diff --git a/samples/SocialWeather/IStreamFormatter.cs b/samples/SocialWeather/IStreamFormatter.cs
index e2c1c8f7a6..4d6f0e63ac 100644
--- a/samples/SocialWeather/IStreamFormatter.cs
+++ b/samples/SocialWeather/IStreamFormatter.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace SocialWeather
diff --git a/samples/SocialWeather/PipeWeatherStreamFormatter.cs b/samples/SocialWeather/PipeWeatherStreamFormatter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee57f17404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/SocialWeather/PipeWeatherStreamFormatter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace SocialWeather
+{
+    public class PipeWeatherStreamFormatter : IStreamFormatter<WeatherReport>
+    {
+        public async Task<WeatherReport> ReadAsync(Stream stream)
+        {
+            var sr = new StreamReader(stream);
+            var line = await sr.ReadLineAsync();
+
+            if (line == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var tokens = line.Split('|');
+            int temperature;
+            long reportTime = long.MinValue;
+            Weather weather = (Weather)(-1);
+            string zipCode = tokens.Length > 3 ? tokens[3] : string.Empty;
+
+            if(tokens.Length == 0 || !int.TryParse(tokens[0], out temperature))
+            {
+                temperature = int.MinValue;
+            }
+
+            if (tokens.Length < 2 || !long.TryParse(tokens[1], out reportTime))
+            {
+                temperature = int.MinValue;
+            }
+
+            if (tokens.Length < 3 || !Enum.TryParse<Weather>(tokens[2], out weather))
+            {
+                weather = (Weather)(-1);
+            }
+
+            return new WeatherReport
+            {
+                Temperature = temperature,
+                ReportTime = reportTime,
+                Weather = weather,
+                ZipCode = zipCode
+            };
+        }
+
+        public async Task WriteAsync(WeatherReport report, Stream stream)
+        {
+            var sw = new StreamWriter(stream);
+            var line = $"{report.Temperature}|{report.ReportTime}|{(int)report.Weather}|{report.ZipCode ?? string.Empty}";
+
+            Encoding utf8 = Encoding.UTF8;
+            var encodedBytes = utf8.GetBytes(line);
+            var convertedBytes = Encoding.Convert(Encoding.UTF8, Encoding.ASCII, encodedBytes);
+
+            await sw.WriteLineAsync(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(convertedBytes));
+            await sw.FlushAsync();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/SocialWeather/Startup.cs b/samples/SocialWeather/Startup.cs
index 51bd818956..6209e4580f 100644
--- a/samples/SocialWeather/Startup.cs
+++ b/samples/SocialWeather/Startup.cs
@@ -8,19 +8,17 @@ namespace SocialWeather
 {
     public class Startup
     {
-        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
-        // For more information on how to configure your application, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=398940
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
             services.AddRouting();
             services.AddSingleton<SocialWeatherEndPoint>();
             services.AddTransient<PersistentConnectionLifeTimeManager>();
             services.AddSingleton(typeof(JsonStreamFormatter<>), typeof(JsonStreamFormatter<>));
+            services.AddSingleton<PipeWeatherStreamFormatter>();
             services.AddSingleton<ProtobufWeatherStreamFormatter>();
             services.AddSingleton<FormatterResolver>();
         }
 
-        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
         public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
         {
             loggerFactory.AddConsole();
@@ -36,11 +34,7 @@ namespace SocialWeather
             var formatterResolver = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<FormatterResolver>();
             formatterResolver.AddFormatter<WeatherReport, JsonStreamFormatter<WeatherReport>>("json");
             formatterResolver.AddFormatter<WeatherReport, ProtobufWeatherStreamFormatter>("protobuf");
-
-            app.Run(async (context) =>
-            {
-                await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello World!");
-            });
+            formatterResolver.AddFormatter<WeatherReport, PipeWeatherStreamFormatter>("pipe");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/samples/SocialWeather/web.config b/samples/SocialWeather/web.config
index dc0514fca5..09b33e27da 100644
--- a/samples/SocialWeather/web.config
+++ b/samples/SocialWeather/web.config
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     <handlers>
       <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModule" resourceType="Unspecified"/>
     </handlers>
-    <aspNetCore processPath="%LAUNCHER_PATH%" arguments="%LAUNCHER_ARGS%" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" forwardWindowsAuthToken="false"/>
+    <aspNetCore processPath="%LAUNCHER_PATH%" arguments="%LAUNCHER_ARGS%" stdoutLogEnabled="true" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" forwardWindowsAuthToken="false"/>
   </system.webServer>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/samples/SocialWeather/wwwroot/weather.html b/samples/SocialWeather/wwwroot/weather.html
index 5ba5ef7710..df28df3435 100644
--- a/samples/SocialWeather/wwwroot/weather.html
+++ b/samples/SocialWeather/wwwroot/weather.html
@@ -21,7 +21,14 @@
     </form>
     <div>
         <h3>Weather reports</h3>
-        <table id="reportsTable"></table>
+        <table id="reportsTable">
+            <tr>
+                <th>ZipCode</th>
+                <th>Temperature</th>
+                <th>Weather</th>
+                <th>Updated on:</th>
+            </tr>
+        </table>
     </div>
     <div>
         <p>Status: <span id="status" /></p>
@@ -87,7 +94,6 @@
                         ReportTime: Date.now(),
                         ZipCode: get('zipCode').value
                     }));
-
                 event.preventDefault();
             });
         });