diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa3d541cb1750b471a3251bb24fcb32dcdd817fb..c03c37c3a01d7f8860348cf47b979985aebef434 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ build
 */dist
 dist
 .eggs
+*.c
 
diff --git a/example/example/__init__.py b/example/example2/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from example/example/__init__.py
rename to example/example2/__init__.py
diff --git a/example/example/example.pyx b/example/example2/example.pyx
similarity index 100%
rename from example/example/example.pyx
rename to example/example2/example.pyx
diff --git a/example/setup.py b/example/setup.py
index 322f90efa76e42ac45a57359bc096481f35a3718..54cf4c3021a307333765432473256626f8f76632 100644
--- a/example/setup.py
+++ b/example/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cython_multibuilds = [
     Multibuild('example_module', ['example_module/test.pyx', 'example_module/test2.pyx',
                                   'example_module/test3/test3.pyx',
                                   'example_module/test_n.c']),
-    Extension('example.example', ['example/example.pyx'])
+    Extension('example2.example', ['example2/example.pyx'])
 ]
 
 # first argument is used directly by snakehouse, the rest and **kwargs are passed to
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ext_modules = build(cython_multibuilds,
 
 setup(name='example_module',
       version='0.1',
-      packages=['example_module', 'example'],
+      packages=['example_module', 'example2'],
       install_requires=[
             'Cython', 'snakehouse'
       ],
diff --git a/example/tests/test_test.py b/example/tests/test_test.py
index 7466f099f984411e9de3a165015ff786e1600915..a3ad7302bdae67a3621a0d6645819cbedc2fd161 100644
--- a/example/tests/test_test.py
+++ b/example/tests/test_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from example_module.test import times_two
 from example_module.test2 import times_three, times_five
 from example_module.test3.test3 import times_four
-from example.example import test
+from example.example2 import test
 import unittest