diff --git a/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp b/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp
index 2c34594..0466c71 100644
--- a/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp
+++ b/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp
@@ -367,4 +367,13 @@ ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_is_message_valid(icsneo_message_t* message, boo
     }) == g_messages.end();
     
     return icsneo_error_success;
-}
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+}
+
+ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_message_get_type(icsneo_message_t* message, uint32_t* type) {
+    if (!message || !type) {
+        return icsneo_error_invalid_parameters;
+    }
+    *type = (uint32_t)message->message->type;
+    
+    return icsneo_error_success;
+}
diff --git a/examples/c/simple/src/main.c b/examples/c/simple/src/main.c
index dac7c87..833f84d 100644
--- a/examples/c/simple/src/main.c
+++ b/examples/c/simple/src/main.c
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
             return print_error_code("Failed to open device", res);
         };
 
-        printf("Waiting 3 seconds for messages...\n");
-        sleep_ms(3000);
+        printf("Waiting 1 second for messages...\n");
+        sleep_ms(1000);
 
         icsneo_message_t* messages[20000] = {0};
         uint32_t message_count = 20000;
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         };
         printf("Received %u messages\n", message_count);
 
+        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < message_count; i++) {
+            icsneo_message_t* message = messages[i];
+            uint32_t type = 0;
+            res = icsneo_message_get_type(message, &type);
+            if (res != icsneo_error_success) {
+                return print_error_code("Failed to get message type", res);
+            }
+            printf("%d Message type: %u\n", i, type);
+        }
         printf("Closing device: %s...\n", description);
         res = icsneo_close(device);
         if (res != icsneo_error_success) {
diff --git a/include/icsneo/icsneo.h b/include/icsneo/icsneo.h
index 6731811..488cc07 100644
--- a/include/icsneo/icsneo.h
+++ b/include/icsneo/icsneo.h
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_get_messages(icsneo_device_t* device, icsneo_me
  */
 ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_is_message_valid(icsneo_message_t* message, bool* is_valid);
 
+ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_message_get_type(icsneo_message_t* message, uint32_t* type);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
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