diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e31e431..88e310f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 venv
 .idea
 plot
-
+examples/tmp
+examples/run.log
diff --git a/examples/data/plumed.dat b/examples/data/plumed.dat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1b8b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/data/plumed.dat
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# set up two variables for Phi and Psi dihedral angles 
+phi: TORSION ATOMS=5,7,9,15
+psi: TORSION ATOMS=7,9,15,17
+#
+# Impose an umbrella potential on CV 1 and CV 2
+# with a spring constant of 500 kjoule/mol
+# at fixed points on the Ramachandran plot
+#
+restraint-phi: RESTRAINT ARG=phi KAPPA=100 AT=LAMBDA1
+restraint-psi: RESTRAINT ARG=psi KAPPA=100 AT=LAMBDA2
+
+# monitor the two variables and the bias potential from the two restraints
+PRINT STRIDE=10 ARG=phi,psi,restraint-phi.bias,restraint-psi.bias FILE=COLVAR UPDATE_FROM=50
diff --git a/examples/data/sim.sh b/examples/data/sim.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..217d943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/data/sim.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+lambda1=$1
+lambda2=$2
+FOLDER="./tmp/simulations/sim_${lambda1}_${lambda2}"
+
+
+if [ -f $FOLDER/topol.gro ]; then
+	echo "$FOLDER exists"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+mkdir -p $FOLDER
+cp data/plumed.dat $FOLDER
+cp data/topol.tpr $FOLDER
+sed -i -e "s/LAMBDA1/${lambda1}/g" $FOLDER/plumed.dat
+sed -i -e "s/LAMBDA2/${lambda2}/g" $FOLDER/plumed.dat
+
+cd $FOLDER
+source /usr/local/gromacs/bin/GMXRC
+gmx --quiet mdrun -deffnm topol -plumed plumed.dat -nsteps 100000 2>&1
+cd ../..
+
diff --git a/examples/data/topol.edr b/examples/data/topol.edr
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index 0000000..66b9cb0
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diff --git a/examples/data/topol.tpr b/examples/data/topol.tpr
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diff --git a/examples/example.py b/examples/example.py
index 0ad6329..f52b67c 100644
--- a/examples/example.py
+++ b/examples/example.py
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ class WHAM2DRunner(UmbrellaRunner):
         import os
         from shutil import copyfile
 
-        simulation_dir = "simulations"
+        simulation_dir = "tmp/simulations"
         print("Collecting sampling data from simulations folder")
 
         # collect COLVARs
-        wham_dir = "WHAM/"
+        wham_dir = "tmp/WHAM/"
         if not os.path.exists(wham_dir):
             os.makedirs(wham_dir)
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class WHAM2DRunner(UmbrellaRunner):
         with open(metadata_file, 'w') as out:
             for f in os.listdir(simulation_dir):
                 prefix, x, y = f.split("_")
-                out.write("WHAM/{}.xvg {} {} {} {}\n".format(f, x, y, fc_x, fc_y))
+                out.write("{}/{}.xvg {} {} {} {}\n".format(wham_dir, f, x, y, fc_x, fc_y))
 
         # run WHAM2d
         print("Running WHAM-2d")
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class WHAM2DRunner(UmbrellaRunner):
 
 class MyUmbrellaRunner(WHAM2DRunner):
     def after_run_hook(self):
-        filename = "pmf_{}.pdf".format(self.num_iterations)
+        filename = "tmp/pmf_{}.pdf".format(self.num_iterations)
         print("Writing new pmf to {}".format(filename))
         pmf_to_plot = deepcopy(self.pmf.T)
         pmf_to_plot[pmf_to_plot < 0] = None
@@ -118,22 +118,21 @@ class MyUmbrellaRunner(WHAM2DRunner):
         cb = plt.colorbar(pad=0.1)
         cb.set_label("kJ/mol")
         plt.savefig(filename)
-        os.system("cp {} {}".format(filename, "pmf_current.pdf"))
+        os.system("cp {} {}".format(filename, "tmp/pmf_current.pdf"))
 
 
     def simulate_frames(self, lambdas, frames):
         print("{} new simulations:".format(len(lambdas)))
         counter = 0
 
+        if not os.path.exists("tmp"):
+            os.mkdir('tmp')
+
         threads = []
         for f in lambdas:
             counter += 1
-            if os.path.exists("sim/sim_{}_{}/COLVAR".format(*f)):
-                print("{}) Skipping lambdas={}/{}: COLVAR exists".format(counter, *f))
-                continue
-
             print("{}) Simulate lambda1={}, lambda2={}".format(counter, *f))
-            command = "bash sim.sh {} {} 2>&1 > run.log".format(*f)
+            command = "bash data/sim.sh {} {} 2>&1 > tmp/run.log".format(*f)
             # print("Running {}".format(command))
             os.system(command)
 
@@ -147,6 +146,6 @@ runner.cvs_init = (1.4, -1.4)
 runner.E_min = 10
 runner.E_max = 100
 runner.E_incr = 10
-runner.max_iterations = 100
+runner.max_iterations = 30
 
 runner.run()