diff --git a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
index 1fb1b23ae5..74a3e13ec9 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ pub fn new_test_session(_vargs string, will_compile bool) TestSession {
 			skip_files << 'examples/database/mysql.v'
 			skip_files << 'examples/database/orm.v'
 			skip_files << 'examples/database/psql/customer.v'
-			skip_files << 'examples/vweb_orm_jwt' // requires mysql
 		}
 		$if windows {
 			skip_files << 'examples/database/mysql.v'
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ pub fn new_test_session(_vargs string, will_compile bool) TestSession {
 			skip_files << 'examples/websocket/client-server/client.v' // requires OpenSSL
 			skip_files << 'examples/websocket/client-server/server.v' // requires OpenSSL
 			skip_files << 'vlib/v/tests/websocket_logger_interface_should_compile_test.v' // requires OpenSSL
-			skip_files << 'examples/vweb_orm_jwt' // requires mysql
 			$if tinyc {
 				skip_files << 'examples/database/orm.v' // try fix it
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vbuild-examples.v b/cmd/tools/vbuild-examples.v
index 8f7bafb1fb..f9d04f97cf 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vbuild-examples.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vbuild-examples.v
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import testing
 
 const vroot = @VMODROOT
 
+// build as a project folder
 const efolders = [
 	'examples/viewer',
 	'examples/vweb_orm_jwt',
diff --git a/database.db b/database.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69bd2b3164
Binary files /dev/null and b/database.db differ
diff --git a/examples/vweb_orm_jwt/src/auth_services.v b/examples/vweb_orm_jwt/src/auth_services.v
index 5536b1dac0..3ae9fa0fe3 100644
--- a/examples/vweb_orm_jwt/src/auth_services.v
+++ b/examples/vweb_orm_jwt/src/auth_services.v
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ fn make_token(user User) string {
 }
 
 fn auth_verify(token string) bool {
+	if token == '' {
+		return false
+	}
 	secret := os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
 	token_split := token.split('.')
 
diff --git a/examples/vweb_orm_jwt/src/main.v b/examples/vweb_orm_jwt/src/main.v
index 96159faccd..b48f6e6601 100644
--- a/examples/vweb_orm_jwt/src/main.v
+++ b/examples/vweb_orm_jwt/src/main.v
@@ -28,3 +28,8 @@ fn new_app() &App {
 
 	return app
 }
+
+['/'; get]
+pub fn (mut app App) ping() ?vweb.Result {
+	return app.text('ping')
+}