diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md
index ff929bd..a0c8563 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started.md
@@ -247,7 +247,9 @@ if !(swap_ret){
     // If it failed to create a swapchain, the old swapchain handle is invalid.
     vkb_swapchain.swapchain = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 }
-// Note that this is the same vkb::Swapchain which was fed into vkb::SwapchainBuilder
+// Even though we recycled the previous swapchain, we need to free its resources.
+vkb::destroy_swapchain(vkb_swapchain);
+// Get the new swapchain and place it in our variable
 vkb_swapchain = swap_ret.value();
 ```
 
diff --git a/example/triangle.cpp b/example/triangle.cpp
index 3344ee0..c08ebe3 100644
--- a/example/triangle.cpp
+++ b/example/triangle.cpp
@@ -73,17 +73,12 @@ int device_initialization (Init& init) {
 int create_swapchain (Init& init) {
 
 	vkb::SwapchainBuilder swapchain_builder{ init.device };
-	auto swap_ret = swapchain_builder
-	                    .set_old_swapchain (init.swapchain)
-	                    .build ();
-    static int count = 0;
-    count++;
-    std::cout << count << '\n';
+	auto swap_ret = swapchain_builder.set_old_swapchain (init.swapchain).build ();
 	if (!swap_ret) {
-    	std::cout << swap_ret.error ().message () << " " << swap_ret.vk_result () << "\n";
-		init.swapchain.swapchain = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
-		return -1;
+		std::cout << swap_ret.error ().message () << " " << swap_ret.vk_result () << "\n";
+        return -1;
 	}
+    vkb::destroy_swapchain(init.swapchain);
 	init.swapchain = swap_ret.value ();
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -439,13 +434,13 @@ int recreate_swapchain (Init& init, RenderData& data) {
 
 	vkDestroyCommandPool (init.device.device, data.command_pool, nullptr);
 
-		for (auto framebuffer : data.framebuffers) {
-			vkDestroyFramebuffer (init.device.device, framebuffer, nullptr);
-		}
-
+	for (auto framebuffer : data.framebuffers) {
+		vkDestroyFramebuffer (init.device.device, framebuffer, nullptr);
+	}
+		
 	init.swapchain.destroy_image_views (data.swapchain_image_views);
 	
-	if (0 != create_swapchain (init)) return -1;
+    if (0 != create_swapchain (init)) return -1;
 	if (0 != create_framebuffers (init, data)) return -1;
 	if (0 != create_command_pool (init, data)) return -1;
 	if (0 != create_command_buffers (init, data)) return -1;
diff --git a/src/VkBootstrap.cpp b/src/VkBootstrap.cpp
index cffaaeb..6f7dd13 100644
--- a/src/VkBootstrap.cpp
+++ b/src/VkBootstrap.cpp
@@ -1292,10 +1292,10 @@ VkExtent2D find_extent (
 }
 } // namespace detail
 
-void destroy_swapchain (Swapchain& swapchain) {
+void destroy_swapchain (Swapchain const& swapchain) {
 	if (swapchain.device != VK_NULL_HANDLE && swapchain.swapchain != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
 		vkDestroySwapchainKHR (swapchain.device, swapchain.swapchain, swapchain.allocation_callbacks);
-		swapchain.swapchain = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+		
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/VkBootstrap.h b/src/VkBootstrap.h
index d939d7d..d7abb3f 100644
--- a/src/VkBootstrap.h
+++ b/src/VkBootstrap.h
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ struct Swapchain {
 	void destroy_image_views (std::vector<VkImageView> const& image_views);
 };
 
-void destroy_swapchain (Swapchain & swapchain);
+void destroy_swapchain (Swapchain const& swapchain);
 
 class SwapchainBuilder {
 	public:
diff --git a/tests/common.h b/tests/common.h
index 6dfbba1..ead0448 100644
--- a/tests/common.h
+++ b/tests/common.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ GLFWwindow* create_window_glfw (const char * window_name = "", bool resize = tru
 	glfwWindowHint (GLFW_CLIENT_API, GLFW_NO_API);
 	if (!resize) glfwWindowHint (GLFW_RESIZABLE, GLFW_FALSE);
 
-	return glfwCreateWindow (640, 480, window_name, NULL, NULL);
+	return glfwCreateWindow (1024,1024, window_name, NULL, NULL);
 }
 void destroy_window_glfw (GLFWwindow* window) {
 	glfwDestroyWindow (window);