diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f66a2db..62918e3c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 build/
 dist/
 doc/_build
+
+*.png
diff --git a/doc/getstarted.rst b/doc/getstarted.rst
index 645782cb..a4ea4659 100644
--- a/doc/getstarted.rst
+++ b/doc/getstarted.rst
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ Getting started
 
 The following script should just show an example how to get started using the postpic postprocessor. This script uses the dummy reader (thus auto generated random data). Thats why there is no input file needed to read the simulation data from.
 
-.. literalinclude:: dummyexample.py
+.. literalinclude:: ../examples/simpleexample.py
    :language: python
diff --git a/doc/dummyexample.py b/examples/simpleexample.py
similarity index 91%
rename from doc/dummyexample.py
rename to examples/simpleexample.py
index d47719cf..7518f557 100755
--- a/doc/dummyexample.py
+++ b/examples/simpleexample.py
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 pp.datareader.chooseCode('dummy')
 
 dr = pp.datareader.readDump(3e5)  # Dummyreader takes a float as argument, not a string.
-plotter = pp.plotting.plottercls(dr, outdir='', autosave=True)
+savedir = '_examplepictures/'
+import os
+if not os.path.exists(savedir):
+    os.mkdir(savedir)
+
+plotter = pp.plotting.plottercls(dr, outdir=savedir, autosave=True)
 fa = pp.analyzer.FieldAnalyzer(dr)
 
 from postpic.analyzer import ParticleAnalyzer as PA
diff --git a/run-tests b/run-tests
index 2505ccf8..82a3033b 100755
--- a/run-tests
+++ b/run-tests
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ exitonfailure () {
 nosetests
 exitonfailure $?
 
+examples/simpleexample.py
+exitonfailure $?
+
 pep8 postpic --statistics --count --show-source --ignore=W391,E123,E226,E24 --max-line-length=99
 exitonfailure $?