diff --git a/examples/http_client/http_client.cpp b/examples/http_client/http_client.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dd0cb54..00000000
--- a/examples/http_client/http_client.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  http_client.cpp
- *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
- *  Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
- */
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.h>
-
-using namespace ix;
-
-void run(const std::string& url)
-{
-    HttpClient httpClient;
-    bool verbose = true;
-    auto out = httpClient.get(url, verbose);
-    auto errorCode = std::get<0>(out);
-    auto headers = std::get<1>(out);
-    auto payload = std::get<2>(out);
-    auto errorMsg = std::get<3>(out);
-
-    for (auto it : headers)
-    {
-        std::cout << it.first << ": " << it.second << std::endl;
-    }
-
-    std::cout << "error code: " << errorCode << std::endl;
-    if (!errorMsg.empty())
-    {
-        std::cout << "error message: " << errorMsg << std::endl;
-    }
-
-    std::cout << "payload: " << payload << std::endl;
-}
-
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv)
-{
-    if (argc != 2)
-    {
-        std::cerr << "Usage: ws_connect <url>" << std::endl;
-        return 1;
-    }
-    std::string url = argv[1];
-
-    Socket::init();
-    run(url);
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/ws/CMakeLists.txt b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
index 60a0ee34..2a2b4ee2 100644
--- a/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ add_executable(ws
   ixcrypto/IXHash.cpp
   ixcrypto/IXUuid.cpp
 
+  ws_http_client.cpp
   ws_ping_pong.cpp
   ws_broadcast_server.cpp
   ws_echo_server.cpp
diff --git a/ws/ws.cpp b/ws/ws.cpp
index 18168082..b4ab21c2 100644
--- a/ws/ws.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 namespace ix
 {
+    int ws_http_client_main(const std::string& url);
+
     int ws_ping_pong_main(const std::string& url);
 
     int ws_echo_server_main(int port);
@@ -73,6 +75,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     CLI::App* pingPongApp = app.add_subcommand("ping", "Ping pong");
     pingPongApp->add_option("url", url, "Connection url")->required();
 
+    CLI::App* httpClientApp = app.add_subcommand("http_client", "HTTP Client");
+    httpClientApp->add_option("url", url, "Connection url")->required();
+
     CLI11_PARSE(app, argc, argv);
 
     ix::Socket::init();
@@ -110,6 +115,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     {
         return ix::ws_ping_pong_main(url);
     }
+    else if (app.got_subcommand("http_client"))
+    {
+        return ix::ws_http_client_main(url);
+    }
 
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/ws/ws_http_client.cpp b/ws/ws_http_client.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a7b14b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/ws_http_client.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ *  http_client.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.h>
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    void ws_http_client_main(const std::string& url)
+    {
+        HttpClient httpClient;
+        bool verbose = true;
+        auto out = httpClient.get(url, verbose);
+        auto errorCode = std::get<0>(out);
+        auto headers = std::get<1>(out);
+        auto payload = std::get<2>(out);
+        auto errorMsg = std::get<3>(out);
+
+        for (auto it : headers)
+        {
+            std::cout << it.first << ": " << it.second << std::endl;
+        }
+
+        std::cout << "error code: " << errorCode << std::endl;
+        if (!errorMsg.empty())
+        {
+            std::cout << "error message: " << errorMsg << std::endl;
+        }
+
+        std::cout << "payload: " << payload << std::endl;
+    }
+}