diff --git a/example_simple b/example_simple
index a795eb9..0783d69 100755
Binary files a/example_simple and b/example_simple differ
diff --git a/fastcgi_conn.cpp b/fastcgi_conn.cpp
index fd2a8f9..f5bf8d4 100644
--- a/fastcgi_conn.cpp
+++ b/fastcgi_conn.cpp
@@ -36,13 +36,9 @@ struct fcgi_begin_request {
 };
 
 struct fcgi_end_request {
-  private:
-	uint32_t app_status_;
-  public:
+	uint32_t app_status = htonl(0); // network byte order
 	uint8_t protocol_status;
 	uint8_t reserved[3] = {};
-
-	void SetAppStatus(uint32_t app_status) { app_status_ = htonl(app_status); }
 };
 
 struct fcgi_param_header {
@@ -116,9 +112,8 @@ void FastCGIConn::WriteOutput(uint16_t request_id, const std::vector<iovec>& vec
 	WriteBlock(6, request_id, vecs);
 }
 
-void FastCGIConn::WriteEnd(uint16_t request_id, uint8_t status) {
+void FastCGIConn::WriteEnd(uint16_t request_id) {
 	fcgi_end_request end;
-	end.SetAppStatus(status);
 
 	std::vector<iovec> vecs;
 	vecs.push_back(iovec{
diff --git a/fastcgi_conn.h b/fastcgi_conn.h
index 848ca04..387fdac 100644
--- a/fastcgi_conn.h
+++ b/fastcgi_conn.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class FastCGIConn {
 
 	void WriteBlock(uint8_t type, uint16_t request_id, const std::vector<iovec>& vecs);
 	void WriteOutput(uint16_t request_id, const std::vector<iovec>& vecs);
-	void WriteEnd(uint16_t request_id, uint8_t status);
+	void WriteEnd(uint16_t request_id);
 
   private:
   	void ParseBuf();
diff --git a/fastcgi_request.cpp b/fastcgi_request.cpp
index 6164083..30c441e 100644
--- a/fastcgi_request.cpp
+++ b/fastcgi_request.cpp
@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ void FastCGIRequest::Write(const std::vector<std::pair<std::string_view, std::st
 }
 
 void FastCGIRequest::WriteEnd() {
-	conn_->WriteEnd(request_id_, 0);
+	conn_->WriteEnd(request_id_);
 }