diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dbc390f..e678675 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ parking_lot = { version = "0.12", optional = true }
 paste = { version = "1.0" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
-time = { version = "0.3", features = ["formatting", "parsing"], optional = true }
+time = { version = "0.3", features = [
+  "formatting",
+  "parsing",
+], optional = true }
 
 [[example]]
 name = "simple_stdio"
diff --git a/examples/json_stdio.rs b/examples/json_stdio.rs
index cd4fca6..11dc1f0 100644
--- a/examples/json_stdio.rs
+++ b/examples/json_stdio.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use logforth::SimpleJsonLayout;
 use logforth::StdoutAppend;
 
 fn main() {
-    let append = StdoutAppend::new().with_layout(SimpleJsonLayout);
+    let append = StdoutAppend::default().with_layout(SimpleJsonLayout);
     let append = DispatchAppend::new(append).filter(LogLevelFilter::new(LevelFilter::Trace));
     Logger::new().add_append(append).apply().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/examples/no_color_stdio.rs b/examples/no_color_stdio.rs
index 3c8ef22..276d761 100644
--- a/examples/no_color_stdio.rs
+++ b/examples/no_color_stdio.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use logforth::Logger;
 use logforth::StdoutAppend;
 
 fn main() {
-    let append = StdoutAppend::new();
+    let append = StdoutAppend::default();
     let append = DispatchAppend::new(append).filter(LogLevelFilter::new(LevelFilter::Trace));
     Logger::new().add_append(append).apply().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/examples/rolling_file.rs b/examples/rolling_file.rs
index f570158..713165c 100644
--- a/examples/rolling_file.rs
+++ b/examples/rolling_file.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ use logforth::SimpleJsonLayout;
 fn main() {
     let rolling = RollingFileWriter::builder()
         .rotation(Rotation::Minutely)
+        .filename_prefix("example")
+        .filename_suffix("log")
+        .max_log_files(2)
         .build("logs")
         .unwrap();
     let (writer, _guard) = NonBlockingBuilder::default().finish(rolling);
diff --git a/examples/simple_stdio.rs b/examples/simple_stdio.rs
index d5a264d..3c11a74 100644
--- a/examples/simple_stdio.rs
+++ b/examples/simple_stdio.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use logforth::SimpleTextLayout;
 use logforth::StdoutAppend;
 
 fn main() {
-    let append = StdoutAppend::new().with_layout(SimpleTextLayout::default());
+    let append = StdoutAppend::default().with_layout(SimpleTextLayout::default());
     let append = DispatchAppend::new(append).filter(LogLevelFilter::new(LevelFilter::Trace));
     Logger::new().add_append(append).apply().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/src/append/file/README.md b/src/append/file/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bd36fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/append/file/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Rolling File Appender
+
+This appender is a fork of [tracing-appender](https://crates.io/crates/tracing-appender), with significant simplifications to fit this crate's needs.
diff --git a/src/append/file/rolling.rs b/src/append/file/rolling.rs
index fa22a75..e26af13 100644
--- a/src/append/file/rolling.rs
+++ b/src/append/file/rolling.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ pub struct RollingFileWriterBuilder {
     max_files: Option<usize>,
 }
 
+impl Default for RollingFileWriterBuilder {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
 impl RollingFileWriterBuilder {
     #[must_use]
     pub const fn new() -> Self {