diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8cdcc0e..a10b538 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,37 +5,36 @@ state trooper
 
 # Example Usage
 
-Call `StateTrooper.patrol` in your route handler/main app entry point
+Call `StateTrooper.patrolRunLoop` in your route handler/main app entry point
 ```javascript
-go(function*() {
-  let component = React.renderComponent(
-    <Server/>,
-    document.querySelector('body')
-  );
 
-  const cursorChan = StateTrooper.patrol({
-    // describe the state for the page
-    state: {
-      serverReport: null,
-      bio: null,
-      activity: null
-    },
-
-    // describe the fetchers and persisters for each piece of state
-    // fetchers and persisters are functions that should return channels
-    dataStore: {
-      'serverReport': { fetcher: serverReportFetcher },
-      'bio': { fetcher: bioFetcher, persister: bioPersister },
-      'activity': { fetcher: activityFetcher }
-    }
-  });
+const config = {
+  // describe the state for the page
+  state: {
+    serverReport: null,
+    bio: null,
+    activity: null
+  },
 
-  let cursor;
-  while(cursor = yield take(cursorChan)) {
-    // update the component cursor prop everytime it changes
-    component.setProps({ cursor: cursor });
+  // describe the fetchers and persisters for each piece of state
+  // fetchers and persisters are functions that should return channels
+  dataStore: {
+    'serverReport': { fetcher: serverReportFetcher },
+    'bio': { fetcher: bioFetcher, persister: bioPersister },
+    'activity': { fetcher: activityFetcher }
   }
+};
+const cursor = StateTrooper.patrolRunLoop(config, (cursor) => {
+  // Re-render the component when state changes generate new cursors
+  React.render(<Server cursor={cursor}/>, document.querySelector('body'));
 });
+
+// Render the component with the initial cursor
+React.render(
+  <Server cursor={cursor}/>,
+  document.querySelector('body')
+);
+
 ```
 
 Using cursors inside of the components
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 00e8db9..48cd005 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "state-trooper",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "description": "Application State Manager",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/swipely/state-trooper",
   "dependencies": {
     "immutability-helper": "^2.2.0",
-    "js-csp": "^0.5.0",
+    "js-csp": "0.9.2",
     "lodash.isequal": "^4.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/run_update_loop.js b/src/run_update_loop.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e76bb98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/run_update_loop.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { go, poll, take } from 'js-csp';
+
+function runUpdateLoop(cursorCh, handleUpdate) {
+  const initialCursor = poll(cursorCh);
+
+  go(function* () {
+    let cursor;
+
+    while ((cursor = yield take(cursorCh))) {
+      // Allow the callback to exit the while loop
+      if (handleUpdate(cursor) === false) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  return initialCursor;
+}
+
+export default runUpdateLoop;
diff --git a/src/state_trooper.js b/src/state_trooper.js
index 15c4b50..129948e 100644
--- a/src/state_trooper.js
+++ b/src/state_trooper.js
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 import getStateByPath from './get_state_by_path';
 import patrol from './patrol';
 import { stakeoutAt } from './stakeout';
+import runUpdateLoop from './run_update_loop';
+
+function patrolRunLoop(config, updateHandler) {
+  // Start an update loop using the channel created by patrol()
+  return runUpdateLoop(patrol(config), updateHandler);
+}
 
 const StateTrooper = {
   getStateByPath: getStateByPath,
   patrol: patrol,
+  patrolRunLoop: patrolRunLoop,
   stakeout: stakeoutAt
 };
 
diff --git a/test/state_trooper_test.js b/test/state_trooper_test.js
index e844ce5..92dade2 100644
--- a/test/state_trooper_test.js
+++ b/test/state_trooper_test.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('StateTrooper', function () {
     it('puts a cursor on the cursor chan', function () {
       go(function* () {
         let cursor = yield take(cursorChan);
-        expect( cursor.derefJS() ).to.eql({ foo: 'bar' });
+        expect( cursor.deref() ).to.eql({ foo: 'bar' });
       });
     });
 
@@ -68,6 +68,26 @@ describe('StateTrooper', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('.patrolRunLoop', function () {
+    let config = {
+      state: {
+        foo: 'bar'
+      },
+      dataStore: {
+        'foo': {
+          fetcher: sinon.spy(),
+          persister: sinon.spy()
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    it('returns the initial cursor', function () {
+      let cursor = StateTrooper.patrolRunLoop(config, (cursor) => {});
+      expect( cursor.deref() ).to.eql({ foo: 'bar' });
+      expect( config.dataStore['foo'].fetcher.calledOnce ).to.be(true);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('.stakeout', function () {
     let cursorChan;