diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a8802f9f720933ee4c5a7f7febefeae17d1c19d..99b5d3cf0fb015fca5b0e355c3b9c4f13efc5c86 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ endif()
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 # Built-in profiler
 #----------------------------------------------------------
-option(ARB_WITH_PROFILING "use built-in profiling of miniapp" OFF)
+option(ARB_WITH_PROFILING "use built-in profiling" OFF)
 if(ARB_WITH_PROFILING)
     add_definitions(-DARB_HAVE_PROFILING)
 endif()
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ include_directories(
     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/tclap"
     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include"
     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src"
-    "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/miniapp"
     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/modcc"
     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 if(EXTERNAL_INCLUDES)
@@ -289,6 +288,6 @@ endif()
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(mechanisms) # after src path so that gpu_mechanism library is last on link line
 add_subdirectory(tests)
-add_subdirectory(miniapps)
+add_subdirectory(example)
 add_subdirectory(lmorpho)
 add_subdirectory(doc)
diff --git a/miniapps/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/CMakeLists.txt
rename to example/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/CMakeLists.txt b/example/miniapp/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 88%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/CMakeLists.txt
rename to example/miniapp/CMakeLists.txt
index 85b25f7b3fe1dc03178dce4e8e7b304f9e21b629..70bfd6176610ab77f4255fb75d9ef951e7420256 100644
--- a/miniapps/miniapp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/miniapp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ endif()
 set_target_properties(
     miniapp.exe
     PROPERTIES
-    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/miniapps/miniapp"
+    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/example"
 )
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/README.md b/example/miniapp/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/README.md
rename to example/miniapp/README.md
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/io.cpp b/example/miniapp/io.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/io.cpp
rename to example/miniapp/io.cpp
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/io.hpp b/example/miniapp/io.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/io.hpp
rename to example/miniapp/io.hpp
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/miniapp.cpp b/example/miniapp/miniapp.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/miniapp.cpp
rename to example/miniapp/miniapp.cpp
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/miniapp_recipes.cpp b/example/miniapp/miniapp_recipes.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/miniapp_recipes.cpp
rename to example/miniapp/miniapp_recipes.cpp
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/miniapp_recipes.hpp b/example/miniapp/miniapp_recipes.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/miniapp_recipes.hpp
rename to example/miniapp/miniapp_recipes.hpp
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/morphology_pool.cpp b/example/miniapp/morphology_pool.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/morphology_pool.cpp
rename to example/miniapp/morphology_pool.cpp
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/morphology_pool.hpp b/example/miniapp/morphology_pool.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/morphology_pool.hpp
rename to example/miniapp/morphology_pool.hpp
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/plot.py b/example/miniapp/plot.py
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/plot.py
rename to example/miniapp/plot.py
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/trace.cpp b/example/miniapp/trace.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/trace.cpp
rename to example/miniapp/trace.cpp
diff --git a/miniapps/miniapp/trace.hpp b/example/miniapp/trace.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from miniapps/miniapp/trace.hpp
rename to example/miniapp/trace.hpp
diff --git a/scripts/travis/build.sh b/scripts/travis/build.sh
index 799c4ef7497a5ebd287ac351d76d2dbe07cb676f..9175044c3bb89c0e7ca16063c7ef88a665ab2cb9 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/build.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ ${launch} ./tests/global_communication.exe || error "running global communicatio
 
 progress "Miniapp spike comparison test"
 make miniapp.exe -j4                         || error "building miniapp"
-${launch} ./miniapps/miniapp/miniapp.exe -n 20 -t 100 || error "running miniapp"
+${launch} ./example/miniapp.exe -n 20 -t 100 || error "running miniapp"
 
 cd $base_path