diff --git a/examples/examples/stream_join.rs b/examples/examples/stream_join.rs
index ac7dae4..5c6c672 100644
--- a/examples/examples/stream_join.rs
+++ b/examples/examples/stream_join.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     let bootstrap_servers = String::from("localhost:9092");
 
-    let ctx = Context::new()?;
+    let ctx = Context::new()?
+        .with_slatedb_backend(String::from("/tmp/checkpoints/stream-join-checkpoint-1"))
+        .await;
+
     let mut topic_builder = KafkaTopicBuilder::new(bootstrap_servers.clone());
 
     let source_topic_builder = topic_builder
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         .clone()
         .with_topic(String::from("temperature"))
         .build_reader(ConnectionOpts::from([
-            ("auto.offset.reset".to_string(), "earliest".to_string()),
+            ("auto.offset.reset".to_string(), "latest".to_string()),
             ("group.id".to_string(), "sample_pipeline".to_string()),
         ]))
         .await?;
@@ -40,30 +43,38 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 .clone()
                 .with_topic(String::from("humidity"))
                 .build_reader(ConnectionOpts::from([
-                    ("auto.offset.reset".to_string(), "earliest".to_string()),
+                    ("auto.offset.reset".to_string(), "latest".to_string()),
                     ("group.id".to_string(), "sample_pipeline".to_string()),
                 ]))
                 .await?,
         )
-        .await?;
+        .await?
+        .with_column("humidity_sensor", col("sensor_name"))?
+        .drop_columns(&["sensor_name"])?
+        .window(
+            vec![col("humidity_sensor")],
+            vec![avg(col("reading")).alias("avg_humidity")],
+            Duration::from_millis(1_000),
+            None,
+        )?
+        .with_column("humidity_window_start_time", col("window_start_time"))?
+        .with_column("humidity_window_end_time", col("window_end_time"))?
+        .drop_columns(&["window_start_time", "window_end_time"])?;
 
     let joined_ds = ctx
         .from_topic(temperature_topic)
         .await?
+        .window(
+            vec![col("sensor_name")],
+            vec![avg(col("reading")).alias("avg_temperature")],
+            Duration::from_millis(1_000),
+            None,
+        )?
         .join(
             humidity_ds,
             JoinType::Inner,
-            &["sensor_name"],
-            &["sensor_name"],
-            None,
-        )?
-        .window(
-            vec![],
-            vec![
-                avg(col("temperature.reading")).alias("avg_temperature"),
-                avg(col("humidity.reading")).alias("avg_humidity"),
-            ],
-            Duration::from_millis(1_000),
+            &["sensor_name", "window_start_time"],
+            &["humidity_sensor", "humidity_window_start_time"],
             None,
         )?;