diff --git a/examples/api_server/sqlite3.c b/examples/api_server/sqlite3.c
index a49c83c5..96fbe065 100644
--- a/examples/api_server/sqlite3.c
+++ b/examples/api_server/sqlite3.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* clang-format off */
 /******************************************************************************
 ** This file is an amalgamation of many separate C source files from SQLite
 ** version 3.7.17.  By combining all the individual C code files into this 
diff --git a/examples/api_server/sqlite3.h b/examples/api_server/sqlite3.h
index 1367d6aa..c99f8140 100644
--- a/examples/api_server/sqlite3.h
+++ b/examples/api_server/sqlite3.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* clang-format off */
 /*
 ** 2001 September 15
 **