diff --git a/examples/car-detection.js b/examples/car-detection.js
index 95a5afa..58c2d61 100644
--- a/examples/car-detection.js
+++ b/examples/car-detection.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 var cv = require('../lib/opencv');
 
-cv.readImage("./examples/files/car1.jpg", function(err, im){
+cv.readImage("./files/car1.jpg", function(err, im){
   if (err) throw err;
   if (im.width() < 1 || im.height() < 1) throw new Error('Image has no size');
 
-  im.detectObject("./data/hogcascade_cars_sideview.xml", {}, function(err, cars){
+  im.detectObject("../data/hogcascade_cars_sideview.xml", {}, function(err, cars){
     if (err) throw err;
 
     for (var i=0; i < cars.length; i++){
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cv.readImage("./examples/files/car1.jpg", function(err, im){
       im.rectangle([x.x, x.y], [x.width, x.height]);
     }
 
-    im.save('./examples/tmp/car-detection.jpg');
-    console.log('Image saved to ./examples/tmp/car-detection.jpg');
+    im.save('./tmp/car-detection.jpg');
+    console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/car-detection.jpg');
   });
 });
diff --git a/examples/color-filter.js b/examples/color-filter.js
index 031b65d..b7c5d6a 100644
--- a/examples/color-filter.js
+++ b/examples/color-filter.js
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ var cv = require('../lib/opencv');
 var lower_threshold = [46, 57, 83];
 var upper_threshold = [80, 96, 115];
 
-cv.readImage('./examples/files/coin1.jpg', function(err, im) {
+cv.readImage('./files/coin1.jpg', function(err, im) {
   if (err) throw err;
   if (im.width() < 1 || im.height() < 1) throw new Error('Image has no size');
 
   im.inRange(lower_threshold, upper_threshold);
-  im.save('./examples/tmp/coin_detected.jpg');
+  im.save('./tmp/coin_detected.jpg');
   console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/coin_detected.jpg');
 });
diff --git a/examples/contours.js b/examples/contours.js
index 842011e..43bb0ac 100755
--- a/examples/contours.js
+++ b/examples/contours.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var GREEN = [0, 255, 0]; // B, G, R
 var WHITE = [255, 255, 255]; // B, G, R
 var RED   = [0, 0, 255]; // B, G, R
 
-cv.readImage('./examples/files/stuff.png', function(err, im) {
+cv.readImage('./files/stuff.png', function(err, im) {
   if (err) throw err;
   var width = im.width();
   var height = im.height();
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ cv.readImage('./examples/files/stuff.png', function(err, im) {
 
   all.drawAllContours(contours, WHITE);
 
-  big.save('./examples/tmp/big.png');
-  all.save('./examples/tmp/all.png');
-  console.log('Image saved to ./examples/tmp/big.png && ./tmp/all.png');
+  big.save('./tmp/big.png');
+  all.save('./tmp/all.png');
+  console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/big.png && ./tmp/all.png');
 });
diff --git a/examples/convert-image.js b/examples/convert-image.js
index dbc9f0c..7f62ff3 100755
--- a/examples/convert-image.js
+++ b/examples/convert-image.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var cv = require('../lib/opencv');
 
-cv.readImage('./examples/files/mona.png', function(err, im) {
+cv.readImage('./files/mona.png', function(err, im) {
   if (err) throw err;
   if (im.width() < 1 || im.height() < 1) throw new Error('Image has no size');
 
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ cv.readImage('./examples/files/mona.png', function(err, im) {
   img_hsv.convertHSVscale();
   img_gray.convertGrayscale();
 
-  im.save('./examples/tmp/nor.png');
-  img_hsv.save('./examples/tmp/hsv.png');
-  img_gray.save('./examples/tmp/gray.png');
+  im.save('./tmp/nor.png');
+  img_hsv.save('./tmp/hsv.png');
+  img_gray.save('./tmp/gray.png');
 
   img_crop = im.crop(50,50,250,250);
-  img_crop.save('./examples/tmp/crop.png');
+  img_crop.save('./tmp/crop.png');
 
-  console.log('Image saved to ./examples/tmp/{crop|nor|hsv|gray}.png');
+  console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/{crop|nor|hsv|gray}.png');
 });
diff --git a/examples/detect-shapes.js b/examples/detect-shapes.js
index 6326995..f465d23 100755
--- a/examples/detect-shapes.js
+++ b/examples/detect-shapes.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var GREEN = [0, 255, 0]; // B, G, R
 var WHITE = [255, 255, 255]; // B, G, R
 
 
-cv.readImage('./examples/files/shapes.jpg', function(err, im) {
+cv.readImage('./files/shapes.jpg', function(err, im) {
   if (err) throw err;
 
   width = im.width()
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ cv.readImage('./examples/files/shapes.jpg', function(err, im) {
     }
   }
 
-  out.save('./examples/tmp/detect-shapes.png');
-  console.log('Image saved to ./examples/tmp/detect-shapes.png');
+  out.save('./tmp/detect-shapes.png');
+  console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/detect-shapes.png');
 });
diff --git a/examples/face-detection-rectangle.js b/examples/face-detection-rectangle.js
index e2d4f87..f108eee 100755
--- a/examples/face-detection-rectangle.js
+++ b/examples/face-detection-rectangle.js
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ var cv = require('../lib/opencv');
 var COLOR = [0, 255, 0]; // default red
 var thickness = 2; // default 1
 
-cv.readImage('./examples/files/mona.png', function(err, im) {
+cv.readImage('./files/mona.png', function(err, im) {
   if (err) throw err;
   if (im.width() < 1 || im.height() < 1) throw new Error('Image has no size');
 
-  im.detectObject('./data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml', {}, function(err, faces) {
+  im.detectObject('../data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml', {}, function(err, faces) {
     if (err) throw err;
 
     for (var i = 0; i < faces.length; i++) {
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ cv.readImage('./examples/files/mona.png', function(err, im) {
       im.rectangle([face.x, face.y], [face.x + face.width, face.y + face.height], COLOR, 2);
     }
 
-    im.save('./examples/tmp/face-detection-rectangle.png');
-    console.log('Image saved to ./examples/tmp/face-detection-rectangle.png');
+    im.save('./tmp/face-detection-rectangle.png');
+    console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/face-detection-rectangle.png');
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/examples/face-detection.js b/examples/face-detection.js
index 185a78b..0cc5fee 100755
--- a/examples/face-detection.js
+++ b/examples/face-detection.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 var cv = require('../lib/opencv');
 
-cv.readImage("./examples/files/mona.png", function(err, im){
+cv.readImage("./files/mona.png", function(err, im){
   if (err) throw err;
   if (im.width() < 1 || im.height() < 1) throw new Error('Image has no size');
 
-  im.detectObject("./data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml", {}, function(err, faces){
+  im.detectObject("../data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml", {}, function(err, faces){
     if (err) throw err;
 
     for (var i = 0; i < faces.length; i++){
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cv.readImage("./examples/files/mona.png", function(err, im){
       im.ellipse(face.x + face.width / 2, face.y + face.height / 2, face.width / 2, face.height / 2);
     }
 
-    im.save('./examples/tmp/face-detection.png');
-    console.log('Image saved to ./examples/tmp/face-detection.png');
+    im.save('./tmp/face-detection.png');
+    console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/face-detection.png');
   });
 });
diff --git a/examples/quad-crosses.js b/examples/quad-crosses.js
index 1a3a558..341631f 100755
--- a/examples/quad-crosses.js
+++ b/examples/quad-crosses.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var RED   = [0, 0, 255]; //B, G, R
 var GREEN = [0, 255, 0]; //B, G, R
 var WHITE = [255, 255, 255]; //B, G, R
 
-cv.readImage('./examples/files/quads.jpg', function(err, im) {
+cv.readImage('./files/quads.jpg', function(err, im) {
   if (err) throw err;
   if (im.width() < 1 || im.height() < 1) throw new Error('Image has no size');
 
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ cv.readImage('./examples/files/quads.jpg', function(err, im) {
     out.line([points[1].x,points[1].y], [points[3].x, points[3].y], RED);
   }
 
-  out.save('./examples/tmp/quad-crosses.png');
-  console.log('Image saved to ./examples/tmp/quad-crosses.png');
+  out.save('./tmp/quad-crosses.png');
+  console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/quad-crosses.png');
 });
diff --git a/examples/salt.js b/examples/salt.js
index d3212b2..737e834 100755
--- a/examples/salt.js
+++ b/examples/salt.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 var cv = require('../lib/opencv');
 
 cv.readImage("./files/mona.png", function(err, im) {
-  salt(im, 1000);
+  salt(im, 100);
   im.save("./tmp/salt.png");
   console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/salt.png');
 });
diff --git a/examples/warp-image.js b/examples/warp-image.js
index bcf13b8..8549bf9 100644
--- a/examples/warp-image.js
+++ b/examples/warp-image.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var cv = require('../lib/opencv');
 
-cv.readImage("./examples/files/mona.png", function(err, im) {
+cv.readImage("./files/mona.png", function(err, im) {
   if (err) throw err;
 
   var width = im.width();
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ cv.readImage("./examples/files/mona.png", function(err, im) {
   var dstArray = [0, 0, width * 0.9, height * 0.1, width, height, width * 0.2, height * 0.8];
   var xfrmMat = im.getPerspectiveTransform(srcArray, dstArray);
   im.warpPerspective(xfrmMat, width, height, [255, 255, 255]);
-  im.save("./examples/tmp/warp-image.png");
+  im.save("./tmp/warp-image.png");
   console.log('Image saved to ./tmp/warp-image.png');
 });
diff --git a/test/examples.js b/test/examples.js
index b48a743..23f0f14 100644
--- a/test/examples.js
+++ b/test/examples.js
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 var test = require('tape')
   , glob = require('glob')
   , exec = require('child_process').exec
+  , path = require('path')
 
 module.exports = function(){
 
   glob.sync('./examples/*.js').forEach(function(example){
     test("Example: " + example, function(assert){
-      exec('node ' + example, function(error, stdout, stderr){
+
+      var fullName = path.resolve(example)
+        , examples = path.resolve('./examples')
+
+      exec('node ' + fullName, {cwd: examples}, function(error, stdout, stderr){
         assert.error(error)
         assert.end()
       })