diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31a30c768e..db1f3ca155 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ coverage/
 /cypress/videos/
 /declarations/
 /dist/
+/examples/examples.css
 /examples/index.html
+/examples/static/
 /examples/thumbnails/
 /peer/
 /standalone/
diff --git a/generate-examples-index.json b/generate-examples-index.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4203ce30ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate-examples-index.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "base-url": "https://visjs.github.io/vis-network/",
+  "output-directory": "./examples",
+
+  "assets-local-directory": "./examples/static",
+  "assets-web-directory": "./static",
+  "examples-local-directory": "./examples/network",
+  "examples-web-directory": "./network",
+  "pages-local-directory": "./examples/static",
+  "pages-web-directory": "./static",
+
+  "index": true,
+  "lint": true,
+  "playgrounds": true,
+  "screenshots": true,
+
+  "container-id": "mynetwork",
+  "format": "html",
+  "parallel": 6,
+  "screenshot-script": "./scripts/examples-index/screenshot-script.js",
+  "title": "Vis Network Examples",
+  "verify": 100
+}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7dd509ca49..3b1ffb2dd3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6205,9 +6205,9 @@
       }
     },
     "date-fns": {
-      "version": "2.8.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.8.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EL/C8IHvYRwAHYgFRse4MGAPSqlJVlOrhVYZ75iQBKrnv+ZedmYsgwH3t+BCDuZDXpoo07+q9j4qgSSOa7irJg==",
+      "version": "2.9.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.9.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-khbFLu/MlzLjEzy9Gh8oY1hNt/Dvxw3J6Rbc28cVoYWQaC1S3YI4xwkF9ZWcjDLscbZlY9hISMr66RFzZagLsA==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "dateformat": {
@@ -20011,9 +20011,9 @@
       }
     },
     "vis-dev-utils": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vis-dev-utils/-/vis-dev-utils-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-/js/JW2vIqo16El99X1aItVxj5WpwTXug0/igu0HbqlZ9hWVH0xXtKzVwcX6a6DsaQZk0lMIdprh7E9OigyPFg==",
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vis-dev-utils/-/vis-dev-utils-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bo4pTWwABYrl8ffWlqgSU3YzFyU8AS/t56vQ0/095DkrgY+wUA2Mtkqw8iBMBt+bnplFuipsiIHz5eLRv0x1xQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "cheerio": "^1.0.0-rc.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89411a98d4..fcccee9062 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "build": "npm run build:declarations && npm run build:code && npm run build:legacy:types && npm run build:legacy:code && npm run build:legacy:images",
     "watch": "rollup --watch --config rollup.build.js",
     "watch-dev": "npm run watch-dev",
-    "generate-examples-index": "generate-examples-index -t \"Vis Network Examples\" -c mynetwork -d ./examples -w https://visjs.github.io/vis-network -S ./scripts/examples-index/screenshot-script.js -lis",
+    "generate-examples-index": "generate-examples-index --config generate-examples-index.json",
     "lint": "npm run lint:js && npm run lint:ts",
     "lint:js": "eslint '{lib,test}/**/*.js'",
     "lint:ts": "eslint '{cypress,lib,test}/**/*.ts'",
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     "timsort": "0.3.0",
     "typescript": "3.7.2",
     "vis-data": "6.3.2",
-    "vis-dev-utils": "1.2.0",
+    "vis-dev-utils": "2.1.0",
     "vis-util": "2.0.2"
   },
   "collective": {