diff --git a/aura/examples/animatrix.rs b/aura/examples/animatrix.rs
index f8fbcac9..4d82a491 100644
--- a/aura/examples/animatrix.rs
+++ b/aura/examples/animatrix.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 use rog_aura::AnimatrixDbusWriter;
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let mut writer = AnimatrixDbusWriter::new()?;
+const PANE1_PREFIX: [u8; 7] = [0x5e, 0xc0, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x73, 0x02];
+const PANE2_PREFIX: [u8; 7] = [0x5e, 0xc0, 0x02, 0x74, 0x02, 0x73, 0x02];
 
-    let mut send_buffer = [vec![0; 640], vec![0; 640]];
+fn main() {
+    let mut writer = AnimatrixDbusWriter::new().unwrap();
 
     loop {
-        writer.write_image(&send_buffer)?;
+        for brightness in 0..0xFF {
+            let mut buffers = [vec![brightness; 640], vec![brightness; 640]];
+            buffers[0][..7].copy_from_slice(&PANE1_PREFIX);
+            buffers[0][..7].copy_from_slice(&PANE2_PREFIX);
 
-        //std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(60));
+            writer.write_image(&buffers).unwrap();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/aura/src/animatrix_dbus.rs b/aura/src/animatrix_dbus.rs
index c8ab8f67..850a2c57 100644
--- a/aura/src/animatrix_dbus.rs
+++ b/aura/src/animatrix_dbus.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ impl AnimatrixDbusWriter {
         let connection = Connection::new_system()?;
         Ok(AnimatrixDbusWriter {
             connection: Box::new(connection),
-            block_time: 100,
+            block_time: 25,
             stop: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)),
         })
     }