diff --git a/examples/simple-go-ncruces/demo.go b/examples/simple-go-ncruces/demo.go
index a9c192f..d856f47 100644
--- a/examples/simple-go-ncruces/demo.go
+++ b/examples/simple-go-ncruces/demo.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func main() {
 	stmt.Step()
 
 	log.Printf("sqlite_version=%s, vec_version=%s\n", stmt.ColumnText(0), stmt.ColumnText(1))
+	stmt.Close()
 
 
 	err = db.Exec("CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE vec_items USING vec0(embedding float[4])")
diff --git a/examples/simple-go-ncruces/go.mod b/examples/simple-go-ncruces/go.mod
index 74ff698..627e5ad 100644
--- a/examples/simple-go-ncruces/go.mod
+++ b/examples/simple-go-ncruces/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module asg017.com/ex1
 go 1.22.5
 
 require (
-	github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec-go-bindings v0.0.1-alpha.36
+	github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec-go-bindings v0.0.1-alpha.37
 	github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.17.2-0.20240711235451-21de85e849b7
 )
 
diff --git a/examples/simple-go-ncruces/go.sum b/examples/simple-go-ncruces/go.sum
index 23dedda..3dcd8e9 100644
--- a/examples/simple-go-ncruces/go.sum
+++ b/examples/simple-go-ncruces/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec-go-bindings v0.0.1-alpha.36 h1:FMGkKAA7nZL8gr/dvIx1uc54J3v2gbLVa+mLqZDCvjk=
-github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec-go-bindings v0.0.1-alpha.36/go.mod h1:A8+cTt/nKFsYCQF6OgzSNpKZrzNo5gQsXBTfsXHXY0Q=
+github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec-go-bindings v0.0.1-alpha.37 h1:Gz6YkDCs60k5VwbBPKDfAPPeIBcuaN3qriAozAaIIZI=
+github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec-go-bindings v0.0.1-alpha.37/go.mod h1:A8+cTt/nKFsYCQF6OgzSNpKZrzNo5gQsXBTfsXHXY0Q=
 github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.17.2-0.20240711235451-21de85e849b7 h1:ssM02uUFDfz0V2TMg2du2BjbW9cpOhFJK0kpDN+X768=
 github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.17.2-0.20240711235451-21de85e849b7/go.mod h1:FnCyui8SlDoL0mQZ5dTouNo7s7jXS0kJv9lBt1GlM9w=
 github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 h1:fH0OKwa7NWvniGQtxdJRxAgkBMolni2BjDHaWTxqt7M=