diff --git a/examples/sonar-scan-example/README.md b/examples/sonar-scan-example/README.md
index cb00b89..8e919f6 100644
--- a/examples/sonar-scan-example/README.md
+++ b/examples/sonar-scan-example/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ should be checked using a policy.
 ## Environment variables
 - `SONAR_TOKEN` - The sonar server token.
 - `SONAR_TYPE` - Should be Either SAAS or SELFHOSTED, defaulting to SAAS.
-- `SONAR_HOST_URL` - The sonar server host name, for example sonar.myconpany.org. required for SELFHOSTED type, if not provided for SAAS type sonarcloud.io is used as default.
+- `SONAR_HOST_URL` - The sonar server host name, for example https://mysonar.mycorp.com, for example sonar.myconpany.org. required for SELFHOSTED type, if not provided for SAAS type sonarcloud.io is used as default.
 - `SONAR_PROXY_URL` - The proxy server URL, in the format of http://your-proxy-server:port. or https://username:password@your-proxy-server:port
 
 ## Arguments
diff --git a/examples/sonar-scan-example/main.go b/examples/sonar-scan-example/main.go
index 9275ffe..bf8b3b2 100644
--- a/examples/sonar-scan-example/main.go
+++ b/examples/sonar-scan-example/main.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func main() {
         logger.Println("WaitTime:", waitTime)
      }
     response := SonarResponse{}
-    defaultSonarHost := "sonarcloud.io"
+    defaultSonarHost := "https://sonarcloud.io"
     sonarHost := os.Getenv("SONAR_HOST_URL")
 
     if sonar_type == "SAAS" {
diff --git a/examples/sonar-scan-example/sonar-helper.go b/examples/sonar-scan-example/sonar-helper.go
index 5801442..d31d896 100644
--- a/examples/sonar-scan-example/sonar-helper.go
+++ b/examples/sonar-scan-example/sonar-helper.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
   )
 
 const (
-	SELFHOSTED_ANALYSIS_URL = "https://$sonarhost/api/qualitygates/project_status?analysisId=$analysisId"
+	SELFHOSTED_ANALYSIS_URL = "$sonarhost/api/qualitygates/project_status?analysisId=$analysisId"
 
 )
 func runReport(ctx context.Context, logger *log.Logger,  sonarHost string, proxyURL string,  sonar_token string, reportTaskFile string, failOnAnalysisFailure bool,  maxRetries int, waitTime int)  (SonarResponse, error) {