diff --git a/examples/restful_client/restful_client.c b/examples/restful_client/restful_client.c
index e29e607f..60a755be 100644
--- a/examples/restful_client/restful_client.c
+++ b/examples/restful_client/restful_client.c
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #include "mongoose.h"
 
 /* RESTful server host and request URI */
-static const char *s_target_address = "ajax.googleapis.com:80";
-static const char *s_request = "/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=cesanta";
+static const char *s_url =
+    "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=cesanta";
 
 static int s_exit_flag = 0;
 
@@ -17,14 +17,9 @@ static void ev_handler(struct mg_connection *nc, int ev, void *ev_data) {
 
   switch (ev) {
     case MG_EV_CONNECT:
-      connect_status = * (int *) ev_data;
-      if (connect_status == 0) {
-        printf("Connected to %s, sending request...\n", s_target_address);
-        mg_printf(nc, "GET %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\n\r\n",
-                  s_request, s_target_address);
-      } else {
-        printf("Error connecting to %s: %s\n",
-               s_target_address, strerror(connect_status));
+      connect_status = *(int *) ev_data;
+      if (connect_status != 0) {
+        printf("Error connecting to %s: %s\n", s_url, strerror(connect_status));
         s_exit_flag = 1;
       }
       break;
@@ -43,10 +38,10 @@ int main(void) {
   struct mg_connection *nc;
 
   mg_mgr_init(&mgr, NULL);
-  nc = mg_connect(&mgr, s_target_address, ev_handler);
+  nc = mg_connect_http(&mgr, ev_handler, s_url, NULL, NULL);
   mg_set_protocol_http_websocket(nc);
 
-  printf("Starting RESTful client against %s\n", s_target_address);
+  printf("Starting RESTful client against %s\n", s_url);
   while (s_exit_flag == 0) {
     mg_mgr_poll(&mgr, 1000);
   }