diff --git a/examples/async-curl/src/ftp.c b/examples/async-curl/src/ftp.c
index 97470aa..ab5736e 100644
--- a/examples/async-curl/src/ftp.c
+++ b/examples/async-curl/src/ftp.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ state_setup(struct http_request *req)
 	client = http_state_create(req, sizeof(*client), NULL);
 
 	if (!kore_curl_init(client,
-	    "http://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/README")) {
+	    "http://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/README", KORE_CURL_ASYNC)) {
 		http_response(req, 500, NULL, 0);
 		return (HTTP_STATE_COMPLETE);
 	}
diff --git a/examples/async-curl/src/http.c b/examples/async-curl/src/http.c
index 6ecc433..a05514b 100644
--- a/examples/async-curl/src/http.c
+++ b/examples/async-curl/src/http.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ state_setup(struct http_request *req)
 	client = http_state_create(req, sizeof(*client), NULL);
 
 	/* Initialize curl. */
-	if (!kore_curl_init(client, "https://kore.io")) {
+	if (!kore_curl_init(client, "https://kore.io", KORE_CURL_ASYNC)) {
 		http_response(req, 500, NULL, 0);
 		return (HTTP_STATE_COMPLETE);
 	}