diff --git a/examples/ffi/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/ffi/CMakeLists.txt
index b7b7150745..154a1340d3 100644
--- a/examples/ffi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/ffi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ function(set_vcruntime_link_type binary link_type)
     if (link_type STREQUAL "DLL")
       set_property(TARGET ${binary} PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>DLL")
     else()
-      set_property(TARGET ${binary} PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+        set_property(TARGET ${binary} PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
     endif()
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
 # Uncomment to debug build commands
-# set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
+set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
 
 add_executable(exporter exporter.cpp)
 # needed for designated initializers
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ target_link_libraries(crashinfo PRIVATE Datadog::Profiling)
 
 
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /MT")
   target_compile_definitions(exporter PUBLIC _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/examples/ffi/trace_exporter.c b/examples/ffi/trace_exporter.c
index c8cfb99933..2dd351ccf2 100644
--- a/examples/ffi/trace_exporter.c
+++ b/examples/ffi/trace_exporter.c
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2021-Present Datadog, Inc. https://www.datadoghq.com/
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <datadog/common.h>
 #include <datadog/data-pipeline.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #define TRY(expr)                                                                                  \
   {                                                                                                \