diff --git a/examples/vanilla_http_server/src/controllers.v b/examples/vanilla_http_server/src/controllers.v
index 03cfcee3ec284a..7a1cbcea1acc8a 100644
--- a/examples/vanilla_http_server/src/controllers.v
+++ b/examples/vanilla_http_server/src/controllers.v
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module main
 
 import strings
 
-const http_ok_response = 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: 1\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n1'.bytes()
+const http_ok_response = 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: 0\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n'.bytes()
 
 const http_created_response = 'HTTP/1.1 201 Created\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: 0\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n'.bytes()