diff --git a/servant-examples/hackage/hackage.hs b/servant-examples/hackage/hackage.hs
index 81d18883..4d29b556 100644
--- a/servant-examples/hackage/hackage.hs
+++ b/servant-examples/hackage/hackage.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import           Data.Monoid
 import           Data.Proxy
 import           Data.Text                  (Text)
 import           GHC.Generics
+import           Network.HTTP.Client        (Manager, defaultManagerSettings,
+                                             newManager)
+import           System.IO.Unsafe           (unsafePerformIO)
 import           Servant.API
 import           Servant.Client
 
@@ -55,10 +58,16 @@ instance FromJSON Package
 hackageAPI :: Proxy HackageAPI
 hackageAPI = Proxy
 
+
+{-# NOINLINE manager #-}
+manager :: Manager
+manager = unsafePerformIO $ newManager defaultManagerSettings
+
 getUsers :: ExceptT ServantError IO [UserSummary]
 getUser :: Username -> ExceptT ServantError IO UserDetailed
 getPackages :: ExceptT ServantError IO [Package]
-getUsers :<|> getUser :<|> getPackages = client hackageAPI $ BaseUrl Http "hackage.haskell.org" 80 ""
+getUsers :<|> getUser :<|> getPackages =
+    client hackageAPI (BaseUrl Http "hackage.haskell.org" 80 "") manager
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = print =<< uselessNumbers
@@ -71,7 +80,7 @@ uselessNumbers = runExceptT $ do
   user <- liftIO $ do
     putStrLn "Enter a valid hackage username"
     T.getLine
-  userDetailed <- (getUser user)
+  userDetailed <- getUser user
   liftIO . T.putStrLn $ user <> " maintains " <> T.pack (show (length $ groups userDetailed)) <> " packages"
 
   packages <- getPackages
diff --git a/servant-examples/servant-examples.cabal b/servant-examples/servant-examples.cabal
index a722cf49..bd187106 100644
--- a/servant-examples/servant-examples.cabal
+++ b/servant-examples/servant-examples.cabal
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ executable t8-main
   build-depends:
       aeson
     , base >= 4.7 && < 5
+    , http-client > 0.4 && < 0.5
     , servant == 0.5.*
     , servant-client == 0.5.*
     , servant-server == 0.5.*
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ executable hackage
   build-depends:
       aeson >= 0.8
     , base >=4.7 && < 5
+    , http-client > 0.4 && < 0.5
     , servant == 0.5.*
     , servant-client == 0.5.*
     , text
diff --git a/servant-examples/tutorial/T8.hs b/servant-examples/tutorial/T8.hs
index 68d52467..4e55df6f 100644
--- a/servant-examples/tutorial/T8.hs
+++ b/servant-examples/tutorial/T8.hs
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 module T8 where
 
 import           Control.Monad.Trans.Except
+import           Network.HTTP.Client        (Manager, defaultManagerSettings,
+                                             newManager)
 import           Servant
 import           Servant.Client
+import           System.IO.Unsafe           (unsafePerformIO)
 
 import           T3
 
@@ -19,11 +22,15 @@ hello :: Maybe String -- ^ an optional value for "name"
 marketing :: ClientInfo -- ^ value for the request body
           -> ExceptT ServantError IO Email
 
-position :<|> hello :<|> marketing = client api baseUrl
+position :<|> hello :<|> marketing = client api baseUrl manager
 
 baseUrl :: BaseUrl
 baseUrl = BaseUrl Http "localhost" 8081 ""
 
+{-# NOINLINE manager #-}
+manager :: Manager
+manager = unsafePerformIO $ newManager defaultManagerSettings
+
 queries :: ExceptT ServantError IO (Position, HelloMessage, Email)
 queries = do
   pos <- position 10 10