diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index dc4ea89b..3cea6437 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -136,5 +136,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run pip install
         run:  pip3 install --user .
       - name: Run solverdummy
-        run:  python3 solverdummy/solverdummy.py solverdummy/precice-config.xml SolverOne MeshOne & python3 solverdummy/solverdummy.py solverdummy/precice-config.xml SolverTwo MeshTwo
+        run: |
+          cd examples/solverdummy/
+          python3 solverdummy.py precice-config.xml SolverOne MeshOne & python3 solverdummy.py precice-config.xml SolverTwo MeshTwo
         
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-solverdummy.yml b/.github/workflows/run-solverdummy.yml
index 5a094ba5..60e83cf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-solverdummy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-solverdummy.yml
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ jobs:
         run: python3 -c "import precice; assert({item.split('=')[0]:item.split('=')[-1] for item in str(precice.get_version_information()).split(';')}['PRECICE_MPICommunication']=='Y')"
       - name: Run solverdummies
         run: | 
-          cd solverdummy/
+          cd examples/solverdummy/
           python3 solverdummy.py precice-config.xml SolverOne MeshOne & python3 solverdummy.py precice-config.xml SolverTwo MeshTwo        
diff --git a/solverdummy/.gitignore b/examples/solverdummy/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from solverdummy/.gitignore
rename to examples/solverdummy/.gitignore
diff --git a/solverdummy/README.md b/examples/solverdummy/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from solverdummy/README.md
rename to examples/solverdummy/README.md
diff --git a/solverdummy/precice-config.xml b/examples/solverdummy/precice-config.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from solverdummy/precice-config.xml
rename to examples/solverdummy/precice-config.xml
diff --git a/solverdummy/requirements.txt b/examples/solverdummy/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from solverdummy/requirements.txt
rename to examples/solverdummy/requirements.txt
diff --git a/solverdummy/solverdummy.py b/examples/solverdummy/solverdummy.py
similarity index 100%
rename from solverdummy/solverdummy.py
rename to examples/solverdummy/solverdummy.py