diff --git a/examples/reqwest-response/src/main.rs b/examples/reqwest-response/src/main.rs
index 3de362f3..6306c55c 100644
--- a/examples/reqwest-response/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/reqwest-response/src/main.rs
@@ -4,80 +4,82 @@
 //! cargo run -p example-reqwest-response
 //! ```
 
-fn main() {
-    // this examples requires reqwest to be updated to hyper and http 1.0
+use std::{convert::Infallible, time::Duration};
+
+use axum::http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode};
+use axum::{
+    body::{Body, Bytes},
+    extract::State,
+    http::{HeaderName, HeaderValue},
+    response::{IntoResponse, Response},
+    routing::get,
+    Router,
+};
+use reqwest::Client;
+use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
+use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
+use tracing::Span;
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(
+            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "example_reqwest_response=debug,tower_http=debug".into()),
+        )
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .init();
+
+    let client = Client::new();
+
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/", get(proxy_via_reqwest))
+        .route("/stream", get(stream_some_data))
+        // Add some logging so we can see the streams going through
+        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http().on_body_chunk(
+            |chunk: &Bytes, _latency: Duration, _span: &Span| {
+                tracing::debug!("streaming {} bytes", chunk.len());
+            },
+        ))
+        .with_state(client);
+
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000")
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    tracing::debug!("listening on {}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
+    axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
 }
 
-// use std::{convert::Infallible, time::Duration};
+async fn proxy_via_reqwest(State(client): State<Client>) -> Response {
+    let reqwest_response = match client.get("http://127.0.0.1:3000/stream").send().await {
+        Ok(res) => res,
+        Err(err) => {
+            tracing::error!(%err, "request failed");
+            return (StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, Body::empty()).into_response();
+        }
+    };
 
-// use axum::{
-//     body::{Body, Bytes},
-//     extract::State,
-//     response::{IntoResponse, Response},
-//     routing::get,
-//     Router,
-// };
-// use reqwest::{Client, StatusCode};
-// use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
-// use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
-// use tracing::Span;
-// use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+    let response_builder = Response::builder().status(reqwest_response.status().as_u16());
 
-// #[tokio::main]
-// async fn main() {
-//     tracing_subscriber::registry()
-//         .with(
-//             tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
-//                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| "example_reqwest_response=debug,tower_http=debug".into()),
-//         )
-//         .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
-//         .init();
+    // here the mapping of headers is required due to reqwest and axum differ on http crate versions
+    let mut headers = HeaderMap::with_capacity(reqwest_response.headers().len());
+    headers.extend(reqwest_response.headers().into_iter().map(|(name, value)| {
+        let name = HeaderName::from_bytes(name.as_ref()).unwrap();
+        let value = HeaderValue::from_bytes(value.as_ref()).unwrap();
+        (name, value)
+    }));
 
-//     let client = Client::new();
+    response_builder
+        .body(Body::from_stream(reqwest_response.bytes_stream()))
+        // Same goes for this unwrap
+        .unwrap()
+}
 
-//     let app = Router::new()
-//         .route("/", get(proxy_via_reqwest))
-//         .route("/stream", get(stream_some_data))
-//         // Add some logging so we can see the streams going through
-//         .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http().on_body_chunk(
-//             |chunk: &Bytes, _latency: Duration, _span: &Span| {
-//                 tracing::debug!("streaming {} bytes", chunk.len());
-//             },
-//         ))
-//         .with_state(client);
-
-//     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000")
-//         .await
-//         .unwrap();
-//     tracing::debug!("listening on {}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
-//     axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
-// }
-
-// async fn proxy_via_reqwest(State(client): State<Client>) -> Response {
-//     let reqwest_response = match client.get("http://127.0.0.1:3000/stream").send().await {
-//         Ok(res) => res,
-//         Err(err) => {
-//             tracing::error!(%err, "request failed");
-//             return StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY.into_response();
-//         }
-//     };
-
-//     let mut response_builder = Response::builder().status(reqwest_response.status());
-
-//     // This unwrap is fine because we haven't insert any headers yet so there can't be any invalid
-//     // headers
-//     *response_builder.headers_mut().unwrap() = reqwest_response.headers().clone();
-
-//     response_builder
-//         .body(Body::from_stream(reqwest_response.bytes_stream()))
-//         // Same goes for this unwrap
-//         .unwrap()
-// }
-
-// async fn stream_some_data() -> Body {
-//     let stream = tokio_stream::iter(0..5)
-//         .throttle(Duration::from_secs(1))
-//         .map(|n| n.to_string())
-//         .map(Ok::<_, Infallible>);
-//     Body::from_stream(stream)
-// }
+async fn stream_some_data() -> Body {
+    let stream = tokio_stream::iter(0..5)
+        .throttle(Duration::from_secs(1))
+        .map(|n| n.to_string())
+        .map(Ok::<_, Infallible>);
+    Body::from_stream(stream)
+}