diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/AsyncEventServiceProviderImpl.java b/src/main/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/AsyncEventServiceProviderImpl.java
index 3da564b..87b0ea0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/AsyncEventServiceProviderImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/AsyncEventServiceProviderImpl.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
 
+import nl.vpro.esper.EsperEvent;
+
 @Slf4j
 public class AsyncEventServiceProviderImpl extends EventServiceProviderImpl implements AsyncEventServiceProvider {
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ private AsyncEventServiceProviderImpl(
         Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> eventAnnotations,
         int queueCapacity)  {
         super(name, eventPackages, eventAnnotations);
-        queue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(queueCapacity);
+        queue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(queueCapacity <=0 ? 1000 : queueCapacity);
     }
 
 
@@ -102,4 +104,16 @@ public void run() {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    public static class Builder {
+
+        public AsyncEventServiceProviderImpl.Builder packages(String... eventPackages) {
+            return eventPackages(Set.of(eventPackages));
+        }
+
+        public AsyncEventServiceProviderImpl.Builder esperEventAnnotation() {
+            return eventAnnotations(Set.of(EsperEvent.class));
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/EventServiceProviderImpl.java b/src/main/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/EventServiceProviderImpl.java
index b558955..90895a6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/EventServiceProviderImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/EventServiceProviderImpl.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import com.espertech.esper.runtime.client.*;
 import com.google.common.reflect.ClassPath;
 
+import nl.vpro.esper.EsperEvent;
+
 @Slf4j
 public class EventServiceProviderImpl implements EventServiceProvider {
 
@@ -111,4 +113,15 @@ private void initStatement(Statement statement) throws EPCompileException, EPDep
         statement.setEPStatement(deployment.getStatements()[0]);
     }
 
+    public static class Builder {
+        public Builder packages(String... eventPackages) {
+            return eventPackages(Set.of(eventPackages));
+        }
+
+        public Builder esperEventAnnotation() {
+            return eventAnnotations(Set.of(EsperEvent.class));
+        }
+
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/AsyncEventServiceProviderTest.java b/src/test/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/AsyncEventServiceProviderTest.java
index e328a98..e8cdf03 100644
--- a/src/test/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/AsyncEventServiceProviderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/AsyncEventServiceProviderTest.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package nl.vpro.esper.service;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ public class AsyncEventServiceProviderTest {
     public void setup() {
         Statement testStatement = new Statement("select count(*) from TestEvent where name like '%6'");
         provider = AsyncEventServiceProviderImpl.asyncBuilder().name("200")
-            .eventPackages(Set.of("nl.vpro.esper.event"))
+            .packages("nl.vpro.esper.event")
             .build();
         provider.init();
         provider.addStatement(testStatement);
diff --git a/src/test/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/EventServiceProviderTest.java b/src/test/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/EventServiceProviderTest.java
index 5c04470..e6e5a44 100644
--- a/src/test/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/EventServiceProviderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/nl/vpro/esper/service/EventServiceProviderTest.java
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
  */
 package nl.vpro.esper.service;
 
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import nl.vpro.esper.EsperEvent;
 import nl.vpro.esper.event.TestEvent;
 import nl.vpro.esper.listener.Counter;
 
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ public class EventServiceProviderTest {
     public void setup() {
         Statement testStatement = new Statement("select count(*) from TestEvent where name like '%6'");
         provider = EventServiceProviderImpl.builder()
-            .eventAnnotations(Set.of(EsperEvent.class))
+            .esperEventAnnotation()
             .build();
         provider.addStatement(testStatement);
         listener = new Counter();