diff --git a/Taskfile.helper.yml b/Taskfile.helper.yml
index b358f6f84..451514ef7 100644
--- a/Taskfile.helper.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.helper.yml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ tasks:
       - |
         if [[ "{{ .use_port_forwards }}" == "true" ]];then
           echo "Enable port forwarding for Hedera Node"
-          kubectl port-forward -n "${SOLO_NAMESPACE}" svc/haproxy-node1-svc 50211:50211 &
+          nohup kubectl port-forward -n "${SOLO_NAMESPACE}" svc/haproxy-node1-svc 50211:50211 &
           sleep 4
         fi
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ tasks:
       - |
         if [[ "{{ .use_port_forwards }}" == "true" ]];then
           echo "Enable port forwarding for Hedera JSON RPC Relay"
-          kubectl port-forward -n "${SOLO_NAMESPACE}" svc/relay-node1-hedera-json-rpc-relay 7546:7546 &
+          nohup kubectl port-forward -n "${SOLO_NAMESPACE}" svc/relay-node1-hedera-json-rpc-relay 7546:7546 &
           sleep 4
         fi
 
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ tasks:
       - |
         if [[ "{{ .use_port_forwards }}" == "true" ]];then
           echo "Enable port forwarding for Hedera Explorer & Mirror Node Network"
-          kubectl port-forward -n "${SOLO_NAMESPACE}" svc/hedera-explorer 8080:80 &
-          kubectl port-forward svc/mirror-grpc -n "${SOLO_NAMESPACE}" 5600:5600 &
+          nohup kubectl port-forward -n "${SOLO_NAMESPACE}" svc/hedera-explorer 8080:80 &
+          nohup kubectl port-forward svc/mirror-grpc -n "${SOLO_NAMESPACE}" 5600:5600 &
           sleep 4
         fi
 
diff --git a/examples/address-book/.gitignore b/examples/address-book/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..605c25954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/address-book/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+output/
+syserr.log
+/localhost/sysfiles/addressBook.json
diff --git a/examples/address-book/README.md b/examples/address-book/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/examples/address-book/Taskfile.yml b/examples/address-book/Taskfile.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2861a03ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/address-book/Taskfile.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+version: 3
+tasks:
+  verify:port:forwarding:
+    # silent: true
+    desc: verify that port forwarding is working
+    cmds:
+      - |
+        export PORT_FORWARDING=$(ps -ef | grep 50211 | grep -v grep)
+        if [[ "${PORT_FORWARDING}" != "" ]]; then
+          echo "found existing port forwarding for 50211"
+        else
+          echo "Port forwarding is not working"
+        fi
+
+  get:ledger:addressbook:
+    # silent: true
+    desc: retrieve the address book from the ledger
+    cmds:
+      - java -jar yahcli.jar --verbose=DEBUG -n localhost -p 2 sysfiles download address-book
+
+  update:ledger:addressbook:
+    # silent: true
+    desc: update the address book on the ledger
+    cmds:
+      - java -jar yahcli.jar --verbose=DEBUG -n localhost -p 2 sysfiles upload address-book
+
+  get:mirror:addressbook:
+    # silent: true
+    desc: retrieve the address book from the mirror node
+    cmds:
+      - echo "not implemented"
diff --git a/examples/address-book/config.yml b/examples/address-book/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..178b9fb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/address-book/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+defaultNetwork: localhost
+networks:
+  localhost:
+    allowedReceiverAccountIds: []
+    nodes:
+      - { id: 0, account: 3, ipv4Addr: 127.0.0.1 }
diff --git a/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account2.pass b/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account2.pass
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c79971d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account2.pass
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+swirlds
diff --git a/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account2.pem b/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account2.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd125904d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account2.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIHDMH8GCSqGSIb3DQEFDTByMFEGCSqGSIb3DQEFDDBEBDAqNosoP7Vz+faodhk1
+2N4Lykgs3AjiaZws0sajodGNLax8pG0FIFarGWtJyRPSKvgCAicQMAwGCCqGSIb3
+DQIKBQAwHQYJYIZIAWUDBAEqBBC6ckCkLqfdzlIynrvwtracBECvr1K4KI1PWJ5z
+YY7WKfjy57ffuuQ2GlNZUrp6yylRlRPGqZ015XT2Cbph6sZNE4xwn0NMxGp7Wf2f
+j0A8/Il/
+-----END ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account55.pass b/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account55.pass
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab22d1b2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account55.pass
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+myOHiYnunypq
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account55.pem b/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account55.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36ea3c303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/address-book/localhost/keys/account55.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIHDMH8GCSqGSIb3DQEFDTByMFEGCSqGSIb3DQEFDDBEBDAAjYrJqdRn+yhHliur
+S1x8C89N3CTmjwLsB6C5n2fLs8oaB+7SpgDBkWibsrlc8+ACAicQMAwGCCqGSIb3
+DQIKBQAwHQYJYIZIAWUDBAEqBBCRaztcTLabmkKgzlaF4vP9BEBb9fqmaZXq86dr
+SnlCMX1xu5+zz0sJIYTT9oV4tVvqeW+CLT8FdReh3Zu86T6IoGN4sCU9C/FmyhOZ
+JZlpLoFO
+-----END ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/examples/address-book/yahcli.jar b/examples/address-book/yahcli.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9093dd45e
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