diff --git a/app/components/another-component/another-component.html b/app/components/another-component/another-component.html
index a38a459..4b123a9 100644
--- a/app/components/another-component/another-component.html
+++ b/app/components/another-component/another-component.html
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
             _changeName: function(){
                 console.log("changing name");
+                // this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kick', {detail: {kicked: true}}));
+                this.fire('kick', {kicked: true});
                 this.set('element.person', {"name": "bobby"});
                 this.notifyPath('element');
                 this.notifyPath('element.person');
diff --git a/app/components/example-component/example-component.html b/app/components/example-component/example-component.html
index 68521c0..ef888c7 100644
--- a/app/components/example-component/example-component.html
+++ b/app/components/example-component/example-component.html
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
                 }
             }
         });
-    </script>
+</script>
 </dom-module>
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diff --git a/app/index.html b/app/index.html
index 9d9b005..f6d4cd2 100644
--- a/app/index.html
+++ b/app/index.html
@@ -10,5 +10,28 @@
     
     <body>
         <example-component></example-component>
+        <script>
+            document.querySelector('example-component').addEventListener('kick', function (e) {
+                console.log("fired");
+                console.log(e.kicked); // true
+                this.notifyPath('element');
+                this.notifyPath('element.person');
+                this.notifyPath('elements');                      
+            });
+
+                // var el = document.querySelector('example-component');
+                // el.addEventListener('kick', function(){
+                //     var normalizedEvent = Polymer.dom(event);
+                //     // logs #myButton
+                //     console.info('rootTarget is:', normalizedEvent.rootTarget);
+                //     // logs the instance of event-targeting that hosts #myButton
+                //     console.info('localTarget is:', normalizedEvent.localTarget);
+                //     // logs [#myButton, document-fragment, event-retargeting,
+                //     //       body, html, document, Window]
+                //     console.info('path is:', normalizedEvent.path);
+                // });
+
+        </script>    
+  
     </body>
 </html>
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