diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 9e9b7cf..c72a2a4 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ input_data(istream& in, bool prompt)
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+    if(curl) {
+        CURLcode res;
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
+        res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+        if (res != 0){
+        cerr << curl_easy_strerror(res);
+        exit(1);
+        }
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+    }
 
     if (argc > 1) {
         for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {