diff --git a/cookie-session/Cargo.toml b/cookie-session/Cargo.toml
index 3599cd91..a927124e 100644
--- a/cookie-session/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cookie-session/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "1.0.0"
 actix-session = "0.2.0"
+actix-rt = "0.2.5"
 
 futures = "0.1"
 time = "0.1"
diff --git a/cookie-session/README.md b/cookie-session/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05e12515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookie-session/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## Cookie session example
+
+```sh
+cd cookie-session
+cargo run
+# Starting http server: 127.0.0.1:8080
+```
diff --git a/cookie-session/src/main.rs b/cookie-session/src/main.rs
index 72f00cf3..f0eac8c5 100644
--- a/cookie-session/src/main.rs
+++ b/cookie-session/src/main.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ fn index(session: Session, req: HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str> {
 fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "actix_web=info");
     env_logger::init();
+    let sys = actix_rt::System::new("cookie-session");
 
     HttpServer::new(|| {
         App::new()
@@ -38,5 +39,8 @@ fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
             .service(web::resource("/").to(index))
     })
     .bind("127.0.0.1:8080")?
-    .run()
+    .start();
+
+    println!("Starting http server: 127.0.0.1:8080");
+    sys.run()
 }