diff --git a/examples/composite_queries/dfx.json b/examples/composite_queries/dfx.json
index b77c727567..9c23f56237 100644
--- a/examples/composite_queries/dfx.json
+++ b/examples/composite_queries/dfx.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
         "canister1": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle canister1",
-            "root": "canisters/canister1",
-            "ts": "canisters/canister1/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/canister1/index.did",
+            "root": "src/canister1",
+            "ts": "src/canister1/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/canister1/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/canister1/canister1.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
         "canister2": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle canister2",
-            "root": "canisters/canister2",
-            "ts": "canisters/canister2/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/canister2/index.did",
+            "root": "src/canister2",
+            "ts": "src/canister2/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/canister2/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/canister2/canister2.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
         "canister3": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle canister3",
-            "root": "canisters/canister3",
-            "ts": "canisters/canister3/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/canister3/index.did",
+            "root": "src/canister3",
+            "ts": "src/canister3/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/canister3/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/canister3/canister3.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
diff --git a/examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister1/index.did b/examples/composite_queries/src/canister1/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister1/index.did
rename to examples/composite_queries/src/canister1/index.did
diff --git a/examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister1/index.ts b/examples/composite_queries/src/canister1/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister1/index.ts
rename to examples/composite_queries/src/canister1/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister2/index.did b/examples/composite_queries/src/canister2/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister2/index.did
rename to examples/composite_queries/src/canister2/index.did
diff --git a/examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister2/index.ts b/examples/composite_queries/src/canister2/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister2/index.ts
rename to examples/composite_queries/src/canister2/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister3/index.did b/examples/composite_queries/src/canister3/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister3/index.did
rename to examples/composite_queries/src/canister3/index.did
diff --git a/examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister3/index.ts b/examples/composite_queries/src/canister3/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/composite_queries/canisters/canister3/index.ts
rename to examples/composite_queries/src/canister3/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/cross_canister_calls/dfx.json b/examples/cross_canister_calls/dfx.json
index 750a2649e1..6d313adbf0 100644
--- a/examples/cross_canister_calls/dfx.json
+++ b/examples/cross_canister_calls/dfx.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
         "canister1": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle canister1",
-            "root": "canisters/canister1",
-            "ts": "canisters/canister1/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/canister1/index.did",
+            "root": "src/canister1",
+            "ts": "src/canister1/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/canister1/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/canister1/canister1.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
         "canister2": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle canister2",
-            "root": "canisters/canister2",
-            "ts": "canisters/canister2/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/canister2/index.did",
+            "root": "src/canister2",
+            "ts": "src/canister2/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/canister2/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/canister2/canister2.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
diff --git a/examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister1/index.did b/examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister1/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister1/index.did
rename to examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister1/index.did
diff --git a/examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister1/index.ts b/examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister1/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister1/index.ts
rename to examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister1/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister2/index.did b/examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister2/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister2/index.did
rename to examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister2/index.did
diff --git a/examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister2/index.ts b/examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister2/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister2/index.ts
rename to examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister2/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister2/types.ts b/examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister2/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cross_canister_calls/canisters/canister2/types.ts
rename to examples/cross_canister_calls/src/canister2/types.ts
diff --git a/examples/cycles/dfx.json b/examples/cycles/dfx.json
index 062ab2e219..aa4139c43f 100644
--- a/examples/cycles/dfx.json
+++ b/examples/cycles/dfx.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
         "cycles": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle cycles",
-            "root": "canisters/cycles",
-            "ts": "canisters/cycles/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/cycles/index.did",
+            "root": "src/cycles",
+            "ts": "src/cycles/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/cycles/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/cycles/cycles.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
         "intermediary": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle intermediary",
-            "root": "canisters/intermediary",
-            "ts": "canisters/intermediary/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/intermediary/index.did",
+            "root": "src/intermediary",
+            "ts": "src/intermediary/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/intermediary/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/intermediary/intermediary.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
diff --git a/examples/cycles/canisters/cycles/index.did b/examples/cycles/src/cycles/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cycles/canisters/cycles/index.did
rename to examples/cycles/src/cycles/index.did
diff --git a/examples/cycles/canisters/cycles/index.ts b/examples/cycles/src/cycles/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cycles/canisters/cycles/index.ts
rename to examples/cycles/src/cycles/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/cycles/canisters/intermediary/index.did b/examples/cycles/src/intermediary/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cycles/canisters/intermediary/index.did
rename to examples/cycles/src/intermediary/index.did
diff --git a/examples/cycles/canisters/intermediary/index.ts b/examples/cycles/src/intermediary/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cycles/canisters/intermediary/index.ts
rename to examples/cycles/src/intermediary/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/ledger_canister/dfx.json b/examples/ledger_canister/dfx.json
index 194d60daef..8e8269ee4c 100644
--- a/examples/ledger_canister/dfx.json
+++ b/examples/ledger_canister/dfx.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
         "ledger_canister": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle ledger_canister",
-            "root": "canisters/ledger_canister",
-            "ts": "canisters/ledger_canister/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/ledger_canister/index.did",
+            "root": "src/ledger_canister",
+            "ts": "src/ledger_canister/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/ledger_canister/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/ledger_canister/ledger_canister.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
         },
         "icp_ledger": {
             "type": "custom",
-            "candid": "canisters/icp_ledger/ledger.private.did",
-            "wasm": "canisters/icp_ledger/ledger.wasm"
+            "candid": "src/icp_ledger/ledger.private.did",
+            "wasm": "src/icp_ledger/ledger.wasm"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/ledger_canister/canisters/icp_ledger/ledger.private.did b/examples/ledger_canister/src/icp_ledger/ledger.private.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/ledger_canister/canisters/icp_ledger/ledger.private.did
rename to examples/ledger_canister/src/icp_ledger/ledger.private.did
diff --git a/examples/ledger_canister/canisters/icp_ledger/ledger.public.did b/examples/ledger_canister/src/icp_ledger/ledger.public.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/ledger_canister/canisters/icp_ledger/ledger.public.did
rename to examples/ledger_canister/src/icp_ledger/ledger.public.did
diff --git a/examples/ledger_canister/src/icp_ledger/ledger.wasm b/examples/ledger_canister/src/icp_ledger/ledger.wasm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23f9fa80ed
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/ledger_canister/src/icp_ledger/ledger.wasm differ
diff --git a/examples/ledger_canister/canisters/ledger_canister/index.did b/examples/ledger_canister/src/ledger_canister/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/ledger_canister/canisters/ledger_canister/index.did
rename to examples/ledger_canister/src/ledger_canister/index.did
diff --git a/examples/ledger_canister/canisters/ledger_canister/index.ts b/examples/ledger_canister/src/ledger_canister/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/ledger_canister/canisters/ledger_canister/index.ts
rename to examples/ledger_canister/src/ledger_canister/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/notify_raw/dfx.json b/examples/notify_raw/dfx.json
index 750a2649e1..6d313adbf0 100644
--- a/examples/notify_raw/dfx.json
+++ b/examples/notify_raw/dfx.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
         "canister1": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle canister1",
-            "root": "canisters/canister1",
-            "ts": "canisters/canister1/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/canister1/index.did",
+            "root": "src/canister1",
+            "ts": "src/canister1/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/canister1/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/canister1/canister1.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
         "canister2": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle canister2",
-            "root": "canisters/canister2",
-            "ts": "canisters/canister2/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/canister2/index.did",
+            "root": "src/canister2",
+            "ts": "src/canister2/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/canister2/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/canister2/canister2.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
diff --git a/examples/notify_raw/canisters/canister1/index.did b/examples/notify_raw/src/canister1/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/notify_raw/canisters/canister1/index.did
rename to examples/notify_raw/src/canister1/index.did
diff --git a/examples/notify_raw/canisters/canister1/index.ts b/examples/notify_raw/src/canister1/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/notify_raw/canisters/canister1/index.ts
rename to examples/notify_raw/src/canister1/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/notify_raw/canisters/canister2/index.did b/examples/notify_raw/src/canister2/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/notify_raw/canisters/canister2/index.did
rename to examples/notify_raw/src/canister2/index.did
diff --git a/examples/notify_raw/canisters/canister2/index.ts b/examples/notify_raw/src/canister2/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/notify_raw/canisters/canister2/index.ts
rename to examples/notify_raw/src/canister2/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/rejections/dfx.json b/examples/rejections/dfx.json
index e3c7053726..69ffdb934d 100644
--- a/examples/rejections/dfx.json
+++ b/examples/rejections/dfx.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
         "rejections": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle rejections",
-            "root": "canisters/rejections",
-            "ts": "canisters/rejections/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/rejections/index.did",
+            "root": "src/rejections",
+            "ts": "src/rejections/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/rejections/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/rejections/rejections.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
         "some_canister": {
             "type": "custom",
             "build": "npx azle some_canister",
-            "root": "canisters/some_canister",
-            "ts": "canisters/some_canister/index.ts",
-            "candid": "canisters/some_canister/index.did",
+            "root": "src/some_canister",
+            "ts": "src/some_canister/index.ts",
+            "candid": "src/some_canister/index.did",
             "wasm": ".azle/some_canister/some_canister.wasm",
             "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
diff --git a/examples/rejections/canisters/rejections/index.did b/examples/rejections/src/rejections/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/rejections/canisters/rejections/index.did
rename to examples/rejections/src/rejections/index.did
diff --git a/examples/rejections/canisters/rejections/index.ts b/examples/rejections/src/rejections/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/rejections/canisters/rejections/index.ts
rename to examples/rejections/src/rejections/index.ts
diff --git a/examples/rejections/canisters/some_canister/index.did b/examples/rejections/src/some_canister/index.did
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/rejections/canisters/some_canister/index.did
rename to examples/rejections/src/some_canister/index.did
diff --git a/examples/rejections/canisters/some_canister/index.ts b/examples/rejections/src/some_canister/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/rejections/canisters/some_canister/index.ts
rename to examples/rejections/src/some_canister/index.ts