diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bedf9d58..0cb7c648 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ pip-delete-this-directory.txt
 # Extraneous
 logs/
 data/
+output/
+output_*
 
 # Demo data
 analyzed_videos/
diff --git a/demos/minimal/actors/sample_generator_expiration.py b/demos/minimal/actors/sample_generator_expiration.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..810ea175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/minimal/actors/sample_generator_expiration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from actors.sample_generator_zmq import Generator
+import numpy as np
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+
+class Generator_exp(Generator):
+    """Sample actor to generate data to pass into a sample processor with TTL for each Redis key
+
+    Intended for use along with sample_processor.py.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.data = None
+        self.name = "Generator_exp"
+        self.frame_num = 0
+
+    def runStep(self):
+        """Generates additional data after initial setup data is exhausted.
+
+        Data is of a different form as the setup data in that although it is
+        the same size (5x1 vector), it is uniformly distributed in [1, 10]
+        instead of in [1, 100]. Therefore, the average over time should
+        converge to 5.5.
+        """
+
+        if self.frame_num < np.shape(self.data)[0]:
+            if self.store_loc:
+                data_id = self.client.put(
+                    self.data[self.frame_num], str(f"Gen_raw: {self.frame_num}")
+                )
+            else:
+                data_id = self.client.put(self.data[self.frame_num], ex=40)
+            # logger.info('Put data in store')
+            try:
+                if self.store_loc:
+                    self.q_out.put([[data_id, str(self.frame_num)]])
+                else:
+                    self.q_out.put(data_id)  # AsyncQueue.put()
+                # logger.info("Sent message on")
+
+                self.frame_num += 1
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(
+                    f"--------------------------------Generator Exception: {e}"
+                )
+        else:
+            self.data = np.concatenate(
+                (self.data, np.asmatrix(np.random.randint(10, size=(1, 5)))), axis=0
+            )
diff --git a/demos/minimal/minimal_expiration.yaml b/demos/minimal/minimal_expiration.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cda2b798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/minimal/minimal_expiration.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+actors:
+  Generator_exp:
+    package: actors.sample_generator_expiration
+    class: Generator_exp
+
+  Processor:
+    package: actors.sample_processor_zmq
+    class: Processor
+
+# connections:
+#   Generator.q_out: [Processor.q_in]
+
+connections:
+  Generator-Processor:
+    sources:
+      - Generator_exp.q_out
+    sinks:
+      - Processor.q_in
+
+# redis_config:
+#   port: 6370
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/improv/store.py b/improv/store.py
index ef4868ef..aceaf09d 100644
--- a/improv/store.py
+++ b/improv/store.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def connect_to_server(self):
 
         return self.client
 
-    def put(self, object):
+    def put(self, object, ex=60):
         """
         Put a single object referenced by its string name
         into the store. If the store already has a value stored at this key,
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def put(self, object):
         Args:
             object: the object to store in Redis
             object_key (str): the key under which the object should be stored
+            ex (int): TTL; the number of seconds after which the object got expired
 
         Returns:
             object: the object that was a
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ def put(self, object):
             pickle.dumps(object, protocol=5), level=self.compression_level
         )
 
-        self.client.set(object_key, data, nx=True)
+        self.client.set(object_key, data, nx=True, ex=ex)
 
         return object_key