diff --git a/gateway/models/kong.py b/gateway/models/kong.py
index c117266..236681d 100644
--- a/gateway/models/kong.py
+++ b/gateway/models/kong.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Models for the Kong microservice."""
 from enum import Enum
 
-from kong_admin_client import CreateServiceRequest, CreateServiceRequestClientCertificate, Plugin, Consumer, KeyAuth, \
-    ACL
+from kong_admin_client import CreateServiceRequest, Plugin, Consumer, KeyAuth, \
+    ACL, CreateServiceRequestClientCertificate
 from kong_admin_client.models.service import Service
 from pydantic import BaseModel, constr
 
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class DataStoreType(Enum):
 
 class ServiceRequest(CreateServiceRequest):
     """Improved version of the CreateServiceRequest with better defaults."""
+
     protocol: str | None = "http"
     port: int | None = 80
     path: str | None = "/somewhere"
@@ -23,6 +24,32 @@ class ServiceRequest(CreateServiceRequest):
     ca_certificates: list[str] | None = None
     enabled: bool = True
 
+    model_config = {
+        "json_schema_extra": {
+            "examples": [
+                {
+                    "name": "myNewDatastore",
+                    "retries": 5,
+                    "protocol": "http",
+                    "host": "whonnock",
+                    "port": 443,
+                    "path": "/upload",
+                    "connect_timeout": 6000,
+                    "write_timeout": 6000,
+                    "read_timeout": 6000,
+                    "tags": [
+                        "example"
+                    ],
+                    "client_certificate": None,
+                    "tls_verify": None,
+                    "tls_verify_depth": None,
+                    "ca_certificates": None,
+                    "enabled": True
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
 
 class LinkDataStoreProject(BaseModel):
     route: Service
diff --git a/gateway/routers/kong.py b/gateway/routers/kong.py
index 105a8d4..9cf5583 100644
--- a/gateway/routers/kong.py
+++ b/gateway/routers/kong.py
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ async def delete_data_store(
 
 
 @kong_router.post("/datastore", response_model=Service, status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
-async def create_data_store(data: Annotated[ServiceRequest, Body(
-    description="Required information for creating a new data store.",
-    title="Data store metadata."
-)]):
+async def create_data_store(
+        data: Annotated[ServiceRequest, Body(
+            description="Required information for creating a new data store.",
+            title="Data store metadata."
+        )]
+):
     """Create a datastore by providing necessary metadata."""
     configuration = kong_admin_client.Configuration(host=kong_admin_url)