diff --git a/examples/code-interpreter/Dockerfile b/examples/code-interpreter/Dockerfile
index e1ee74d8..23f1fb74 100644
--- a/examples/code-interpreter/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/code-interpreter/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM docker.io/cloudflare/sandbox:0.6.1
+FROM docker.io/cloudflare/sandbox:0.6.1-python
diff --git a/examples/code-interpreter/src/index.ts b/examples/code-interpreter/src/index.ts
index 5d6e6bfe..9068ffd2 100644
--- a/examples/code-interpreter/src/index.ts
+++ b/examples/code-interpreter/src/index.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async function callCloudflareAPI(
 
 async function executePythonCode(env: Env, code: string): Promise<string> {
   const sandboxId = env.Sandbox.idFromName('default');
-  const sandbox = getSandbox(env.Sandbox, sandboxId.toString());
+  const sandbox = getSandbox(env.Sandbox, sandboxId.toString().slice(0, 63));
   const pythonCtx = await sandbox.createCodeContext({ language: 'python' });
   const result = await sandbox.runCode(code, {
     context: pythonCtx
diff --git a/examples/minimal/src/index.ts b/examples/minimal/src/index.ts
index 067a1a7a..e055831a 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/src/index.ts
+++ b/examples/minimal/src/index.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ export default {
     // Get or create a sandbox instance
     const sandbox = getSandbox(env.Sandbox, 'my-sandbox');
 
-    // Execute Python code
+    // Execute a shell command
     if (url.pathname === '/run') {
-      const result = await sandbox.exec('python3 -c "print(2 + 2)"');
+      const result = await sandbox.exec('echo "2 + 2 = $((2 + 2))"');
       return Response.json({
         output: result.stdout,
         error: result.stderr,