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diff --git a/demo/producer_consumer.py b/demo/producer_consumer.py
index 8d4a236..e80bf39 100644
--- a/demo/producer_consumer.py
+++ b/demo/producer_consumer.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
 #
 from six.moves import xrange
+from sparts.sparts import option
 from sparts.tasks.periodic import PeriodicTask
 from sparts.tasks.queue import QueueTask
 from sparts.vservice import VService
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ class Producer(PeriodicTask):
     INTERVAL = 1.0
     DEPS = [Consumer]

+    foobar = option(
+        default=[],
+        nargs='*',
+    )
     def initTask(self):
         super(Producer, self).initTask()
         self.consumer = self.service.tasks.Consumer
@@ -32,6 +37,7 @@ class Producer(PeriodicTask):
             item = random.random()
             self.consumer.queue.put(item)
             self.logger.info("Producer put %s into queue", item)
+            self.logger.info("option foobar type: {} value: {}".format(type(self.foobar), self.foobar))


 class ProducerConsumer(VService):