diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/requirements.txt b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/requirements.txt
index e4ea3e2223..f3c7e8e6ff 100644
--- a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 nose
-sphinx
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/helpers.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/helpers.py
index 62e7ed37b1..ab25d44e41 100644
--- a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/helpers.py
+++ b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/helpers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
 # this is a list of thoughts which is used by the thinker
-thoughts = ["camel", "open", "toe", "cherry", "delicious"]
\ No newline at end of file
+thoughts = ["itk", "genious", "core", "blue", "vtk", "grand", "berry", "delicious"]
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/tests/test_advanced.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/tests/test_advanced.py
index 52533e64a7..f0912a5167 100644
--- a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/tests/test_advanced.py
+++ b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/tests/test_advanced.py
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import unittest
 
 from sample.thinker import Thinker
 
 
 class AdvancedTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
     """Advanced test cases."""
 
     def setUp(self):
         # like in JUnit/CppUnit we can define setUp and tearDown methods
         # create a thinker with 5 thoughts:
         self.nr_thoughts = 5
         self.thinker = Thinker(self.nr_thoughts)
 
     def test_thoughts(self):
         """
-        Test is the correct number of thoughts is produced
+        test if the correct number of thoughts is produced
         :return:
         """
         self.assertEquals(self.nr_thoughts, len(self.thinker.think()),
                           "correct number of thoughts is produced")
 
     def test_constructor(self):
         """
         test if trying to construct a thinker without argument raises an error
         :return:
         """
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             Thinker()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/tests/test_basic.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/tests/test_basic.py
index 304b64131a..f1864e176e 100644
--- a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/sample/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
 import unittest
 
 
 class BasicTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
-    """Basic test cases. THis is just a fake, go to test_advanced for a real
+    """Basic test cases. This is just a fake, go to test_advanced for a real
     test"""
 
     def test_absolute_truth_and_meaning(self):
         assert True
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/setup.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/setup.py
index 176488c71f..65a6fcdc89 100755
--- a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/setup.py
+++ b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/setup.py
@@ -1,28 +1,30 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
 with open('README.rst') as f:
     readme = f.read()
 
 with open('LICENSE') as f:
     license = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name='sample',
     version='0.0.2',
     description='Sample package adapted from Python-Guide.org for MITK',
     long_description=readme,
-    author='Sebastian Wirkert',
-    author_email='s.wirkert@dkfz-heidelberg.de',
+    # if you want, put your own name here 
+    # (this would likely result in people sending you emails)
+    author='MBI@DKFZ', 
+    author_email='mitk-users@lists.sourceforge.net',
     url='http://mitk.org',
     license=license,
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests', 'docs')),
-    # the requirements to install this project. Since this one is so simple this
-    # is empty.
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests', 'docs', 'tutorials')),
+    # the requirements to install this project. 
+    # Since this one is so simple this is empty.
     install_requires=[]
     # a more sophisticated project might have something like:
     #install_requires=['numpy>=1.11.0', 'scipy>=0.17', 'scikit-learn']
 )
 
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/tutorials/ThinkerExample.ipynb b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/tutorials/ThinkerExample.ipynb
index 63304ba78c..379f0cf650 100644
--- a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/tutorials/ThinkerExample.ipynb
+++ b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/python/tutorials/ThinkerExample.ipynb
@@ -1,148 +1,148 @@
 {
  "cells": [
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "This is a very short example showing how a ipython notebook tutorial could look like"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 2,
+   "execution_count": 1,
    "metadata": {
     "collapsed": false
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# The next three line tell python where to look for the code\n",
     "# in case the package was installed  (e.g. make install) they are not necessary.\n",
     "import os\n",
     "import sys\n",
     "sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))\n",
     "\n",
     "# import our great new class\n",
     "from sample.thinker import Thinker"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 8,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {
     "collapsed": false
    },
    "outputs": [
     {
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
       "currently I'm thinking of...\n",
+      "core\n",
+      "grand\n",
       "delicious\n",
-      "open\n",
-      "camel\n",
-      "camel\n",
-      "camel\n"
+      "berry\n",
+      "vtk\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
    "source": [
     "# create a thinker and let it think\n",
     "initial_nr_thoughts = 5\n",
     "thinker = Thinker(initial_nr_thoughts)\n",
     "thinker.think_out_loud()"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 5,
+   "execution_count": 3,
    "metadata": {
     "collapsed": false
    },
    "outputs": [
     {
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
       "currently I'm thinking of...\n",
-      "toe\n",
-      "toe\n",
       "delicious\n",
-      "open\n",
-      "toe\n"
+      "vtk\n",
+      "itk\n",
+      "delicious\n",
+      "blue\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
    "source": [
     "# our thinker will produce new thoughts every time we call it\n",
     "thinker.think_out_loud()"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 6,
+   "execution_count": 4,
    "metadata": {
     "collapsed": false
    },
    "outputs": [
     {
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
       "currently I'm thinking of...\n",
-      "camel\n",
-      "open\n"
+      "grand\n",
+      "core\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
    "source": [
     "# we can also manipulate the number of thoughts it thinks\n",
     "thinker.number_of_thoughts = 2\n",
     "thinker.think_out_loud()"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "That's it, what a great tutorial!"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {
     "collapsed": true
    },
    "source": []
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {
     "collapsed": true
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": []
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
    "display_name": "Python 2",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python2"
   },
   "language_info": {
    "codemirror_mode": {
     "name": "ipython",
     "version": 2
    },
    "file_extension": ".py",
    "mimetype": "text/x-python",
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython2",
    "version": "2.7.6"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
  "nbformat_minor": 0
 }