diff --git a/example/main.go b/example/main.go
index be6eec3..5428882 100644
--- a/example/main.go
+++ b/example/main.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 const (
 	MaxConsumersPerGroup = 1
 	MaxConsumerGroups    = 2
-	MaxProducers         = 1
+	MaxProducers         = 2
 	ItemsToPublish       = 4
 	ReportingFrequency   = 1000000 * 10 // 1 million * N
 	RingSize             = 1024 * 16
diff --git a/shared_writer.go b/shared_writer.go
index 871f699..3d4cfc8 100644
--- a/shared_writer.go
+++ b/shared_writer.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 type SharedWriter struct {
 	capacity  int64
-	gate      int64 // TODO: determine if this should be a *Cursor
+	gate      *Cursor
 	mask      int64
 	shift     uint8
 	committed []int32
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 func NewSharedWriter(write *SharedWriterBarrier, upstream Barrier) *SharedWriter {
 	return &SharedWriter{
 		capacity:  write.capacity,
-		gate:      InitialSequenceValue,
+		gate:      NewCursor(),
 		mask:      write.mask,
 		shift:     write.shift,
 		committed: write.committed,
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 		upper := previous + count
 		wrap := upper - this.capacity
 
-		if wrap > this.gate {
+		if wrap > this.gate.Load() {
 			min := this.upstream.LoadBarrier(0)
 			if wrap > min {
 				return InitialSequenceValue, Gating
 			}
 
-			this.gate = min // doesn't matter which write wins, BUT will most likely need to be a Cursor
+			this.gate.Store(min)
 		}
 
 		if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt64(&this.written.sequence, previous, upper) {