diff --git a/examples/nimble_scanner/main.c b/examples/nimble_scanner/main.c
index f7ca6db35c..14f4f98122 100644
--- a/examples/nimble_scanner/main.c
+++ b/examples/nimble_scanner/main.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #include "nimble_scanner.h"
 #include "nimble_scanlist.h"
 
+/* default scan interval */
+#define DEFAULT_SCAN_INTERVAL_MS    30
+
 /* default scan duration (1s) */
 #define DEFAULT_DURATION_MS        (1 * MS_PER_SEC)
 
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ int _cmd_scan(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if ((argc == 2) && (memcmp(argv[1], "help", 4) == 0)) {
         printf("usage: %s [timeout in ms]\n", argv[0]);
+
         return 0;
     }
     if (argc >= 2) {
@@ -46,11 +50,11 @@ int _cmd_scan(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     nimble_scanlist_clear();
-    printf("Scanning for %"PRIu32" ms now ...", timeout);
-    nimble_scanner_set_scan_duration(timeout);
+    printf("Scanning for %"PRIu32" ms now ...\n", timeout);
     nimble_scanner_start();
     ztimer_sleep(ZTIMER_MSEC, timeout);
-    puts(" done\n\nResults:");
+    nimble_scanner_stop();
+    puts("Done, results:");
     nimble_scanlist_print();
     puts("");
 
@@ -69,18 +73,19 @@ int main(void)
 
     /* in this example, we want Nimble to scan 'full time', so we set the
      * window equal the interval */
-    struct ble_gap_disc_params scan_params = {
-        .itvl = BLE_GAP_LIM_DISC_SCAN_INT,
-        .window = BLE_GAP_LIM_DISC_SCAN_WINDOW,
-        .filter_policy = 0,                         /* don't use */
-        .limited = 0,                               /* no limited discovery */
-        .passive = 0,                               /* no passive scanning */
-        . filter_duplicates = 0,                    /* no duplicate filtering */
+    nimble_scanner_cfg_t params = {
+        .itvl_ms = DEFAULT_SCAN_INTERVAL_MS,
+        .win_ms = DEFAULT_SCAN_INTERVAL_MS,
+#if IS_USED(MODULE_NIMBLE_PHY_CODED)
+        .flags = NIMBLE_SCANNER_PHY_1M | NIMBLE_SCANNER_PHY_CODED,
+#else
+        .flags = NIMBLE_SCANNER_PHY_1M,
+#endif
     };
 
     /* initialize the nimble scanner */
     nimble_scanlist_init();
-    nimble_scanner_init(&scan_params, nimble_scanlist_update);
+    nimble_scanner_init(&params, nimble_scanlist_update);
 
     /* start shell */
     char line_buf[SHELL_DEFAULT_BUFSIZE];