diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff39157..f19ce77 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ libflate = "0.1.5"
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.4"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
+error-chain = "0.10"
diff --git a/examples/response_json.rs b/examples/response_json.rs
index 732c170..faa463e 100644
--- a/examples/response_json.rs
+++ b/examples/response_json.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
-// cargo run --example response_json
+//! `cargo run --example response_json`
 extern crate reqwest;
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
+#[macro_use] extern crate error_chain;
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate serde_derive;
+error_chain! {
+    foreign_links {
+        ReqError(reqwest::Error);
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 struct Response {
     origin: String,
 }
 
-fn main() {
-    let mut res = reqwest::get("https://httpbin.org/ip").unwrap();
-    println!("JSON: {:?}", res.json::<Response>());
+fn run() -> Result<()> {
+    let mut res = reqwest::get("https://httpbin.org/ip")?;
+    let json = res.json::<Response>()?;
+    println!("JSON: {:?}", json);
+    Ok(())
 }
+
+quick_main!(run);
diff --git a/examples/simple.rs b/examples/simple.rs
index b891524..d8c8284 100644
--- a/examples/simple.rs
+++ b/examples/simple.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,31 @@
+//! `cargo run --example simple`
 extern crate reqwest;
 extern crate env_logger;
+#[macro_use] extern crate error_chain;
 
-fn main() {
-    env_logger::init().unwrap();
+error_chain! {
+    foreign_links {
+        ReqError(reqwest::Error);
+        IoError(std::io::Error);
+    }
+}
+
+fn run() -> Result<()> {
+    env_logger::init()
+        .expect("Failed to initialize logger");
 
     println!("GET https://www.rust-lang.org");
 
-    let mut res = reqwest::get("https://www.rust-lang.org").unwrap();
+    let mut res = reqwest::get("https://www.rust-lang.org")?;
 
     println!("Status: {}", res.status());
     println!("Headers:\n{}", res.headers());
 
-    ::std::io::copy(&mut res, &mut ::std::io::stdout()).unwrap();
+    // copy the response body directly to stdout
+    let _ = std::io::copy(&mut res, &mut std::io::stdout())?;
 
     println!("\n\nDone.");
+    Ok(())
 }
+
+quick_main!(run);