diff --git a/examples/workspaces.cpp b/examples/workspaces.cpp
index f21710d..5b63483 100644
--- a/examples/workspaces.cpp
+++ b/examples/workspaces.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@
 
 #include <i3ipc++/ipc.hpp>
 
+
+void  dump_tree_container(const i3ipc::container_t&  c, std::string&  prefix) {
+	std::cout << prefix << "ID: " << c.id << " (i3's; X11's - " << c.xwindow_id << ")" << std::endl;
+	prefix.push_back('\t');
+	std::cout << prefix << "name = \"" << c.name << "\"" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << prefix << "type = \"" << c.type << "\"" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << prefix << "border = \"" << c.border_raw << "\"" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << prefix << "current_border_width = " << c.current_border_width << std::endl;
+	std::cout << prefix << "layout = \"" << c.layout_raw << "\"" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << prefix << "percent = " << c.percent << std::endl;
+	if (c.urgent) {
+		std::cout << prefix << "urgent" << std::endl;
+	}
+	if (c.focused) {
+		std::cout << prefix << "focused" << std::endl;
+	}
+	prefix.push_back('\t');
+	for (auto&  n : c.nodes) {
+		dump_tree_container(*n, prefix);
+	}
+	prefix.pop_back();
+	prefix.pop_back();
+}
+
+
 int  main() {
 	i3ipc::I3Connection  conn;
 	for (auto&  w : conn.get_workspaces()) {
@@ -18,5 +43,8 @@ int  main() {
 			<< "\n\tOutput: " << w.output
 			<< std::endl;
 	}
+	std::string  prefix_buf;
+	dump_tree_container(*conn.get_tree(), prefix_buf);
+
 	return 0;
 }