diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2de0f7ac..1dc52320 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ script:
 - cargo test
 - cargo doc --no-deps
 - rustdoc --test README.md -L target
+- cargo run --example write_sample -- test.zip
+- cargo run --example extract -- test.zip
+- cargo run --example extract_lorem -- test.zip
 
 after_success:
 - .travis/publish_doc.sh
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eb055633..a92c8437 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,18 +13,3 @@ Library to support the reading and writing of zip files.
 flate2 = "*"
 bzip2 = "*"
 time = "*"
-
-[[bin]]
-name = "extract"
-test = false
-doc = false
-
-[[bin]]
-name = "extract_lorem"
-test = false
-doc = false
-
-[[bin]]
-name = "write_sample"
-test = false
-doc = false
diff --git a/src/bin/extract.rs b/examples/extract.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin/extract.rs
rename to examples/extract.rs
diff --git a/src/bin/extract_lorem.rs b/examples/extract_lorem.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin/extract_lorem.rs
rename to examples/extract_lorem.rs
diff --git a/src/bin/write_sample.rs b/examples/write_sample.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin/write_sample.rs
rename to examples/write_sample.rs