diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 0738f31..9ffda81 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-echo "Building PrivateBin API C++ DLL..."
+set -euo pipefail
+echo "Building PrivateBin API C++ (library + example)"
 
-# Create build directory
-mkdir -p build
-cd build
+# Ensure vcpkg exists
+VCPKG_ROOT="${VCPKG_ROOT:-$HOME/vcpkg}"
+if [ ! -d "$VCPKG_ROOT" ]; then
+  echo "vcpkg not found under $VCPKG_ROOT, cloning..."
+  git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git "$VCPKG_ROOT"
+  "$VCPKG_ROOT/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh" -disableMetrics
+fi
 
-# Generate build files with CMake
-cmake ..
+# Clean and configure
+rm -rf build
+cmake -S . -B build -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$VCPKG_ROOT/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
 
-# Build the project
-make
+# Build all targets
+cmake --build build --config Release
 
-echo "Build completed!"
-cd ..
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Build completed. Artifacts:"
+echo " - Library: build/libprivatebinapi.so"
+echo " - Example: build/example/example"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 738ed33..2589d0c 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,34 +3,15 @@ project(PrivateBinAPIExample)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
-# Use the prebuilt library from the parent build directory
-set(PRIVATEBINAPI_BUILD_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../build")
-set(PRIVATEBINAPI_RELEASE_LIB "${PRIVATEBINAPI_BUILD_DIR}/Release/privatebinapi.lib")
-
-if(EXISTS "${PRIVATEBINAPI_RELEASE_LIB}")
-    set(PRIVATEBINAPI_LIB "${PRIVATEBINAPI_RELEASE_LIB}")
-else()
-    # Fallback: try the build root (multi-config generators may place libs differently)
-    find_library(PRIVATEBINAPI_LIB privatebinapi PATHS "${PRIVATEBINAPI_BUILD_DIR}")
-endif()
-
-if(NOT PRIVATEBINAPI_LIB)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "privatebinapi library not found. Please run build.bat in the project root first.")
-endif()
-
+# Build example and link against the in-tree target
 add_executable(example example.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(example PRIVATE privatebinapi)
 
-target_link_libraries(example PRIVATE ${PRIVATEBINAPI_LIB} winhttp)
-
-target_include_directories(example PRIVATE 
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../include
-)
-
-# Install/run helpers for tests: copy DLL next to example on Windows
+# On Windows, copy the DLL next to the example for easy execution
 if(WIN32)
     add_custom_command(TARGET example POST_BUILD
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-                ${PRIVATEBINAPI_BUILD_DIR}/Release/privatebinapi.dll
+                $<TARGET_FILE:privatebinapi>
                 $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:example>
     )
 endif()
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diff --git a/src/http_client.cpp b/src/http_client.cpp
index 0a1de07..2cb9742 100644
--- a/src/http_client.cpp
+++ b/src/http_client.cpp
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ bool HttpClient::delete_req(const std::string& url, const std::string& data, std
     }
     
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
+    // PrivateBin API erwartet POST für delete
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data.c_str());
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);