diff --git a/example/ssecli.cc b/example/ssecli.cc
index 2c938229f6..be1b654e4e 100644
--- a/example/ssecli.cc
+++ b/example/ssecli.cc
@@ -11,11 +11,28 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 int main(void) {
-  httplib::Client("http://localhost:1234")
-      .Get("/event1", [&](const char *data, size_t data_length) {
-        std::cout << string(data, data_length);
-        return true;
-      });
+  vector<thread> threads;
+  map<string, size_t> counts;
+
+  size_t thread_count = 20;
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
+    threads.push_back(thread{[&] {
+      httplib::Client("http://localhost:1234")
+          .Get("/event1", [&](const char *data, size_t data_length) {
+            auto d = string(data, data_length - 2);
+            counts[d]++;
+            if (counts[d] == thread_count) {
+              cout << d << endl;
+            }
+            return true;
+          });
+    }});
+  }
+
+  for (auto &t : threads) {
+    t.join();
+  }
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/example/ssesvr.cc b/example/ssesvr.cc
index 5b0e0b93bf..220b74ac92 100644
--- a/example/ssesvr.cc
+++ b/example/ssesvr.cc
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 class EventDispatcher {
 public:
-  EventDispatcher() {
-  }
+  EventDispatcher() {}
 
   void wait_event(DataSink *sink) {
     unique_lock<mutex> lk(m_);
@@ -64,6 +63,10 @@ int main(void) {
 
   Server svr;
 
+  svr.new_task_queue = [] {
+    return new ThreadPool(/*num_threads=*/128, /*max_queued_requests=*/256);
+  };
+
   svr.Get("/", [&](const Request & /*req*/, Response &res) {
     res.set_content(html, "text/html");
   });
@@ -90,8 +93,8 @@ int main(void) {
     int id = 0;
     while (true) {
       this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::seconds(1));
-      cout << "send event: " << id << std::endl;
-      std::stringstream ss;
+      cout << "send event: " << id << endl;
+      stringstream ss;
       ss << "data: " << id << "\n\n";
       ed.send_event(ss.str());
       id++;