diff --git a/examples/gateway_simple.rs b/examples/gateway_simple.rs
index acb4eb3..2996283 100644
--- a/examples/gateway_simple.rs
+++ b/examples/gateway_simple.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ async fn main() {
     let websocket_url_spacebar = "wss://gateway.old.server.spacebar.chat/".to_string();
 
     // Initiate the gateway connection, starting a listener in one thread and a heartbeat handler in another
-    let gateway = Gateway::spawn(websocket_url_spacebar).await.unwrap();
+    let _ = Gateway::spawn(websocket_url_spacebar).await.unwrap();
 
     // At this point, we are connected to the server and are sending heartbeats, however we still haven't authenticated