diff --git a/examples/NetCore2/ConsoleExample/Program.cs b/examples/NetCore2/ConsoleExample/Program.cs
index 85607bf5..c85032c0 100644
--- a/examples/NetCore2/ConsoleExample/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/NetCore2/ConsoleExample/Program.cs
@@ -9,15 +9,28 @@ class Program
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            var servicesProvider = BuildDi();
-            var runner = servicesProvider.GetRequiredService<Runner>();
-
-            runner.DoAction("Action1");
-
-            Console.WriteLine("Press ANY key to exit");
-            Console.ReadLine();
-
-            NLog.LogManager.Shutdown(); // Ensure to flush and stop internal timers/threads before application-exit (Avoid segmentation fault on Linux)
+            var logger = NLog.LogManager.LoadConfiguration("nlog.config").GetCurrentClassLogger();
+            try
+            {
+                var servicesProvider = BuildDi();
+                var runner = servicesProvider.GetRequiredService<Runner>();
+
+                runner.DoAction("Action1");
+
+                Console.WriteLine("Press ANY key to exit");
+                Console.ReadLine();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                //NLog: catch setup errors
+                logger.Error(ex, "Stopped program because of exception");
+                throw;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                // Ensure to flush and stop internal timers/threads before application-exit (Avoid segmentation fault on Linux)
+                NLog.LogManager.Shutdown();
+            }
         }
 
 
@@ -38,8 +51,6 @@ private static IServiceProvider BuildDi()
 
             //configure NLog
             loggerFactory.AddNLog(new NLogProviderOptions { CaptureMessageTemplates = true, CaptureMessageProperties = true });
-            loggerFactory.ConfigureNLog("nlog.config");
-
             return serviceProvider;
         }
     }
@@ -58,7 +69,5 @@ public void DoAction(string name)
         {
             _logger.LogDebug(20, "Doing hard work! {Action}", name);
         }
-
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/NetCore2/ConsoleExample/nlog.config b/examples/NetCore2/ConsoleExample/nlog.config
index 710225a9..d31b5ead 100644
--- a/examples/NetCore2/ConsoleExample/nlog.config
+++ b/examples/NetCore2/ConsoleExample/nlog.config
@@ -6,21 +6,17 @@
       internalLogFile="c:\temp\console-example-internal.log"
       internalLogLevel="Info" >
 
-
   <!-- the targets to write to -->
   <targets>
     <!-- write logs to file -->
-    <target xsi:type="File" name="target1" fileName="c:\temp\console-example.log"
-            layout="${date}|${level:uppercase=true}|${message} ${exception}|${logger}|${all-event-properties}" />
-    <target xsi:type="Console" name="target2"
-            layout="${date}|${level:uppercase=true}|${message} ${exception}|${logger}|${all-event-properties}" />
-
-
+    <target xsi:type="File" name="fileTarget" fileName="c:\temp\console-example.log"
+            layout="${date}|${level:uppercase=true}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}|${logger}|${all-event-properties}" />
+    <target xsi:type="Console" name="consoleTarget"
+            layout="${date}|${level:uppercase=true}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}|${logger}|${all-event-properties}" />
   </targets>
 
   <!-- rules to map from logger name to target -->
   <rules>
-    <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="target1,target2" />
-
+    <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="fileTarget,consoleTarget" />
   </rules>
 </nlog>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NLog.Extensions.Logging/Extensions/ConfigureExtensions.cs b/src/NLog.Extensions.Logging/Extensions/ConfigureExtensions.cs
index b956f746..af0415e0 100644
--- a/src/NLog.Extensions.Logging/Extensions/ConfigureExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NLog.Extensions.Logging/Extensions/ConfigureExtensions.cs
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ private static void SafeAddHiddenAssembly(string assemblyName, bool logOnExcepti
         /// <param name="loggerFactory"></param>
         /// <param name="configFileRelativePath">relative path to NLog configuration file.</param>
         /// <returns>Current configuration for chaining.</returns>
+        [Obsolete("Instead use NLog.LogManager.LoadConfiguration()")]
         public static LoggingConfiguration ConfigureNLog(this ILoggerFactory loggerFactory, string configFileRelativePath)
         {
             ConfigureHiddenAssemblies();
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ public static LoggingConfiguration ConfigureNLog(this ILoggerFactory loggerFacto
         /// <param name="loggerFactory"></param>
         /// <param name="config">New NLog config.</param>
         /// <returns>Current configuration for chaining.</returns>
+        [Obsolete("Instead assign property NLog.LogManager.Configuration")]
         public static LoggingConfiguration ConfigureNLog(this ILoggerFactory loggerFactory, LoggingConfiguration config)
         {
             ConfigureHiddenAssemblies();