diff --git a/examples/01-routing/src/app/router.gleam b/examples/01-routing/src/app/router.gleam
index 12128c1..142c1cc 100644
--- a/examples/01-routing/src/app/router.gleam
+++ b/examples/01-routing/src/app/router.gleam
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import gleam/http.{Get, Post}
 import app/web
 
 pub fn handle_request(req: Request) -> Response {
-  use _req <- web.middleware(req)
+  use req <- web.middleware(req)
 
   // Wisp doesn't have a special router abstraction, instead we recommend using
   // regular old pattern matching. This is faster than a router, is type safe,