diff --git a/examples/asio-cl2.cc b/examples/asio-cl2.cc
index a3133b6c..2a8ed716 100644
--- a/examples/asio-cl2.cc
+++ b/examples/asio-cl2.cc
@@ -58,21 +58,34 @@ void print_header(const request &req) {
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   try {
+    if (argc < 2) {
+      std::cerr << "Usage: asio-cl URI" << std::endl;
+      return 1;
+    }
     boost::system::error_code ec;
     boost::asio::io_service io_service;
 
+    std::string uri = argv[1];
+    std::string scheme, host, service;
+
+    if (host_service_from_uri(ec, scheme, host, service, uri)) {
+      std::cerr << "error: bad URI: " << ec.message() << std::endl;
+      return 1;
+    }
+
     boost::asio::ssl::context tls_ctx(boost::asio::ssl::context::sslv23);
     tls_ctx.set_default_verify_paths();
     // disabled to make development easier...
     // tls_ctx.set_verify_mode(boost::asio::ssl::verify_peer);
     configure_tls_context(ec, tls_ctx);
 
-    session sess(io_service, tls_ctx, "localhost", "3000");
-    sess.on_connect([&sess](tcp::resolver::iterator endpoint_it) {
+    auto sess = scheme == "https" ? session(io_service, tls_ctx, host, service)
+                                  : session(io_service, host, service);
+
+    sess.on_connect([&sess, &uri](tcp::resolver::iterator endpoint_it) {
       std::cerr << "connected to " << (*endpoint_it).endpoint() << std::endl;
       boost::system::error_code ec;
-      auto req = sess.submit(ec, "GET", "https://localhost:3000/",
-                             {{"cookie", {"foo=bar", true}}});
+      auto req = sess.submit(ec, "GET", uri, {{"cookie", {"foo=bar", true}}});
       if (ec) {
         std::cerr << "error: " << ec.message() << std::endl;
         return;