diff --git a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
index bce0310aa763b3..1452931b311fa3 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ pub fn new_test_session(_vargs string, will_compile bool) TestSession {
 			skip_files << 'vlib/net/mbedtls/mbedtls_compiles_test.v'
 			skip_files << 'vlib/net/ssl/ssl_compiles_test.v'
 		}
-		if testing.github_job != 'sokol-shaders-can-be-compiled' {
+		if testing.github_job != 'misc-tooling' {
 			// These examples need .h files that are produced from the supplied .glsl files,
 			// using by the shader compiler tools in https://github.com/floooh/sokol-tools-bin/archive/pre-feb2021-api-changes.tar.gz
 			skip_files << 'examples/sokol/simple_shader_glsl/simple_shader.v'
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ pub fn new_test_session(_vargs string, will_compile bool) TestSession {
 			skip_files << 'examples/sokol/05_instancing_glsl/rt_glsl.v'
 			// Skip obj_viewer code in the CI
 			skip_files << 'examples/sokol/06_obj_viewer/show_obj.v'
+			// skip the audio examples too on most CI jobs
+			skip_files << 'examples/sokol/sounds/melody.v'
+			skip_files << 'examples/sokol/sounds/wav_player.v'
+			skip_files << 'examples/sokol/sounds/simple_sin_tones.v'
 		}
 		if testing.github_job != 'ubuntu-tcc' {
 			skip_files << 'examples/c_interop_wkhtmltopdf.v' // needs installation of wkhtmltopdf from https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases
@@ -250,11 +254,6 @@ pub fn new_test_session(_vargs string, will_compile bool) TestSession {
 			skip_files << 'vlib/x/ttf/ttf_test.v'
 			skip_files << 'vlib/vweb/vweb_app_test.v' // imports the `sqlite` module, which in turn includes sqlite3.h
 		}
-		if testing.github_job != 'audio-examples' {
-			skip_files << 'examples/sokol/sounds/melody.v'
-			skip_files << 'examples/sokol/sounds/wav_player.v'
-			skip_files << 'examples/sokol/sounds/simple_sin_tones.v'
-		}
 		$if !macos {
 			skip_files << 'examples/macos_tray/tray.v'
 		}
diff --git a/examples/sokol/simple_shader_glsl/simple_shader.v b/examples/sokol/simple_shader_glsl/simple_shader.v
index d6e2ae062c3f2c..51279081fa7663 100644
--- a/examples/sokol/simple_shader_glsl/simple_shader.v
+++ b/examples/sokol/simple_shader_glsl/simple_shader.v
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn (mut a App) run() {
 }
 
 fn init(user_data voidptr) {
-	mut app := &App(user_data)
+	mut app := unsafe { &App(user_data) }
 	mut desc := sapp.create_desc()
 
 	gfx.setup(&desc)
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ fn cleanup(user_data voidptr) {
 }
 
 fn frame(user_data voidptr) {
-	mut app := &App(user_data)
+	mut app := unsafe { &App(user_data) }
 
 	gfx.begin_default_pass(&app.pass_action, sapp.width(), sapp.height())