diff --git a/examples/providers/event-listener-sysout/src/main/java/org/keycloak/examples/providers/events/SysoutEventListenerProviderFactory.java b/examples/providers/event-listener-sysout/src/main/java/org/keycloak/examples/providers/events/SysoutEventListenerProviderFactory.java
index c3e4e7c4be7..a6b6502faa1 100755
--- a/examples/providers/event-listener-sysout/src/main/java/org/keycloak/examples/providers/events/SysoutEventListenerProviderFactory.java
+++ b/examples/providers/event-listener-sysout/src/main/java/org/keycloak/examples/providers/events/SysoutEventListenerProviderFactory.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class SysoutEventListenerProviderFactory implements EventListenerProvider
 
     @Override
     public void init(Config.Scope config) {
-        String[] excludes = config.getArray("excludes");
+        String[] excludes = config.getArray("exclude-events");
         if (excludes != null) {
             excludedEvents = new HashSet<>();
             for (String e : excludes) {
diff --git a/examples/providers/event-store-mem/src/main/java/org/keycloak/examples/providers/events/MemEventStoreProviderFactory.java b/examples/providers/event-store-mem/src/main/java/org/keycloak/examples/providers/events/MemEventStoreProviderFactory.java
index c03ea7ace3d..e6b0d8b70f1 100755
--- a/examples/providers/event-store-mem/src/main/java/org/keycloak/examples/providers/events/MemEventStoreProviderFactory.java
+++ b/examples/providers/event-store-mem/src/main/java/org/keycloak/examples/providers/events/MemEventStoreProviderFactory.java
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ public class MemEventStoreProviderFactory implements EventStoreProviderFactory {
         events = Collections.synchronizedList(new LinkedList<Event>());
         adminEvents = Collections.synchronizedList(new LinkedList<AdminEvent>());
 
-        String excludes = config.get("excludes");
+        String[] excludes = config.getArray("exclude-events");
         if (excludes != null) {
             excludedEvents = new HashSet<>();
-            for (String e : excludes.split(",")) {
+            for (String e : excludes) {
                 excludedEvents.add(EventType.valueOf(e));
             }
         }