diff --git a/packages/app-js/src/snippets/newHead.ts b/packages/app-js/src/snippets/newHead.ts
index 76f608255f..01df5da501 100644
--- a/packages/app-js/src/snippets/newHead.ts
+++ b/packages/app-js/src/snippets/newHead.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-export default `// subscribe to new headers, printing the full result
-api.rpc.chain.subscribeNewHead((header) => {
+export default `// subscribe to new headers, printing the full info for 5
+let count = 0;
+const unsub = await api.rpc.chain.subscribeNewHead((header) => {
   console.log(\`#\${header.blockNumber}:\`, header);
+
+  if (++count === 5) {
+    console.log('5 headers retrieved, unsubscribing');
+    unsub();
+  }
 });`;