diff --git a/examples/with-sockets/nuxt.config.js b/examples/with-sockets/nuxt.config.js
index 538c237f8f27..34e2ec30a1bf 100644
--- a/examples/with-sockets/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/examples/with-sockets/nuxt.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export default {
+module.exports = {
   head: {
     meta: [
       { charset: 'utf-8' },
diff --git a/examples/with-sockets/pages/index.vue b/examples/with-sockets/pages/index.vue
index fe944f6c0dd6..180e464a4f8b 100644
--- a/examples/with-sockets/pages/index.vue
+++ b/examples/with-sockets/pages/index.vue
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
       <li class="chat page">
         <div class="chatArea">
           <ul ref="messages" class="messages">
-            <li v-for="(message, index) in messages" :key="index" class="message">
-              <i :title="message.date">
-                {{ message.date.split('T')[1].slice(0, -2) }}
-              </i>: {{ message.text }}
+            <li v-for="(msg, index) in messages" :key="index" class="message">
+              <i :title="msg.date">
+                {{ msg.date.split('T')[1].slice(0, -2) }}
+              </i>: {{ msg.text }}
             </li>
           </ul>
         </div>
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 import socket from '~/plugins/socket.io.js'
 
 export default {
-  asyncData (context, callback) {
-    socket.emit('last-messages', function (messages) {
-      callback(null, {
-        messages,
-        message: ''
-      })
-    })
+  asyncData () {
+    return new Promise(resolve =>
+      socket.emit('last-messages', messages => resolve({ messages }))
+    )
+  },
+  data () {
+    return { message: '' }
   },
   watch: {
     messages: 'scrollToBottom'
diff --git a/examples/with-sockets/server.js b/examples/with-sockets/server.js
index 648f7427e048..cbfd30136d4e 100644
--- a/examples/with-sockets/server.js
+++ b/examples/with-sockets/server.js
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-import http from 'http'
-
-import { Nuxt, Builder } from 'nuxt'
-import express from 'express'
-import SocketIO from 'socket.io'
-
 const port = process.env.PORT || 3000
 const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 
-const app = express()
+const http = require('http')
+const app = require('express')()
 const server = http.createServer(app)
-const io = SocketIO(server)
+const io = require('socket.io')(server)
 
+const { Nuxt, Builder } = require('nuxt')
 // We instantiate Nuxt.js with the options
 const config = require('./nuxt.config.js')
 config.dev = !isProd