diff --git a/examples/sokol/07_simple_shader_glsl/simple_shader.v b/examples/sokol/07_simple_shader_glsl/simple_shader.v
index eb8d06860a..5e1346a9f6 100644
--- a/examples/sokol/07_simple_shader_glsl/simple_shader.v
+++ b/examples/sokol/07_simple_shader_glsl/simple_shader.v
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ fn (mut a App) run() {
 		user_data:           a
 		init_userdata_cb:    init
 		frame_userdata_cb:   frame
-		window_title:        title.str
-		html5_canvas_name:   title.str
+		window_title:        &char(title.str)
+		html5_canvas_name:   &char(title.str)
 		cleanup_userdata_cb: cleanup
 		sample_count:        4 // Enables MSAA (Multisample anti-aliasing) x4 on rendered output, this can be omitted.
 	}
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ fn init(user_data voidptr) {
 	// Note the function `C.simple_shader_desc()` (also defined above) - this is
 	// the function that returns the compiled shader code/desciption we have
 	// written in `simple_shader.glsl` and compiled with `v shader .` (`sokol-shdc`).
-	shader := gfx.make_shader(C.simple_shader_desc(gfx.query_backend()))
+	shader := gfx.make_shader(voidptr(C.simple_shader_desc(gfx.query_backend())))
 
 	// Create a pipeline object (default render states are fine for triangle)
 	mut pipeline_desc := gfx.PipelineDesc{}
diff --git a/examples/sokol/drawing.v b/examples/sokol/drawing.v
index 0aea025134..1b61dcd968 100644
--- a/examples/sokol/drawing.v
+++ b/examples/sokol/drawing.v
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ fn main() {
 		user_data:         state
 		init_userdata_cb:  init
 		frame_userdata_cb: frame
-		window_title:      title.str
-		html5_canvas_name: title.str
+		window_title:      &char(title.str)
+		html5_canvas_name: &char(title.str)
 	}
 	sapp.run(&desc)
 }
diff --git a/examples/sokol/fonts.v b/examples/sokol/fonts.v
index a84cad01c7..ec484c2811 100644
--- a/examples/sokol/fonts.v
+++ b/examples/sokol/fonts.v
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ fn main() {
 		user_data:         state
 		init_userdata_cb:  init
 		frame_userdata_cb: frame
-		window_title:      title.str
-		html5_canvas_name: title.str
+		window_title:      &char(title.str)
+		html5_canvas_name: &char(title.str)
 	}
 	sapp.run(&desc)
 }
diff --git a/examples/sokol/freetype_raven.v b/examples/sokol/freetype_raven.v
index 04db85f6a2..9c4ebc91e9 100644
--- a/examples/sokol/freetype_raven.v
+++ b/examples/sokol/freetype_raven.v
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ fn main() {
 		user_data:         state
 		init_userdata_cb:  init
 		frame_userdata_cb: frame
-		window_title:      title.str
-		html5_canvas_name: title.str
+		window_title:      &char(title.str)
+		html5_canvas_name: &char(title.str)
 		width:             600
 		height:            700
 		high_dpi:          true