diff --git a/demo/main.py b/demo/main.py
index a0b2135..5609918 100644
--- a/demo/main.py
+++ b/demo/main.py
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ import msgspec
 
 from kanta import Kanta
 from kanta.callbacks import DictPost, DictPre
-from kanta.logging import _ACTION, _ACTOR, _RESET, _SESSION, _TARGET
 from kanta.logging import configure_logging
 
-DB = Path(__file__).with_name("demo.kantadb")
-
 
 class DataV1(msgspec.Struct):
     """Original schema (version 0)."""
@@ -32,34 +29,31 @@ class DataV1(msgspec.Struct):
 
 
 class Data(msgspec.Struct):
-    """Current schema: migration v1 adds the settings section."""
+    """Current schema: migration v1 renames counter to total."""
 
     users: dict[str, dict] = {}
-    counter: int = 0
-    settings: dict[str, str] = {}
+    total: int = 0
 
 
 def migrate_v1(d: dict) -> None:
-    """Add settings section"""
-    d["settings"] = {"theme": "dark"}
+    """Rename counter to total"""
+    d["total"] = d.pop("counter")
 
 
-# Phase 1 instance: default logging, original schema.
-kanta_v0 = Kanta(DB, DataV1())
-# Phase 2 instance: migrations (scanned from this script) and a custom header.
-kanta_v1 = Kanta(DB, Data(), migrations=sys.modules[__name__])
+filename = Path(__file__).with_name("demo.kantadb")
+# For demonstration purposes, we use "original v0" and "modified v1" in this same script
+kanta_v0 = Kanta(filename, DataV1())
+kanta_v1 = Kanta(filename, Data(), migrations=sys.modules[__name__])
 
-_now = datetime(2026, 8, 6, tzinfo=UTC)
+_now = datetime(2027, 1, 1, tzinfo=UTC)
 
 
 @kanta_v0.clock
 @kanta_v1.clock
-def fake_now() -> datetime:
-    """Deterministic clock: starts at midnight, +1h on every read."""
+def fake_clock() -> datetime:
     global _now
-    ts = _now
     _now += timedelta(hours=1)
-    return ts
+    return _now
 
 
 @kanta_v0.logfmt
@@ -79,12 +73,9 @@ def resolve_user(
 
 
 @kanta_v1.logheader
-def header(action: str, user: str | None, extra: dict | None) -> str:
-    """Aligned rich header: actor, session id, action, target."""
-    actor = f"{_ACTOR}{user or '-':<8}{_RESET}"
-    session = f"{_SESSION}{extra.get('session_id', '-'):>2}{_RESET}"
-    target = f"{_TARGET}{extra['target']}{_RESET}"
-    return f"{actor} {session}  {_ACTION}{action}{_RESET}  {target}"
+def header(action: str, user: str, extra: str) -> str:
+    """Custom header: Kanta colors the parts, we just arrange them."""
+    return f"{user}  {action}  {extra}"
 
 
 @kanta_v0.bootstrap
@@ -98,69 +89,53 @@ def section(title: str) -> None:
 
 
 async def main() -> None:
-    DB.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    filename.unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
-    section("Standard logging: bootstrap, diffs, toggles, rollback")
-    await kanta_v0.open()
+    section("Database creation with v0 schema and basic access")
+    # Open and close automatically; you can also `await kanta.open()` instead
+    async with kanta_v0 as kanta:
+        with kanta.transaction(action="create", user="u2") as data:
+            data.users["u2"] = {"name": "Bob", "role": "user"}
 
-    with kanta_v0.transaction(action="create", user="u2") as data:
-        data.users["u2"] = {"name": "Bob", "role": "user"}
+        with kanta.transaction(action="update", user="u1") as data:
+            data.users["u2"]["role"] = "editor"
+            data.counter = 1
 
-    with kanta_v0.transaction(action="update", user="u1") as data:
-        data.users["u2"]["role"] = "editor"
-        data.counter = 1
+        with kanta.transaction(action="delete", user="u1") as data:
+            del data.users["u2"]
 
-    with kanta_v0.transaction(action="delete", user="u1") as data:
-        del data.users["u2"]
+        # Display-only extra string, appended after the action.
+        with kanta.transaction(action="export", user="u1", extra=filename.name) as data:
+            data.counter = 2
 
-    # Display-only extra string, appended after the action.
-    with kanta_v0.transaction(action="export", user="u1", extra=DB.name) as data:
-        data.counter = 2
+        # Compact logging, diff only: a system fix stamped by the clock, but the
+        # modification time (m) is not updated.
+        with kanta.transaction(
+            action="repair", mtime=False, log={"header": False, "diff": True}
+        ) as data:
+            data.users["u3"] = {"name": "Carol", "role": "user"}
 
-    # Compact logging, diff only: a system fix stamped by the clock, but the
-    # modification time (m) is not updated.
-    with kanta_v0.transaction(
-        action="repair", mtime=False, log={"header": False, "diff": True}
-    ) as data:
-        data.users["u3"] = {"name": "Carol", "role": "user"}
+        # A failing transaction rolls back and logs a warning.
+        try:
+            with kanta.transaction(action="reset", user="u1") as data:
+                data.counter = 99
+                raise ValueError("simulated failure")
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
 
-    # A failing transaction rolls back and logs a warning.
-    try:
-        with kanta_v0.transaction(action="reset", user="u1") as data:
-            data.counter = 99
-            raise ValueError("simulated failure")
-    except ValueError:
-        pass
+        # Compact logging, header only.
+        with kanta.transaction(
+            action="import", user="u1", log={"header": True, "diff": False}
+        ) as data:
+            data.counter = 3
 
-    # Compact logging, header only.
-    with kanta_v0.transaction(
-        action="import", user="u1", log={"header": True, "diff": False}
-    ) as data:
-        data.counter = 3
+    section("A later version of our application with new data model and migrations")
+    async with kanta_v1 as kanta:
+        with kanta.transaction(action="update", user="u1", extra=filename.name) as data:
+            data.total = 4
 
-    await kanta_v0.close()
-
-    section("Reopen with migrations and a custom log header")
-    await kanta_v1.open()
-
-    # No target given: defaults to the database filename.
-    with kanta_v1.transaction(
-        action="update", user="u1", extra={"session_id": 3}
-    ) as data:
-        data.settings["theme"] = "light"
-
-    with kanta_v1.transaction(
-        action="update",
-        user="u3",
-        extra={"session_id": 7, "target": "settings (demo)"},
-    ) as data:
-        data.settings["lang"] = "en"
-
-    await kanta_v1.close()
-
-    # The pretty names only exist in the logs; the database stores raw ids.
-    section("Raw database records (user ids and timestamps, not pretty names)")
-    print(DB.read_text(), end="", flush=True)
+        with kanta.transaction(action="create", user="u3", extra="Dave (u4)") as data:
+            data.users["u4"] = {"name": "Dave", "role": "user"}
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/docs/database.md b/docs/database.md
index e4d2aaa..a69c634 100644
--- a/docs/database.md
+++ b/docs/database.md
@@ -212,33 +212,28 @@ def resolve_user_key(value: str) -> str | None:
 
 - By default a transaction is logged with an `action by user` header followed
   by the diff lines.  Added paths are colored green, deleted paths red.
-- `kanta.transaction(..., extra=...)` accepts display-only metadata that is
-  used for logging and is never persisted in the `ChangeRecord`:
-  - a string is appended literally after the action in the default header,
-  - a dict is passed to a registered `@kanta.logheader` callback; if it has
-    no `"target"` key, the database filename is inserted as the target.
-- Register a `@kanta.logheader` callback to replace the entire header line.
-  It may declare `action: str`, `user: str | None` and `extra: dict | None`
-  parameters, and can also have `DictPre`/`DictPost` state dicts and the
-  `Kanta` instance injected.  It must be synchronous and return `str | None`.
+- `kanta.transaction(..., extra="...")` accepts a display-only string that is
+  appended after the action in the default header (colored by Kanta); it is
+  never persisted in the `ChangeRecord`.
+- Register a `@kanta.logheader` callback to compose a custom header.  Declare
+  any of `action: str`, `user: str`, `extra: str`: Kanta passes the parts
+  with its header colors already applied (missing `user`/`extra` as empty
+  strings), so callbacks only arrange text — no color codes, fallbacks, or
+  padding.  `DictPre`/`DictPost` state dicts and the `Kanta` instance can
+  also be injected.  The callback must be synchronous and return `str | None`.
 - Multiple logheader callbacks are stacked in registration order; the first
   callback to return a non-`None` result wins.  If all return `None`, Kanta
-  falls back to the default header.  The `user` value passed to the callback
-  has already been through the `logfmt` formatters.
+  falls back to the default header.  The `user` part has already been through
+  the `logfmt` formatters.
 - The header and diff parts can be toggled independently per transaction:
   `kanta.transaction(..., log={"header": True, "diff": False})`.
 
 ```python
 @kanta.logheader
-def format_header(action: str, user: str | None, extra: dict | None) -> str:
-    session = extra.get("session_id", "-")
-    return f"{user:<20} {session:>2}  {action}  {extra['target']}"
+def format_header(action: str, user: str, extra: str) -> str:
+    return f"{user}  {action}  {extra}"
 
-with kanta.transaction(
-    action="update",
-    user="alice",
-    extra={"session_id": 3, "target": "Project Name (abcd1234)"},
-) as data:
+with kanta.transaction(action="update", user="alice", extra="Project X") as data:
     ...
 ```