diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md
index abc5b89..daee578 100644
--- a/example/README.md
+++ b/example/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Gradle Docker Plugin Example
 
-The example in this folder is intended as an illustration on how to build runnable docker images with the gradle-docker plugin.
+This exampl is intended as an illustration on how to build runnable docker images with the gradle-docker plugin in conjunction with Gradle Java and Application plugins.
 
 ## Example Application
-The source code in this example consists of a simple main method that starts a jetty webserver to serves static html.
+The source code in this example consists of a simple main method that starts a jetty webserver serving static html.
 
 ## Requirements
 - JDK 1.7
diff --git a/example/build.gradle b/example/build.gradle
index 1bbac8b..e170b34 100644
--- a/example/build.gradle
+++ b/example/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'application'
 apply plugin: 'docker'
 
+buildscript {
+    repositories { mavenCentral() }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'se.transmode.gradle:gradle-docker:1.0'
+    }
+}
+
 sourceCompatibility = 1.7
 group = 'example'
 version = '1.0'
@@ -13,6 +20,5 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 distDocker {
-    dryRun true
     exposePort 8080
 }
diff --git a/example/gradle/init.gradle b/example/gradle/init.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 159711a..0000000
--- a/example/gradle/init.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-allprojects {
-    buildscript {
-        repositories { mavenCentral() }
-        dependencies {
-            classpath 'se.transmode.gradle:gradle-docker:1.0'
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/example/gradlew b/example/gradlew
index d860f0c..91a7e26 100755
--- a/example/gradlew
+++ b/example/gradlew
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ function splitJvmOpts() {
 eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
 JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "--init-script=gradle/init.gradle" "$@"
+exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"