diff --git a/examples/sse/src/main.rs b/examples/sse/src/main.rs
index a9eb4129..8579f892 100644
--- a/examples/sse/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/sse/src/main.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async fn main() {
 
     // build our application with a route
     let app = Router::new()
-        .nest("/", static_files_service)
+        .fallback(static_files_service)
         .route("/sse", get(sse_handler))
         .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
 
diff --git a/examples/websockets/src/main.rs b/examples/websockets/src/main.rs
index 12fb6b6e..69c41a3d 100644
--- a/examples/websockets/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/websockets/src/main.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ async fn main() {
 
     // build our application with some routes
     let app = Router::new()
-        .nest(
-            "/",
+        .fallback(
             service::get(
                 ServeDir::new("examples/websockets/assets").append_index_html_on_directories(true),
             )