diff --git a/test_webserver.cc b/test_webserver.cc
index 7bcd18b..f31c0ce 100644
--- a/test_webserver.cc
+++ b/test_webserver.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ int main()
     std::cout << "adding handler for http://127.0.0.1:8080/handler/sample\n";
     web.add_url_handler("/handler/(?<name>\\w+)",
         [](boost::cmatch m, pEp::Webserver::request& req)->pEp::Webserver::response* {
-            pEp::Webserver::response *res = new pEp::Webserver::response;
+            pEp::Webserver::response *res = new pEp::Webserver::response{http::status::ok, req.version()};
 
 // https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_73_0/libs/beast/doc/html/beast/ref/boost__beast__http__response.html