diff --git a/examples/fixtures/middleware.yaml b/examples/fixtures/middleware.yaml
index 1cc0e0a..29ef1ef 100644
--- a/examples/fixtures/middleware.yaml
+++ b/examples/fixtures/middleware.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ interactions:
         content_length: 0
         transfer_encoding: []
         trailer: {}
-        host: 127.0.0.1:60761
-        remote_addr: 127.0.0.1:60762
+        host: ""
+        remote_addr: ""
         request_uri: /request1
         body: ""
         form: {}
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ interactions:
                 - VALUE
         status: 200 OK
         code: 200
-        duration: 42ns
+        duration: 0s
     - id: 1
       request:
         proto: HTTP/1.1
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ interactions:
         content_length: 0
         transfer_encoding: []
         trailer: {}
-        host: 127.0.0.1:60761
-        remote_addr: 127.0.0.1:60763
-        request_uri: /request2
+        host: ""
+        remote_addr: ""
+        request_uri: /request2?query=example
         body: ""
         form: {}
         headers:
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ interactions:
                 - gzip
             User-Agent:
                 - Go-http-client/1.1
-        url: http://go-vcr/request2
+        url: http://go-vcr/request2?query=example
         method: GET
       response:
         proto: HTTP/1.1
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ interactions:
         trailer: {}
         content_length: -1
         uncompressed: false
-        body: OK
+        body: |-
+            query=example
+            OK
         headers:
             Content-Type:
                 - text/plain; charset=utf-8
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ interactions:
                 - VALUE
         status: 200 OK
         code: 200
-        duration: 41ns
+        duration: 0s
     - id: 2
       request:
         proto: HTTP/1.1
@@ -83,8 +85,8 @@ interactions:
         content_length: 9
         transfer_encoding: []
         trailer: {}
-        host: 127.0.0.1:60761
-        remote_addr: 127.0.0.1:60764
+        host: ""
+        remote_addr: ""
         request_uri: /postform
         body: key=value
         form:
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ interactions:
                 - VALUE
         status: 200 OK
         code: 200
-        duration: 375ns
+        duration: 0s
     - id: 3
       request:
         proto: HTTP/1.1
@@ -126,8 +128,8 @@ interactions:
         content_length: 15
         transfer_encoding: []
         trailer: {}
-        host: 127.0.0.1:60761
-        remote_addr: 127.0.0.1:60765
+        host: ""
+        remote_addr: ""
         request_uri: /postdata
         body: '{"key":"value"}'
         form: {}
@@ -158,4 +160,4 @@ interactions:
                 - VALUE
         status: 200 OK
         code: 200
-        duration: 125ns
+        duration: 0s
diff --git a/examples/middleware_test.go b/examples/middleware_test.go
index 17a0ec5..8a1c15d 100644
--- a/examples/middleware_test.go
+++ b/examples/middleware_test.go
@@ -14,43 +14,31 @@ import (
 
 func TestMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 	cassetteName := "fixtures/middleware"
-	createHandler := func(middleware func(http.Handler) http.Handler) http.Handler {
-		mux := http.NewServeMux()
-
-		handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			w.Header().Add("KEY", "VALUE")
-
-			body, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
-			if len(body) > 0 {
-				w.Write(body)
-			} else {
-				w.Write([]byte("OK"))
-			}
-		})
-
-		if middleware != nil {
-			handler = middleware(handler).ServeHTTP
-		}
-
-		mux.Handle("/", handler)
-		return mux
-	}
 
 	// In a real-world scenario, the recorder will run outside of unit tests
 	// since you want to be able to record real application behavior
 	t.Run("RecordRealInteractionsWithMiddleware", func(t *testing.T) {
-		recorder, err := recorder.NewWithOptions(&recorder.Options{
-			CassetteName:                    cassetteName,
-			Mode:                            recorder.ModeRecordOnly,
-			BlockRealTransportUnsafeMethods: false,
+		rec, err := recorder.NewWithOptions(&recorder.Options{
+			CassetteName:       cassetteName,
+			Mode:               recorder.ModeRecordOnly,
+			SkipRequestLatency: true,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("error creating recorder: %v", err)
 		}
 
+		// Use a BeforeSaveHook to remove host, remote_addr, and duration
+		// since they change whenever the test runs
+		rec.AddHook(func(i *cassette.Interaction) error {
+			i.Request.Host = ""
+			i.Request.RemoteAddr = ""
+			i.Response.Duration = 0
+			return nil
+		}, recorder.BeforeSaveHook)
+
 		// Create the server handler with recorder middleware
-		handler := createHandler(recorder.Middleware)
-		defer recorder.Stop()
+		handler := createHandler(rec.Middleware)
+		defer rec.Stop()
 
 		server := httptest.NewServer(handler)
 		defer server.Close()
@@ -60,7 +48,7 @@ func TestMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("error making request: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		_, err = http.Get(server.URL + "/request2")
+		_, err = http.Get(server.URL + "/request2?query=example")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("error making request: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -80,3 +68,31 @@ func TestMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 		cassette.TestServerReplay(t, cassetteName, createHandler(nil))
 	})
 }
+
+// createHandler will return an HTTP handler with optional middleware. It will respond to
+// simple requests for testing
+func createHandler(middleware func(http.Handler) http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Add("KEY", "VALUE")
+
+		query := r.URL.Query().Encode()
+		if query != "" {
+			w.Write([]byte(query + "\n"))
+		}
+
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		if len(body) > 0 {
+			w.Write(body)
+		} else {
+			w.Write([]byte("OK"))
+		}
+	})
+
+	if middleware != nil {
+		handler = middleware(handler).ServeHTTP
+	}
+
+	mux.Handle("/", handler)
+	return mux
+}