diff --git a/examples/python/remote/metadata.py b/examples/python/remote/metadata.py
index e199499d8f2a..31371bfac2d3 100644
--- a/examples/python/remote/metadata.py
+++ b/examples/python/remote/metadata.py
@@ -14,23 +14,31 @@
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subcommand")
 
     print_cmd = subparsers.add_parser("print", help="Print everything")
+    register_cmd = subparsers.add_parser("register", help="Register a new recording")
     update_cmd = subparsers.add_parser("update", help="Update metadata for a recording")
 
     update_cmd.add_argument("id", help="ID of the recording to update")
     update_cmd.add_argument("key", help="Key of the metadata to update")
     update_cmd.add_argument("value", help="Value of the metadata to update")
 
+    register_cmd.add_argument("storage_url", help="Storage URL to register")
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # Register the new rrd
     conn = rr.remote.connect("http://0.0.0.0:51234")
 
-    catalog = pl.from_arrow(conn.query_catalog())
+    catalog = pl.from_arrow(conn.query_catalog().read_all())
 
     if args.subcommand == "print":
         print(catalog)
 
-    if args.subcommand == "update":
+    elif args.subcommand == "register":
+        extra_metadata = pa.Table.from_pydict({"extra": [42]})
+        id = conn.register(args.storage_url, extra_metadata)
+        print(f"Registered new recording with ID: {id}")
+
+    elif args.subcommand == "update":
         id = catalog.filter(catalog["id"].str.starts_with(args.id)).select(pl.first("id")).item()
 
         if id is None:
@@ -38,4 +46,7 @@
             exit(1)
         print(f"Updating metadata for {id}")
 
-        conn.update_catalog(id, {args.key: pa.array([args.value])})
+        new_metadata = pa.Table.from_pydict({"id": [id], args.key: [args.value]})
+        print(new_metadata)
+
+        conn.update_catalog(new_metadata)