diff --git a/examples/echo_server/echo_server.cpp b/examples/echo_server/echo_server.cpp
index 1a36534c76..db86234214 100644
--- a/examples/echo_server/echo_server.cpp
+++ b/examples/echo_server/echo_server.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ using websocketpp::lib::placeholders::_2;
 using websocketpp::lib::bind;
 
 // pull out the type of messages sent by our config
-typedef websocketpp::config::asio::message_type::ptr message_ptr;
+typedef server::message_ptr message_ptr;
 
 // Define a callback to handle incoming messages
 void on_message(server* s, websocketpp::connection_hdl hdl, message_ptr msg) {