diff --git a/examples/rtic_bare8.rs b/examples/rtic_bare8.rs
index e0903c2a245661272aa11c8cf2fd7a5754edbbbc..369e3e0294cc6978696d01a43c6a6e4a0e6be8b6 100644
--- a/examples/rtic_bare8.rs
+++ b/examples/rtic_bare8.rs
@@ -71,15 +71,21 @@ const APP: () = {
         let rx = cx.resources.RX;
         let tx = cx.resources.TX;
 
+        let mut recv = 0;
+        let mut errors = 0;
+
         loop {
             match block!(rx.read()) {
                 Ok(byte) => {
                     rprintln!("Ok {:?}", byte);
+                    recv += 1;
                     tx.write(byte).unwrap();
                 }
                 Err(err) => {
+                    errors += 1;
                     rprintln!("Error {:?}", err);
                 }
+                rprintln!("Ok:s {:?}, Errs {:?}", recv,errors);
             }
         }
     }