diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba336fb..5ac0211 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Run the following command:
 ./run.sh
 ```
 
-This starts the reposilite server, then starts maven and makes download all packages defined in the pom's in the `examples/` folder, including their dependencies. These packages are then cached by reposilite in `data/`. The relevant folders are turned into tarballs and saved in the root directory.
+This starts the reposilite server, then starts maven and makes download all packages defined in the pom's in the `poms/` folder, including their dependencies. These packages are then cached by reposilite in `data/`. The relevant folders are turned into tarballs and saved in the root directory.
 
 ## Adding packages
-New packages should be defined as a dependency in a `pom.xml` file in a subfolder in `examples/`.
+New packages should be defined as a dependency in a `pom.xml` file in a subfolder in `poms/`.
 
 After the `pom.xml` is updated, run `./generate_master_pom.xml` to update the root `pom.xml` file, and commit the changes.
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e28d77f..3c0cd4f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - repo
     volumes:
-      - ./examples:/poms
+      - ./poms:/poms
     networks:
       - nonet
 
diff --git a/generate_master_pom.sh b/generate_master_pom.sh
index 8a28e7f..38859ed 100755
--- a/generate_master_pom.sh
+++ b/generate_master_pom.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ get_first_xml_tag() {
 get_modules() {
     echo "  <modules>"
 
-    for f in examples/**/*.xml; do
+    for f in poms/**/*.xml; do
         echo "    <module>"$f"</module>"
     done
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 353e775..16f81d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
                              http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modules>
-    <module>examples/asciidoctor/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/axon/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/hibernate-types/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/jackson/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/junit5/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/kotest/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/mockito/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/quarkus-camel/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/quarkus/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/resteasy/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/spring-boot/pom.xml</module>
-    <module>examples/spring-framework/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/asciidoctor/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/axon/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/hibernate-types/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/jackson/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/junit5/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/kotest/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/kotlin/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/maven-plugins/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/mockito/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/quarkus-camel/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/quarkus/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/resteasy/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/spring-boot/pom.xml</module>
+    <module>poms/spring-framework/pom.xml</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/examples/asciidoctor/pom.xml b/poms/asciidoctor/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/asciidoctor/pom.xml
rename to poms/asciidoctor/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/axon/pom.xml b/poms/axon/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/axon/pom.xml
rename to poms/axon/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/hibernate-types/pom.xml b/poms/hibernate-types/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/hibernate-types/pom.xml
rename to poms/hibernate-types/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/jackson/pom.xml b/poms/jackson/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/jackson/pom.xml
rename to poms/jackson/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/junit5/pom.xml b/poms/junit5/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/junit5/pom.xml
rename to poms/junit5/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/kotest/pom.xml b/poms/kotest/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/kotest/pom.xml
rename to poms/kotest/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/pom.xml b/poms/kotlin/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/kotlin/pom.xml
rename to poms/kotlin/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/maven-plugins/pom.xml b/poms/maven-plugins/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/maven-plugins/pom.xml
rename to poms/maven-plugins/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/mockito/pom.xml b/poms/mockito/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/mockito/pom.xml
rename to poms/mockito/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/quarkus-camel/pom.xml b/poms/quarkus-camel/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/quarkus-camel/pom.xml
rename to poms/quarkus-camel/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/quarkus/pom.xml b/poms/quarkus/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/quarkus/pom.xml
rename to poms/quarkus/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/resteasy/pom.xml b/poms/resteasy/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/resteasy/pom.xml
rename to poms/resteasy/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/spring-boot/pom.xml b/poms/spring-boot/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/spring-boot/pom.xml
rename to poms/spring-boot/pom.xml
diff --git a/examples/spring-framework/pom.xml b/poms/spring-framework/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/spring-framework/pom.xml
rename to poms/spring-framework/pom.xml