 
+  on_init {@counts = Hash.new{|h, k| h[k] = 0}}
+
   on_tuple do |tuple|
     word = tuple.getString(0)
     @counts[word] += 1
 
     [word, @counts[word]]
   end
-
-  def initialize
-    @counts = Hash.new{|h, k| h[k] = 0}
-  end
 end
 
 
+# below is the same bolt but passing a method name to on_tuple
+
 # class WordCountBolt < RedStorm::SimpleBolt
-
 #   output_fields :word, :count
-#   on_tuple :count_word, :ack => true, :anchor => true
-
+#   on_init {@counts = Hash.new{|h, k| h[k] = 0}}
+#   on_tuple :count_word
+#
 #   def count_word(tuple)
 #     word = tuple.getString(0)
 #     @counts[word] += 1
-
+#
 #     [word, @counts[word]]
 #   end
-
-#   def initialize
-#     @counts = Hash.new{|h, k| h[k] = 0}
-#   end
 # end