diff --git a/src/examples/px4_simple_app/px4_simple_app.c b/src/examples/px4_simple_app/px4_simple_app.c
index 67faf88ae7..c9f9d61927 100644
--- a/src/examples/px4_simple_app/px4_simple_app.c
+++ b/src/examples/px4_simple_app/px4_simple_app.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 
 #include <uORB/uORB.h>
-#include <uORB/topics/sensor_combined.h>
+#include <uORB/topics/vehicle_acceleration.h>
 #include <uORB/topics/vehicle_attitude.h>
 
 __EXPORT int px4_simple_app_main(int argc, char *argv[]);
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ int px4_simple_app_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	PX4_INFO("Hello Sky!");
 
-	/* subscribe to sensor_combined topic */
-	int sensor_sub_fd = orb_subscribe(ORB_ID(sensor_combined));
+	/* subscribe to vehicle_acceleration topic */
+	int sensor_sub_fd = orb_subscribe(ORB_ID(vehicle_acceleration));
 	/* limit the update rate to 5 Hz */
 	orb_set_interval(sensor_sub_fd, 200);
 
@@ -99,20 +99,20 @@ int px4_simple_app_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 			if (fds[0].revents & POLLIN) {
 				/* obtained data for the first file descriptor */
-				struct sensor_combined_s raw;
+				struct vehicle_acceleration_s accel;
 				/* copy sensors raw data into local buffer */
-				orb_copy(ORB_ID(sensor_combined), sensor_sub_fd, &raw);
+				orb_copy(ORB_ID(vehicle_acceleration), sensor_sub_fd, &accel);
 				PX4_INFO("Accelerometer:\t%8.4f\t%8.4f\t%8.4f",
-					 (double)raw.accelerometer_m_s2[0],
-					 (double)raw.accelerometer_m_s2[1],
-					 (double)raw.accelerometer_m_s2[2]);
+					 (double)accel.xyz[0],
+					 (double)accel.xyz[1],
+					 (double)accel.xyz[2]);
 
 				/* set att and publish this information for other apps
 				 the following does not have any meaning, it's just an example
 				*/
-				att.q[0] = raw.accelerometer_m_s2[0];
-				att.q[1] = raw.accelerometer_m_s2[1];
-				att.q[2] = raw.accelerometer_m_s2[2];
+				att.q[0] = accel.xyz[0];
+				att.q[1] = accel.xyz[1];
+				att.q[2] = accel.xyz[2];
 
 				orb_publish(ORB_ID(vehicle_attitude), att_pub, &att);
 			}