diff --git a/examples/connection_pool/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/connection_pool/CMakeLists.txt
index 18320d351..2c9547672 100644
--- a/examples/connection_pool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/connection_pool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ target_include_directories ("${APP_NAME}" PRIVATE "${GEN_HEADERS_DIR}" "${PROJEC
 
 # Linked libraries
 find_package (Sqlpp23 REQUIRED COMPONENTS PostgreSQL)
-target_link_libraries ("${APP_NAME}" PRIVATE sqlpp23::postgresql)
+target_link_libraries ("${APP_NAME}" PRIVATE sqlpp23::core sqlpp23::postgresql)
 
 # Project sources
 target_sources (
diff --git a/examples/connection_pool/src/db_connection.cpp b/examples/connection_pool/src/db_connection.cpp
index 66ac85772..0fab1e53f 100644
--- a/examples/connection_pool/src/db_connection.cpp
+++ b/examples/connection_pool/src/db_connection.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ db_connection::pq_conn& db_connection::fetch()
 {
   if (m_conn_ptr == nullptr)
   {
-    m_conn_ptr = sqlpp::compat::make_unique<pq_conn>(m_pool.get());
+    m_conn_ptr = std::make_unique<pq_conn>(m_pool.get());
   }
   return *m_conn_ptr;
 }
diff --git a/examples/connection_pool/src/main.cpp b/examples/connection_pool/src/main.cpp
index dcb0b54a8..4efd8cdd8 100644
--- a/examples/connection_pool/src/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/connection_pool/src/main.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ int main()
   config->dbname = "my_database";
   config->user = "my_username";
   config->password = "my_password";
-  config->debug = false;
   db_global_init(config);
 
   // Spawn 10 threads and make them send SQL queries in parallel