diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/proxy/HexDumpProxy.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/proxy/HexDumpProxy.java
index 5f0c9781ed..a808b43fee 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/proxy/HexDumpProxy.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/proxy/HexDumpProxy.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package io.netty.example.proxy;
 
 import io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel;
 
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ public class HexDumpProxy {
         try {
             b.group(new NioEventLoopGroup(), new NioEventLoopGroup())
              .channel(NioServerSocketChannel.class)
-             .childHandler(new HexDumpProxyInitializer(remoteHost, remotePort));
-
+             .childHandler(new HexDumpProxyInitializer(remoteHost, remotePort))
+             .childOption(ChannelOption.AUTO_READ, false);
             b.bind(localPort).sync().channel().closeFuture().sync();
         } finally {
             b.shutdown();
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/proxy/HexDumpProxyFrontendHandler.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/proxy/HexDumpProxyFrontendHandler.java
index 449bf540bc..8917a94f6b 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/proxy/HexDumpProxyFrontendHandler.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/proxy/HexDumpProxyFrontendHandler.java
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public class HexDumpProxyFrontendHandler extends ChannelInboundByteHandlerAdapte
             @Override
             public void operationComplete(ChannelFuture future) throws Exception {
                 if (future.isSuccess()) {
-                    // Connection attempt succeeded:
-                    // TODO: Begin to accept incoming traffic.
+                    // connection complete start to auto read data
+                    inboundChannel.config().setAutoRead(true);
                 } else {
                     // Close the connection if the connection attempt has failed.
                     inboundChannel.close();