diff --git a/examples/build.gradle.kts b/examples/build.gradle.kts
index 1ea7c06..b2820cf 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "1.3.71"
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "1.3.72"
     id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.28.0"
     application
 }
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom"))
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
 
-    implementation("net.thauvin.erik:bitly-shorten:0.9.1-beta")
-    implementation("org.json:json:20190722")
+    implementation("net.thauvin.erik:bitly-shorten:0.9.2")
+    implementation("org.json:json:20200518")
 }
 
 application {
diff --git a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index f3d88b1..62d4c05 100644
Binary files a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a2bf131..622ab64 100644
--- a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.2.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/examples/gradlew b/examples/gradlew
index 2fe81a7..fbd7c51 100644
--- a/examples/gradlew
+++ b/examples/gradlew
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ esac
 
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
 if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
     if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    
     JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
diff --git a/examples/gradlew.bat b/examples/gradlew.bat
index 62bd9b9..5093609 100644
--- a/examples/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/gradlew.bat
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
 
 set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 @rem Execute Gradle
 "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
 
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/com/example/BitlySample.java b/examples/src/main/java/com/example/BitlySample.java
index 0a6cf48..de39b6b 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/com/example/BitlySample.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/com/example/BitlySample.java
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ public final class BitlySample {
     public static void main(final String[] args) {
         if (args.length > 0) {
             final Bitly bitly = new Bitly(/* "YOUR_API_TOKEN from https://bitly.is/accesstoken" */);
-            for (final String arg : args) {
-                if (arg.contains("bit.ly")) {
-                    System.out.println(arg + " <-- " + bitly.bitlinks().expand(arg));
-                } else {
-                    System.out.println(arg + " --> " + bitly.bitlinks().shorten(arg));
+            if (!bitly.getAccessToken().isEmpty()) {
+                for (final String arg : args) {
+                    if (arg.contains("bit.ly")) {
+                        System.out.println(arg + " <-- " + bitly.bitlinks().expand(arg));
+                    } else {
+                        System.out.println(arg + " --> " + bitly.bitlinks().shorten(arg));
+                    }
                 }
+            } else {
+                System.err.println("Please specify a Bitly API access token.");
             }
         } else {
             System.err.println("Try specifying one or more URLs as arguments.");
diff --git a/examples/src/main/kotlin/com/example/BitlyExample.kt b/examples/src/main/kotlin/com/example/BitlyExample.kt
index 208758a..f011a1e 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/kotlin/com/example/BitlyExample.kt
+++ b/examples/src/main/kotlin/com/example/BitlyExample.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     if (args.isNotEmpty()) {
         val bitly = Bitly(/* "YOUR_API_ACCESS_TOKEN from https://bitly.is/accesstoken" */)
-        args.forEach {
-            if (it.contains("bit.ly"))
-                println(it + " <-- " + bitly.bitlinks().expand(it))
-            else
-                println(it + " --> " + bitly.bitlinks().shorten(it))
+        if (bitly.accessToken.isNotEmpty()) {
+            args.forEach {
+                if (it.contains("bit.ly"))
+                    println(it + " <-- " + bitly.bitlinks().expand(it))
+                else
+                    println(it + " --> " + bitly.bitlinks().shorten(it))
+            }
+        } else {
+            println("Please specify a Bitly API access token.")
         }
     } else {
         println("Try specifying one or more URLs as arguments.")