diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md
index 8cfd1e3ee35..c5f7941765a 100644
--- a/example/README.md
+++ b/example/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Summary
 
-This example uses both [tracing](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools/tree/develop/python#tracing) and [logging](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools/tree/develop/python#logging) features, includes all environment variables that can be used, and demonstrates how to explicitly disable tracing while running unit tests - That is not necessary when running within SAM CLI as it detects the local env automatically.
+This example uses [tracer](https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-python/core/tracer/), [metrics](https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-python/core/metrics/),and [logger](https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-python/core/logger/) features, includes all environment variables that can be used, and demonstrates how to explicitly disable tracing while running unit tests - That is not necessary when running within SAM CLI as it detects the local env automatically.
 
 **Quick commands**
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Tests are defined in the `tests` folder in this project. Use PIP to install the
 ```bash
 example$ pip install -r hello_world/requirements.txt
 example$ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
-example$ POWERTOOLS_TRACE_DISABLED=1 python -m pytest tests/ -v
+example$ pytest -v
 ```
 
 ## Cleanup
diff --git a/example/tests/__init__.py b/example/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/example/tests/test_handler.py b/example/tests/test_handler.py
index 909bb224c9a..62d4133db5e 100644
--- a/example/tests/test_handler.py
+++ b/example/tests/test_handler.py
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
 import json
+import os
+import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 import pytest
 
-from hello_world import app
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def env_vars(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_METRICS_NAMESPACE", "example_namespace")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_SERVICE_NAME", "example_service")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("POWERTOOLS_TRACE_DISABLED", "1")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def lambda_handler(env_vars):
+    from hello_world import app
+
+    return app.lambda_handler
+
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def apigw_event():
@@ -61,6 +76,7 @@ def apigw_event():
         "path": "/examplepath",
     }
 
+
 @dataclass
 class Context:
     function_name: str = "test"
@@ -68,23 +84,25 @@ class Context:
     invoked_function_arn: str = "arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:298026489:function:test"
     aws_request_id: str = "5b441b59-a550-11c8-6564-f1c833cf438c"
 
-def test_lambda_handler(apigw_event, mocker, capsys):
-    ret = app.lambda_handler(apigw_event, Context())
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 7), reason="requires python3.7 or higher")
+def test_lambda_handler(lambda_handler, apigw_event, mocker, capsys):
+    ret = lambda_handler(apigw_event, Context())
     data = json.loads(ret["body"])
 
     output = capsys.readouterr()
-    output = output.out.split('\n')
-    stdout_one_string = '\t'.join(output)
+    output = output.out.split("\n")
+    stdout_one_string = "\t".join(output)
 
     assert ret["statusCode"] == 200
     assert data["message"] == "hello world"
     assert "location" in data
     assert "message" in ret["body"]
     assert "async_http" in data
-    
+
     # assess custom metric was flushed in stdout/logs
-    assert "SuccessfulLocations" in stdout_one_string 
-    assert "ColdStart" in stdout_one_string 
+    assert "SuccessfulLocations" in stdout_one_string
+    assert "ColdStart" in stdout_one_string
     assert "UniqueMetricDimension" in stdout_one_string
 
     # assess our custom middleware ran
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index b5ec9af256f..33e5188f53e 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -239,6 +239,15 @@ version = "*"
 [package.extras]
 toml = ["toml"]
 
+[[package]]
+category = "dev"
+description = "A backport of the dataclasses module for Python 3.6"
+marker = "python_version >= \"3.6\" and python_version < \"3.7\""
+name = "dataclasses"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6, <3.7"
+version = "0.7"
+
 [[package]]
 category = "main"
 description = "Docutils -- Python Documentation Utilities"
@@ -949,7 +958,7 @@ docs = ["sphinx", "jaraco.packaging (>=3.2)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)"]
 testing = ["jaraco.itertools", "func-timeout"]
 
 [metadata]
-content-hash = "11587b6860e090c953a7e70372c266723b32848accdde9e3546e7ed9d5208a9f"
+content-hash = "68009b53f884801ad967ab41923a811dd51d61c28979658545b1db8e7ee1588a"
 python-versions = "^3.6"
 
 [metadata.files]
@@ -1064,6 +1073,10 @@ coverage = [
     {file = "coverage-5.1-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:bb28a7245de68bf29f6fb199545d072d1036a1917dca17a1e75bbb919e14ee8e"},
     {file = "coverage-5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f90bfc4ad18450c80b024036eaf91e4a246ae287701aaa88eaebebf150868052"},
 ]
+dataclasses = [
+    {file = "dataclasses-0.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3459118f7ede7c8bea0fe795bff7c6c2ce287d01dd226202f7c9ebc0610a7836"},
+    {file = "dataclasses-0.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:494a6dcae3b8bcf80848eea2ef64c0cc5cd307ffc263e17cdf42f3e5420808e6"},
+]
 docutils = [
     {file = "docutils-0.15.2-py2-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9e4d7ecfc600058e07ba661411a2b7de2fd0fafa17d1a7f7361cd47b1175c827"},
     {file = "docutils-0.15.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6c4f696463b79f1fb8ba0c594b63840ebd41f059e92b31957c46b74a4599b6d0"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a941136407b..ec07ac86d53 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ radon = "^4.1.0"
 xenon = "^0.7.0"
 flake8-bugbear = "^20.1.4"
 flake8-eradicate = "^0.3.0"
+dataclasses = {version = "*", python = "~3.6"}
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 source = ["aws_lambda_powertools"]
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 75891e4f024..800a6cf0a8d 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [pytest]
 addopts = -ra --cov --cov-config=.coveragerc
-testpaths = ./tests
\ No newline at end of file
+testpaths = ./tests ./example/tests
\ No newline at end of file