diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f84e22e..1de72e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ _rel/
 relx
 *.d
 .eunit
-deps
+/deps
 *.o
 *.beam
 *.plt
diff --git a/example/.gitignore b/example/.gitignore
index a7f6d40..d567fd5 100644
--- a/example/.gitignore
+++ b/example/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
 .DS_Store
 all.coverdata
 bin
-deps
+/deps/cowboy
+/deps/cowlib
+/deps/hexer_mk
+/deps/inaka_mk
+/deps/jiffy
+/deps/mixer
+/deps/ranch
+/deps/trails
 ebin
 erl_crash.dump
 log
diff --git a/example/Makefile b/example/Makefile
index 94af7f1..881bb50 100644
--- a/example/Makefile
+++ b/example/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PROJECT = example
+gPROJECT = example
 
 DEPS = cowboy_swagger mixer
 
diff --git a/example/deps/cowboy_swagger b/example/deps/cowboy_swagger
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..c25bddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/deps/cowboy_swagger
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../..
\ No newline at end of file