diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8025383..89841d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Or to build the repo:
 
 
         cv.readImage("./examples/test.jpg", function(err, im){
-          im.detectObject("./examples/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml", {}, function(err, faces){  
+          im.detectObject("./data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml", {}, function(err, faces){  
             for (var i=0;i<faces.length; i++){
               var x = faces[i]
               im.ellipse(x.x + x.width/2, x.y + x.height/2, x.width/2, x.height/2);
diff --git a/examples/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml b/data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
rename to data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
diff --git a/examples/face-proxy.js b/examples/face-proxy.js
index 294b861..93c04c1 100644
--- a/examples/face-proxy.js
+++ b/examples/face-proxy.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Face recognition proxy
 var http = require('http')
   , request = require('request')
   , cv = require('../lib/opencv')
-  , face_cascade = new cv.CascadeClassifier("./examples/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml")
+  , face_cascade = new cv.CascadeClassifier("./data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml")
  
  
  
diff --git a/smoketest.js b/smoketest.js
index 7cbdfc3..551327c 100755
--- a/smoketest.js
+++ b/smoketest.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var cv = require('./lib/opencv')
  
 
  cv.readImage("./examples/mona.jpg", function(err, im){
-  im.detectObject("./examples/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml", {}, function(err, faces){  
+  im.detectObject("./data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml", {}, function(err, faces){  
     for (var i=0;i<faces.length; i++){
       var x = faces[i]
       im.ellipse(x.x + x.width/2, x.y + x.height/2, x.width/2, x.height/2);
diff --git a/test/smoke.js b/test/smoke.js
index 6c9f6d1..e9a9899 100644
--- a/test/smoke.js
+++ b/test/smoke.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ vows.describe('Smoke Tests OpenCV').addBatch({
           , cb = this.callback
 
         cv.readImage("./examples/mona.jpg", function(err, im){
-          im.detectObject("./examples/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml", {}, cb)
+          im.detectObject("./data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml", {}, cb)
         })  
       }
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ vows.describe('Smoke Tests OpenCV').addBatch({
     topic : require('../lib/opencv')
 
     , "constructor" : function(cv){
-      assert.ok(new cv.CascadeClassifier("./examples/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml"))
+      assert.ok(new cv.CascadeClassifier("./data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml"))
     }
 
     , "face detection": {
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ vows.describe('Smoke Tests OpenCV').addBatch({
           , self = this
         
         cv.readImage("./examples/mona.jpg", function(err, im){
-          cascade = new cv.CascadeClassifier("./examples/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml");
+          cascade = new cv.CascadeClassifier("./data/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml");
           cascade.detectMultiScale(im, self.callback)//, 1.1, 2, [30, 30]);          
         })