diff --git a/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/CMakeLists.txt b/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b389c505..98c5692f1 100644
--- a/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ require_lws_config(LWS_WITH_SYS_FAULT_INJECTION 1 has_fault_injection)
 require_lws_config(LWS_WITH_SECURE_STREAMS_PROXY_API 1 has_ss_proxy)
 require_lws_config(LWS_WITH_SYS_STATE 1 has_sys_state)
 
-CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("#include <libwebsockets.h>\nint main(void) {\ni#if defined(LWS_WITH_SECURE_STREAMS_PROXY_API)\n return 0;\n #else\n fail\n #endif\n return 0;\n}\n" HAS_LWS_WITH_SECURE_STREAMS_PROXY_API)
-
 if (requirements)
 
 	add_executable(lws-minimal-ss-hello_world
@@ -33,8 +31,7 @@ if (requirements)
 
 	### --- this section related to also building example with SSPC / Proxy --->
 
-	if (HAS_LWS_WITH_SECURE_STREAMS_PROXY_API OR has_ss_proxy OR
-	    LWS_WITH_SECURE_STREAMS_PROXY_API)
+	if (has_ss_proxy OR LWS_WITH_SECURE_STREAMS_PROXY_API)
 		add_compile_options(-DLWS_SS_USE_SSPC)
 
 		add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}-client
diff --git a/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/hello_world-ss.c b/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/hello_world-ss.c
index 58321ec62..a3be33194 100644
--- a/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/hello_world-ss.c
+++ b/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/hello_world-ss.c
@@ -26,18 +26,17 @@ static lws_ss_state_return_t
 hello_world_rx(void *userobj, const uint8_t *in, size_t len, int flags)
 {
 	hello_world_t *g = (hello_world_t *)userobj;
+	struct lws_ss_handle *h = lws_ss_from_user(g);
 
-	lwsl_ss_user(lws_ss_from_user(g), "RX %zu, flags 0x%x", len,
-					  (unsigned int)flags);
+	lwsl_ss_user(h, "RX %zu, flags 0x%x", len, (unsigned int)flags);
 
 	if (len) { /* log the first 16 and last 16 bytes of the chunk */
-		lwsl_hexdump_notice(in, len >= 16 ? 16 : len);
+		lwsl_hexdump_ss_info(h, in, len >= 16 ? 16 : len);
 		if (len >= 16)
-			lwsl_hexdump_notice(in + len - 16, 16);
+			lwsl_hexdump_ss_info(h, in + len - 16, 16);
 	}
 
-	if ((flags & LWSSS_FLAG_EOM) == LWSSS_FLAG_EOM)
-		/* We received the whole message */
+	if ((flags & LWSSS_FLAG_EOM) == LWSSS_FLAG_EOM) /* had whole message */
 		test_result &= ~2;
 
 	return LWSSSSRET_OK;
diff --git a/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/main.c b/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/main.c
index 739a8116d..11b125f14 100644
--- a/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/main.c
+++ b/minimal-examples/client/hello_world/main.c
@@ -6,23 +6,24 @@
  * This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0
  * Universal Public Domain Dedication.
  *
- * Demonstrates the simplest example using the LWS high-level SS apis.
+ * Demonstrates the simplest example using the LWS high-level SS apis, doing
+ * an h1 GET from warmcat.com.
  *
  *  - main.c:              (this file) boilerplate to create the lws_context
  *			   and event loop
  *  - hello_world-ss.c:    the secure stream user code
  *  - example-policy.json: the example policy
+ *
+ * Configure lws with -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG to build verbose logs, enable at
+ * runtime by giving -d 1039 or -d 1151 on this example commandline.
  */
 
 #include <libwebsockets.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
-/* b0: clr when peer ACKed request, b1: clr when recieved whole response */
-int test_result = 3;
-
+int test_result = 3; /* b0: clr when peer ACKed request, b1: clr when rx done */
 extern const lws_ss_info_t ssi_hello_world_t; /* from hello_world-ss.c */
-
-static struct lws_context *cx; /* so the SIGINT handler below  can access it */
+static struct lws_context *cx; /* so the SIGINT handler below can access it */
 
 static void
 sigint_handler(int sig)
@@ -39,13 +40,14 @@ main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	lws_cmdline_option_handle_builtin(argc, argv, &info);
 	signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
 
-	lwsl_user("LWS hello_world example [-d<verb>]\n");
-
-	if (!(cx = lws_create_context(&info))) {
+	cx = lws_create_context(&info);
+	if (!cx) {
 		lwsl_err("lws init failed\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	lwsl_cx_user(cx, "LWS hello_world example [-d<verb>]\n");
+
 	if (lws_ss_create(cx, 0, &ssi_hello_world_t, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL)) {
 		lwsl_cx_err(cx, "failed to create get secure stream");
 		lws_context_destroy(cx);
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	lws_context_default_loop_run_destroy(cx);
 
-	/* process ret 0 if actual is as expected (0, or--expected-exit 123) */
+	/* process ret 0 if result is as expected (0, or --expected-exit 123) */
 
 	return lws_cmdline_passfail(argc, argv, test_result);
 }