diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1ff6bce..e6be991 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ branches:
 before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:voltvisionfrenchy/ola
   - sudo apt-get update
-  - sudo apt-get install -y libola-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libola-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libncurses5-dev
 
 
 before_script:
@@ -16,4 +17,4 @@ before_script:
   - cd build
   - cmake ..
 
-script: make && make olaclient && sudo make install && ctest -V
+script: make && sudo make install && make PCA9685test && ctest -V && make examples
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 95e0a62..ccd55fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,55 +1,30 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
-project(PCA9685)
+project(libPCA9685)
 
 # set the lib version
-set (libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set (libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR 7)
+set(libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
+set(libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR 7)
+
+# save the lib version in config.h
+configure_file(config.h.cmake ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h)
+
+# include for config.h
+include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 # add flags
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -D_BSD_SOURCE -std=c11 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -std=c11 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra")
+
+# build the library
+add_subdirectory(src)
+
+# build the test app
+add_subdirectory(test EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
+# build the examples, but not by default
+add_subdirectory(examples EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 # add tests
 enable_testing()
-add_test(run_test sh -xc "./PCA9685test -td 1 40 > PCA9685_actual_output" 2>&1)
+add_test(run_test sh -xc "./test/PCA9685test -td 1 40 > PCA9685_actual_output" 2>&1)
 add_test(diff_output sh -xc "diff ../test/PCA9685_expected_output ./PCA9685_actual_output" 2>&1)
 
-
-# build the library
-add_subdirectory (src)
-include_directories ("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src")
-
-
-# build the quickstart example
-configure_file (
-  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/quickstart/quickstartConfig.h.in"
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/examples/quickstart/quickstartConfig.h"
-)
-include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/examples/quickstart")
-add_executable (quickstart examples/quickstart/quickstart.c)
-target_link_libraries (quickstart PCA9685)
-
-
-# build the PCA9685demo example
-configure_file (
-  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/PCA9685demo/PCA9685demoConfig.h.in"
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/examples/PCA9685demo/PCA9685demoConfig.h"
-)
-include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/examples/PCA9685demo")
-add_executable (PCA9685demo examples/PCA9685demo/PCA9685demo.c)
-target_link_libraries (PCA9685demo PCA9685)
-target_link_libraries (PCA9685demo ncurses)
-
-
-# build the PCA9685test app
-configure_file (
-  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/PCA9685testConfig.h.in"
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/test/PCA9685testConfig.h"
-)
-include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/test")
-add_executable (PCA9685test test/PCA9685test.c)
-target_link_libraries (PCA9685test PCA9685)
-
-
-# build the olaclient app
-add_subdirectory(examples/olaclient)
-include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/examples/olaclient")
diff --git a/examples/PCA9685demo/PCA9685demoConfig.h.in b/config.h.cmake
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/PCA9685demo/PCA9685demoConfig.h.in
rename to config.h.cmake
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3084d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+project (examples)
+# build the examples
+add_subdirectory (olaclient)
+add_subdirectory (PCA9685demo)
+add_subdirectory (quickstart)
+
+add_custom_target(examples)
+add_dependencies(examples olaclient PCA9685demo quickstart)
diff --git a/examples/PCA9685demo/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/PCA9685demo/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8582ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/PCA9685demo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+project (PCA9685demo)
+add_executable(PCA9685demo PCA9685demo.c)
+target_link_libraries(PCA9685demo PCA9685)
+target_link_libraries(PCA9685demo ncurses)
diff --git a/examples/PCA9685demo/PCA9685demo.c b/examples/PCA9685demo/PCA9685demo.c
index c484544..c8500d6 100644
--- a/examples/PCA9685demo/PCA9685demo.c
+++ b/examples/PCA9685demo/PCA9685demo.c
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <ncurses.h>
+#include <ncurses.h>   // sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
 #include <PCA9685.h>
-#include "PCA9685demoConfig.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 
 // globals
diff --git a/examples/olaclient/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/olaclient/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ca1a13..51ac40a 100644
--- a/examples/olaclient/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/olaclient/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 project (olaclient)
 
-set (libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set (libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-configure_file (
-  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/olaclientConfig.h.in"
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/olaclientConfig.h"
-)
-include_directories ("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
-include_directories ("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
-
-add_executable(olaclient EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL olaclient.cpp)
+add_executable(olaclient olaclient.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(olaclient PCA9685)
 target_link_libraries(olaclient ola)
diff --git a/examples/olaclient/olaclient.cpp b/examples/olaclient/olaclient.cpp
index bde45c4..80a2898 100644
--- a/examples/olaclient/olaclient.cpp
+++ b/examples/olaclient/olaclient.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-#include <ola/DmxBuffer.h>
+#include <ola/DmxBuffer.h>    // sudo apt-get install libola-dev
 #include <ola/Logging.h>
-#include <ola/client/ClientWrapper.h>
+#include <ola/OlaClientWrapper.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <bitset>
 #include <ctime>
 using namespace std;
 
 #include <PCA9685.h>
-#include "olaclientConfig.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #define PWM_FREQ 200
 #define DMX_UNIVERSE 1
diff --git a/examples/olaclient/olaclientConfig.h.in b/examples/olaclient/olaclientConfig.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 16f20ec..0000000
--- a/examples/olaclient/olaclientConfig.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#define libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR @libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR@
-#define libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR @libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR@
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/quickstart/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3ca7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+project (quickstart)
+add_executable(quickstart quickstart.c)
+target_link_libraries(quickstart PCA9685)
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/quickstart.c b/examples/quickstart/quickstart.c
index d10dd7b..21635f7 100644
--- a/examples/quickstart/quickstart.c
+++ b/examples/quickstart/quickstart.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include <PCA9685.h>
-#include "quickstartConfig.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 int fd;
 int addr = 0x40;
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/quickstartConfig.h.in b/examples/quickstart/quickstartConfig.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 16f20ec..0000000
--- a/examples/quickstart/quickstartConfig.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#define libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR @libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR@
-#define libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR @libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR@
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c057ce..7e860ad 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
-project (libPCA9685)
+project(libPCA9685)
 
-set (libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set (libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-configure_file (
-  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libPCA9685Config.h.in"
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libPCA9685Config.h"
-)
-include_directories ("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+# build the lib
 add_library(PCA9685 SHARED PCA9685.c)
 
-install (TARGETS PCA9685 DESTINATION lib)
-install (FILES PCA9685.h DESTINATION include)
+# install the lib
+install(TARGETS PCA9685 DESTINATION lib)
+install(FILES PCA9685.h DESTINATION include)
diff --git a/src/PCA9685.c b/src/PCA9685.c
index 03322c2..b38d5e4 100644
--- a/src/PCA9685.c
+++ b/src/PCA9685.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 // set the lib version from the Config header
 // sets libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR and libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR
-#include "libPCA9685Config.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 // debug flag
 bool _PCA9685_DEBUG = 0;
diff --git a/src/libPCA9685Config.h.in b/src/libPCA9685Config.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 16f20ec..0000000
--- a/src/libPCA9685Config.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#define libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR @libPCA9685_VERSION_MAJOR@
-#define libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR @libPCA9685_VERSION_MINOR@
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8008c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+project(PCA9685test)
+
+# build the test app
+add_executable(PCA9685test PCA9685test.c)
+
+# link with the lib
+target_link_libraries(PCA9685test PCA9685)
diff --git a/test/PCA9685test.c b/test/PCA9685test.c
index 96e12c2..26eaed3 100644
--- a/test/PCA9685test.c
+++ b/test/PCA9685test.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include <PCA9685.h>
-#include "PCA9685testConfig.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 int adpt;
 int addr;