diff --git a/examples/late.rs b/examples/late.rs
index be656408cf..622008a7fe 100644
--- a/examples/late.rs
+++ b/examples/late.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const APP: () = {
     static mut C: Consumer<'static, u32, U4> = ();
 
     #[init]
-    fn init() {
+    fn init() -> init::LateResources {
         // NOTE: we use `Option` here to work around the lack of
         // a stable `const` constructor
         static mut Q: Option<Queue<u32, U4>> = None;
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ const APP: () = {
         let (p, c) = Q.as_mut().unwrap().split();
 
         // Initialization of late resources
-        P = p;
-        C = c;
+        init::LateResources { P: p, C: c }
     }
 
     #[idle(resources = [C])]
diff --git a/examples/singleton.rs b/examples/singleton.rs
index 79815e8852..9e48e54121 100644
--- a/examples/singleton.rs
+++ b/examples/singleton.rs
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ const APP: () = {
     static mut P: Pool<M> = ();
 
     #[init(resources = [M])]
-    fn init() {
+    fn init() -> init::LateResources {
         rtfm::pend(Interrupt::I2C0);
 
-        P = Pool::new(resources.M);
+        init::LateResources {
+            P: Pool::new(resources.M),
+        }
     }
 
     #[interrupt(
diff --git a/examples/static.rs b/examples/static.rs
index d40fdb1a6d..0309b68163 100644
--- a/examples/static.rs
+++ b/examples/static.rs
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ const APP: () = {
     static KEY: u32 = ();
 
     #[init]
-    fn init() {
+    fn init() -> init::LateResources {
         rtfm::pend(Interrupt::UART0);
         rtfm::pend(Interrupt::UART1);
 
-        KEY = 0xdeadbeef;
+        init::LateResources { KEY: 0xdeadbeef }
     }
 
     #[interrupt(resources = [KEY])]
diff --git a/tests/cfail/init-divergent.rs b/tests/cfail/init-divergent.rs
index 400c805e91..54813d479f 100644
--- a/tests/cfail/init-divergent.rs
+++ b/tests/cfail/init-divergent.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use rtfm::app;
 const APP: () = {
     #[init]
     fn init() -> ! {
-        //~^ ERROR `init` must have type signature `[unsafe] fn()`
+        //~^ ERROR `init` must have type signature `[unsafe] fn() [-> init::LateResources]`
         loop {}
     }
 };
diff --git a/tests/cfail/init-input.rs b/tests/cfail/init-input.rs
index fa79099c35..3bf0cadf13 100644
--- a/tests/cfail/init-input.rs
+++ b/tests/cfail/init-input.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ use rtfm::app;
 const APP: () = {
     #[init]
     fn init(undef: u32) {
-        //~^ ERROR `init` must have type signature `[unsafe] fn()`
+        //~^ ERROR `init` must have type signature `[unsafe] fn() [-> init::LateResources]`
     }
 };
diff --git a/tests/cfail/init-output.rs b/tests/cfail/init-output.rs
index 1200aca774..414a35a83a 100644
--- a/tests/cfail/init-output.rs
+++ b/tests/cfail/init-output.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use rtfm::app;
 const APP: () = {
     #[init]
     fn init() -> u32 {
-        //~^ ERROR `init` must have type signature `[unsafe] fn()`
+        //~^ ERROR `init` must have type signature `[unsafe] fn() [-> init::LateResources]`
         0
     }
 };
diff --git a/tests/cfail/late-not-send.rs b/tests/cfail/late-not-send.rs
index b9180fed9d..eb3048d90f 100644
--- a/tests/cfail/late-not-send.rs
+++ b/tests/cfail/late-not-send.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ const APP: () = {
     static mut X: NotSend = ();
 
     #[init]
-    fn init() {
-        X = NotSend { _0: PhantomData };
+    fn init() -> init::LateResources {
+        init::LateResources {
+            X: NotSend { _0: PhantomData },
+        }
     }
 
     #[interrupt(resources = [X])]
diff --git a/tests/cfail/late-uninit.rs b/tests/cfail/late-uninit.rs
index eeb9bd4191..55122ed7e4 100644
--- a/tests/cfail/late-uninit.rs
+++ b/tests/cfail/late-uninit.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// TODO remove in v0.5.x
+
 #![no_main]
 #![no_std]
 
diff --git a/tests/cpass/late-not-send.rs b/tests/cpass/late-not-send.rs
index 06d376bdf1..5b278ab5c3 100644
--- a/tests/cpass/late-not-send.rs
+++ b/tests/cpass/late-not-send.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ const APP: () = {
     static mut Y: Option<NotSend> = None;
 
     #[init(resources = [Y])]
-    fn init() {
+    fn init() -> init::LateResources {
         *resources.Y = Some(NotSend { _0: PhantomData });
 
-        X = NotSend { _0: PhantomData };
+        init::LateResources {
+            X: NotSend { _0: PhantomData },
+        }
     }
 
     #[idle(resources = [X, Y])]
diff --git a/tests/cpass/late-resource.rs b/tests/cpass/late-resource.rs
index 94ec8c9676..0dec4cbee0 100644
--- a/tests/cpass/late-resource.rs
+++ b/tests/cpass/late-resource.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ const APP: () = {
     static Y: u32 = ();
 
     #[init]
-    fn init() {
-        X = 0;
-        Y = 1;
+    fn init() -> init::LateResources {
+        init::LateResources { X: 0, Y: 1 }
     }
 };