diff --git a/data/example/Procfile b/data/example/Procfile
index 36b0efd..c200d64 100644
--- a/data/example/Procfile
+++ b/data/example/Procfile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ticker: ./ticker $PORT
-error : ./error
+ticker: ruby ./ticker $PORT
+error : ruby ./error
diff --git a/data/example/error b/data/example/error
index 6d70f7f..2ef00b4 100755
--- a/data/example/error
+++ b/data/example/error
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
+$stdout.sync = true
+
 puts "will error in 10s"
 sleep 5
 raise "Dying"
diff --git a/data/example/ticker b/data/example/ticker
index e976f6e..fe0d629 100755
--- a/data/example/ticker
+++ b/data/example/ticker
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-%w( SIGINT SIGTERM SIGHUP ).each do |signal|
+$stdout.sync = true
+
+%w( SIGINT SIGTERM ).each do |signal|
   trap(signal) do
     puts "received #{signal} but i'm ignoring it!"
   end