diff --git a/examples/firehose/process_commits.py b/examples/firehose/process_commits.py
index 579812e8..9fcaad0b 100644
--- a/examples/firehose/process_commits.py
+++ b/examples/firehose/process_commits.py
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 import multiprocessing
+import signal
+import time
+from collections import defaultdict
+from types import FrameType
+from typing import Any
 
 from atproto import CAR, AtUri, FirehoseSubscribeReposClient, firehose_models, models, parse_subscribe_repos_message
 
+_INTERESTED_RECORDS = {
+    models.ids.AppBskyFeedLike: models.AppBskyFeedLike,
+    models.ids.AppBskyFeedPost: models.AppBskyFeedPost,
+    models.ids.AppBskyGraphFollow: models.AppBskyGraphFollow,
+}
 
-def _get_ops_by_type(commit: models.ComAtprotoSyncSubscribeRepos.Commit) -> dict:  # noqa: C901
-    operation_by_type = {
-        'posts': {'created': [], 'deleted': []},
-        'reposts': {'created': [], 'deleted': []},
-        'likes': {'created': [], 'deleted': []},
-        'follows': {'created': [], 'deleted': []},
-    }
+
+def _get_ops_by_type(commit: models.ComAtprotoSyncSubscribeRepos.Commit) -> defaultdict:
+    operation_by_type = defaultdict(lambda: {'created': [], 'deleted': []})
 
     car = CAR.from_bytes(commit.blocks)
     for op in commit.ops:
-        uri = AtUri.from_str(f'at://{commit.repo}/{op.path}')
-
         if op.action == 'update':
             # not supported yet
             continue
 
+        uri = AtUri.from_str(f'at://{commit.repo}/{op.path}')
+
         if op.action == 'create':
             if not op.cid:
                 continue
@@ -30,37 +36,19 @@ def _get_ops_by_type(commit: models.ComAtprotoSyncSubscribeRepos.Commit) -> dict
                 continue
 
             record = models.get_or_create(record_raw_data, strict=False)
-            if uri.collection == models.ids.AppBskyFeedLike and models.is_record_type(
-                record, models.ids.AppBskyFeedLike
-            ):
-                operation_by_type['likes']['created'].append({'record': record, **create_info})
-            elif uri.collection == models.ids.AppBskyFeedPost and models.is_record_type(
-                record, models.ids.AppBskyFeedPost
-            ):
-                operation_by_type['posts']['created'].append({'record': record, **create_info})
-            elif uri.collection == models.ids.AppBskyFeedRepost and models.is_record_type(
-                record, models.ids.AppBskyFeedRepost
-            ):
-                operation_by_type['reposts']['created'].append({'record': record, **create_info})
-            elif uri.collection == models.ids.AppBskyGraphFollow and models.is_record_type(
-                record, models.ids.AppBskyGraphFollow
-            ):
-                operation_by_type['follows']['created'].append({'record': record, **create_info})
+            record_type = _INTERESTED_RECORDS.get(uri.collection)
+            if record_type and models.is_record_type(record, record_type):
+                operation_by_type[uri.collection]['created'].append({'record': record, **create_info})
 
         if op.action == 'delete':
-            if uri.collection == models.ids.AppBskyFeedLike:
-                operation_by_type['likes']['deleted'].append({'uri': str(uri)})
-            elif uri.collection == models.ids.AppBskyFeedPost:
-                operation_by_type['posts']['deleted'].append({'uri': str(uri)})
-            elif uri.collection == models.ids.AppBskyFeedRepost:
-                operation_by_type['reposts']['deleted'].append({'uri': str(uri)})
-            elif uri.collection == models.ids.AppBskyGraphFollow:
-                operation_by_type['follows']['deleted'].append({'uri': str(uri)})
+            operation_by_type[uri.collection]['deleted'].append({'uri': str(uri)})
 
     return operation_by_type
 
 
 def worker_main(cursor_value: multiprocessing.Value, pool_queue: multiprocessing.Queue) -> None:
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)  # we handle it in the main process
+
     while True:
         message = pool_queue.get()
 
@@ -75,17 +63,58 @@ def worker_main(cursor_value: multiprocessing.Value, pool_queue: multiprocessing
             continue
 
         ops = _get_ops_by_type(commit)
-        for post in ops['posts']['created']:
-            post_msg = post['record'].text
-            post_langs = post['record'].langs
-            print(f'New post in the network! Langs: {post_langs}. Text: {post_msg}')
+        for created_post in ops[models.ids.AppBskyFeedPost]['created']:
+            author = created_post['author']
+            record = created_post['record']
+
+            inlined_text = record.text.replace('\n', ' ')
+            print(f'NEW POST [CREATED_AT={record.created_at}][AUTHOR={author}]: {inlined_text}')
 
 
 def get_firehose_params(cursor_value: multiprocessing.Value) -> models.ComAtprotoSyncSubscribeRepos.Params:
     return models.ComAtprotoSyncSubscribeRepos.Params(cursor=cursor_value.value)
 
 
+def measure_events_per_second(func: callable) -> callable:
+    def wrapper(*args) -> Any:
+        wrapper.calls += 1
+        cur_time = time.time()
+
+        if cur_time - wrapper.start_time >= 1:
+            print(f'NETWORK LOAD: {wrapper.calls} events/second')
+            wrapper.start_time = cur_time
+            wrapper.calls = 0
+
+        return func(*args)
+
+    wrapper.calls = 0
+    wrapper.start_time = time.time()
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
+def signal_handler(_: int, __: FrameType) -> None:
+    print('Keyboard interrupt received. Waiting for the queue to empty before terminating processes...')
+
+    # Stop receiving new messages
+    client.stop()
+
+    # Drain the messages queue
+    while not queue.empty():
+        print('Waiting for the queue to empty...')
+        time.sleep(0.2)
+
+    print('Queue is empty. Gracefully terminating processes...')
+
+    pool.terminate()
+    pool.join()
+
+    exit(0)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
+
     start_cursor = None
 
     params = None
@@ -97,11 +126,12 @@ def get_firehose_params(cursor_value: multiprocessing.Value) -> models.ComAtprot
     client = FirehoseSubscribeReposClient(params)
 
     workers_count = multiprocessing.cpu_count() * 2 - 1
-    max_queue_size = 500
+    max_queue_size = 10000
 
     queue = multiprocessing.Queue(maxsize=max_queue_size)
     pool = multiprocessing.Pool(workers_count, worker_main, (cursor, queue))
 
+    @measure_events_per_second
     def on_message_handler(message: firehose_models.MessageFrame) -> None:
         if cursor.value:
             # we are using updating the cursor state here because of multiprocessing