diff --git a/examples/zksync-ethers-example/deploy/001_deploy.ts b/examples/zksync-ethers-example/deploy/001_deploy.ts
index 291679f53..5a425e597 100644
--- a/examples/zksync-ethers-example/deploy/001_deploy.ts
+++ b/examples/zksync-ethers-example/deploy/001_deploy.ts
@@ -47,4 +47,11 @@ export default async function (hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment) {
     const tx2 = await greeter.setGreeting('Hello, world again with name!');
     await tx2.wait();
     console.info(chalk.green(`Greeter greeting set to: ${await greeter.greet()}`));
+
+    const newContractFactory = new hre.zksyncEthers.ContractFactory(artifact.abi, artifact.bytecode, wallet);
+    const deployedContract = await newContractFactory.deploy("Hello World with new contract factory.");
+    console.info(chalk.green(`Contract with new ContractFactory deployed to ${await deployedContract.getAddress()}`))
+
+    const newContract = new hre.zksyncEthers.Contract(await deployedContract.getAddress(),artifact.abi,wallet);
+    console.info(await newContract.greet());
 }
diff --git a/examples/zksync-ethers-example/deploy/002_deploy.ts b/examples/zksync-ethers-example/deploy/002_deploy.ts
index 954737be7..c179af93a 100644
--- a/examples/zksync-ethers-example/deploy/002_deploy.ts
+++ b/examples/zksync-ethers-example/deploy/002_deploy.ts
@@ -99,4 +99,11 @@ export default async function (hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment) {
     console.info(chalk.green(`Greeter from getContractAt set to: ${await contract3.greet()}`));
     const contract3Runner = contract3.runner as Signer;
     console.info(chalk.green('Runner from getContractAt set to: ', await contract3Runner.getAddress()));
+
+    const newContractFactory = new hre.ethers.ContractFactory(artifact.abi, artifact.bytecode, signer);
+    const deployedContract = await newContractFactory.deploy("Hello World with new contract factory.");
+    console.info(chalk.green(`Contract with new ContractFactory deployed to ${await deployedContract.getAddress()}`))
+
+    const newContract = new hre.ethers.Contract(await deployedContract.getAddress(),artifact.abi,signer);
+    console.info(await newContract.greet());
 }
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-zksync-ethers/src/extension-generator.ts b/packages/hardhat-zksync-ethers/src/extension-generator.ts
index 07a629181..440815740 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-zksync-ethers/src/extension-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-zksync-ethers/src/extension-generator.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class ZkSyncGenerator implements Generator {
 
     public populateExtension(): any {
         return lazyObject(() => {
-            const { zksyncEthers } = require('zksync-ethers');
+            const zksyncEthers = require('zksync-ethers');
             const { ethWeb3Provider, zkWeb3Provider } = createProviders(this._hre);
             const { ethers } = require('ethers');