diff --git a/examples/server/000_http_server.c b/examples/server/000_http_server.c
index ca9e0d3..bfed2e6 100644
--- a/examples/server/000_http_server.c
+++ b/examples/server/000_http_server.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 int main(void)
 {
+    http_global_init();
+
     // Choose the interface to listen on and the port.
     // Currently, servers can only bind to IPv4 addresses.
     HTTP_String addr = HTTP_STR("127.0.0.1");
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ int main(void)
     // your server in a way to exit gracefully, this is
     // you the server object is freed:
     http_server_free(server);
+    http_global_free();
 
     // Have fun. Bye!
     return 0;
diff --git a/examples/server/010_zero_copy_api.c b/examples/server/010_zero_copy_api.c
index e7cda4b..b04b4e9 100644
--- a/examples/server/010_zero_copy_api.c
+++ b/examples/server/010_zero_copy_api.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 int main(void)
 {
+    http_global_init();
+
     // All the setup is identical to the previous example.
     // The only thing that changes where "http_response_body"
     // is called.
@@ -90,5 +92,6 @@ int main(void)
     }
 
     http_server_free(server);
+    http_global_free();
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/server/020_response_undo.c b/examples/server/020_response_undo.c
index 6055c6a..9616119 100644
--- a/examples/server/020_response_undo.c
+++ b/examples/server/020_response_undo.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 int main(void)
 {
+    http_global_init();
+
     HTTP_Server *server = http_server_init(HTTP_STR("127.0.0.1"), 8080);
     if (server == NULL)
         return -1;
@@ -52,5 +54,6 @@ int main(void)
     }
 
     http_server_free(server);
+    http_global_free();
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/server/030_using_workers.c b/examples/server/030_using_workers.c
index ff4cc1d..89fbc60 100644
--- a/examples/server/030_using_workers.c
+++ b/examples/server/030_using_workers.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ ThreadReturn worker(void*)
 
 int main(void)
 {
+    http_global_free();
     init_job_queue();
 
     HTTP_Server *server = http_server_init(HTTP_STR("127.0.0.1"), 8080);
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ int main(void)
 
     http_server_free(server);
     free_job_queue();
+    http_global_free();
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/server/050_https_server.c b/examples/server/050_https_server.c
index 6be54b2..0a5f2c3 100644
--- a/examples/server/050_https_server.c
+++ b/examples/server/050_https_server.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 int main(void)
 {
+    http_global_init();
+
     // To setup an HTTPS server, we need to use the *_ex variant
     // of the server initialization function as it offers more
     // control. Server objects can serve HTTP traffic, HTTPS
@@ -71,5 +73,6 @@ int main(void)
     }
 
     http_server_free(server);
+    http_global_free();
     return 0;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/server/060_virtual_hosts_over_https.c b/examples/server/060_virtual_hosts_over_https.c
index aec2c06..70a6746 100644
--- a/examples/server/060_virtual_hosts_over_https.c
+++ b/examples/server/060_virtual_hosts_over_https.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ int setup_test_certificates(void);
 
 int main(void)
 {
+    http_global_init();
+
     // First, create three certificates for the domains:
     //
     //   websiteA.com
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ int main(void)
     }
 
     http_server_free(server);
+    http_global_free();
     return 0;
 }