diff --git a/source/Launchpad-Commands-Tests/LaunchpadZnHelloApplicationTest.class.st b/source/Launchpad-Commands-Tests/LaunchpadZnHelloApplicationTest.class.st
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e2c476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Launchpad-Commands-Tests/LaunchpadZnHelloApplicationTest.class.st
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"
+A LaunchpadCommandLineHandlerTest is a test class for testing the behavior of LaunchpadCommandLineHandler
+"
+Class {
+	#name : 'LaunchpadZnHelloApplicationTest',
+	#superclass : 'LaunchpadTest',
+	#category : 'Launchpad-Commands-Tests',
+	#package : 'Launchpad-Commands-Tests'
+}
+
+{ #category : 'tests' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplicationTest >> testConfigParsingInValidLogLevel [
+	"Verify the launchpad handler properly handles non numeric input"
+	
+	| application mockContext config |
+	
+	"Test passing a non-numeric log level parameter"
+	config := NullConfigurationProvider new
+		          atName: #'log-level' putValue: 'false';
+		          yourself.
+
+	application := LaunchpadZnHelloApplication 
+		               runningIn: DebuggingApplicationMode new
+		               configuredBy: config
+		               controlledBy: NullCommandServer new.
+
+	"Expect the Launchpad application to handle the error and substitute a loglevel of 0"
+	mockContext := MockObject new
+		               on: #runZnHelloWithPort:debugLevel: 
+		               with: 8181
+							with: 0;
+		               yourself.
+
+	application basicStartWithin: mockContext.
+
+	mockContext verifyIn: self
+]
+
+{ #category : 'tests' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplicationTest >> testConfigParsingValidLogLevel [
+	"Verify the launchpad handler correctly parses the paramter to an integer"
+
+	| application mockContext config |
+	
+	config := NullConfigurationProvider new
+		          atName: #'log-level' putValue: '2';
+		          yourself.
+
+	application := LaunchpadZnHelloApplication 
+		               runningIn: DebuggingApplicationMode new
+		               configuredBy: config
+		               controlledBy: NullCommandServer new.
+
+	mockContext := MockObject new
+		               on: #runZnHelloWithPort:debugLevel: 
+		               with: 8181
+							with: 2;
+		               yourself.
+
+	application basicStartWithin: mockContext.
+
+	mockContext verifyIn: self
+]
+
+{ #category : 'tests' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplicationTest >> testDryRunApplication [
+
+	self
+		should: [
+			LaunchpadCommandLineHandler activateWithArguments:
+				#( 'launchpad' 'start' '--dry-run' 'znHello' )
+			]
+		raise: Exit
+		withExceptionDo: [ :exit | self assert: exit isSuccess ] 
+
+]
diff --git a/source/Launchpad-Commands/LaunchpadCommandLineHandler.class.st b/source/Launchpad-Commands/LaunchpadCommandLineHandler.class.st
index d15c168..36038b2 100644
--- a/source/Launchpad-Commands/LaunchpadCommandLineHandler.class.st
+++ b/source/Launchpad-Commands/LaunchpadCommandLineHandler.class.st
@@ -59,5 +59,7 @@ LaunchpadCommandLineHandler >> activateWithContext: context [
 	StandardStreamLogger onStandardError startFor:
 		( LogRecord where: [ :record | record isInformational not ] ).
 
+	LogRecord emitInfo: 'Launchpad processing command line parameters'.
+	
 	^ LaunchpadRootCommand new evaluateWithin: context
 ]
diff --git a/source/Launchpad-Examples/LaunchpadApplicationContext.extension.st b/source/Launchpad-Examples/LaunchpadApplicationContext.extension.st
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2c97a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Launchpad-Examples/LaunchpadApplicationContext.extension.st
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Extension { #name : 'LaunchpadApplicationContext' }
+
+{ #category : '*Launchpad-Examples' }
+LaunchpadApplicationContext >> runZnHelloWithPort: portNumber debugLevel: debugLevel [
+	"Context extension that allows easy launchpad parameter testing"
+	
+	LaunchpadZnHelloApplication startServerOn: portNumber debug: debugLevel 
+]
diff --git a/source/Launchpad-Examples/LaunchpadZnHelloApplication.class.st b/source/Launchpad-Examples/LaunchpadZnHelloApplication.class.st
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e3b85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Launchpad-Examples/LaunchpadZnHelloApplication.class.st
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+"
+Small example Zinc server application to demonstrate Launchpad with tiny web server example
+"
+Class {
+	#name : 'LaunchpadZnHelloApplication',
+	#superclass : 'LaunchpadApplication',
+	#category : 'Launchpad-Examples',
+	#package : 'Launchpad-Examples'
+}
+
+{ #category : 'accessing' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication class >> commandName [
+
+	^ 'znHello'
+]
+
+{ #category : 'private - accessing' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication class >> configurationParameters [
+
+	^ {
+		  (OptionalConfigurationParameter
+			   named: #'log-level'
+			   describedBy: 'Log http requests level'
+			   defaultingTo: 0).
+
+		  (OptionalConfigurationParameter
+			   named: #port
+			   describedBy: 'Server port'
+			   defaultingTo: 8181) }
+]
+
+{ #category : 'accessing' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication class >> description [
+
+	^ 'Launchpad demo zinc http application'
+]
+
+{ #category : 'example' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication class >> startServer [
+	<script>
+	"This would really be in its own server class, but here to demonstrate a simple example of a running application to start via the command line.
+	eg using: launchpad start ZnHello --log-level=2"
+
+	self startServerOn: 8181 debug: true
+]
+
+{ #category : 'example' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication class >> startServerOn: port debug: debug [ 
+	"This would really be in its own server class, but here to demonstrate a simple example"
+
+	| server |
+	server := (ZnServer defaultOn: port).
+	debug ifTrue: [ server logToTranscript ].
+	server start.
+]
+
+{ #category : 'example' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication class >> stopServer [
+	<script>
+	"This would really be in its own server class, but here to demonstrate a simple example"
+
+	ZnServer default stop
+]
+
+{ #category : 'accessing' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication class >> version [
+
+	^ 'v1.0.0'
+]
+
+{ #category : 'private - activation' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication >> basicStartWithin: context [
+	"This is an example of a launcher using a testable #run:withArguments: pattern. See the example test "
+
+	| debugLevel serverPort |
+	
+	debugLevel := [(self configuration valueAt: #'log-level') asNumber] on: Error do: [ 0 ].
+	serverPort := (self configuration valueAt: #port) asInteger.
+
+	"This would be something to call for your own application class to allow testing"
+	context runZnHelloWithPort: serverPort debugLevel: debugLevel
+]
+
+{ #category : 'accessing' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication >> name [
+
+	^ self configuration name
+]
+
+{ #category : 'error handling' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication >> stackTraceDumper [
+
+	^ NullStackTraceDumper new
+]
+
+{ #category : 'accessing' }
+LaunchpadZnHelloApplication >> title [
+
+	^ self configuration title
+]