diff --git a/example/simple/ssh2_exec.c b/example/simple/ssh2_exec.c
index 64ca644..20429d0 100644
--- a/example/simple/ssh2_exec.c
+++ b/example/simple/ssh2_exec.c
@@ -133,23 +133,26 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return 2;
     }
 
+    /* read all hosts from here */
     libssh2_knownhost_readfile(nh, "known_hosts",
                                LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_FILE_OPENSSH);
 
+    /* store all known hosts to here */
+    libssh2_knownhost_writefile(nh, "dumpfile",
+                                LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_FILE_OPENSSH);
+
     fingerprint = libssh2_session_hostkey(session, &len);
     if(fingerprint) {
-        struct libssh2_knownhost host;
-        int check;
-
-        check = libssh2_knownhost_check(nh, (char *)hostname,
-                                        (char *)fingerprint, len,
-                                        LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_TYPE_PLAIN|
-                                        LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_KEYENC_RAW,
-                                        &host);
+        struct libssh2_knownhost *host;
+        int check = libssh2_knownhost_check(nh, (char *)hostname,
+                                            (char *)fingerprint, len,
+                                            LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_TYPE_PLAIN|
+                                            LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_KEYENC_RAW,
+                                            &host);
 
         fprintf(stderr, "Host check: %d, key: %s\n", check,
                 (check <= LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_CHECK_MISMATCH)?
-                host.key:"<none>");
+                host->key:"<none>");
 
         /*****
          * At this point, we could verify that 'check' tells us the key is