diff --git a/examples/advanced/_json_parser.py b/examples/advanced/_json_parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80d9101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/advanced/_json_parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+"""
+Simple JSON Parser
+==================
+
+The code is short and clear, and outperforms every other parser (that's written in Python).
+For an explanation, check out the JSON parser tutorial at /docs/json_tutorial.md
+
+(this is here for use by the other examples)
+"""
+import sys
+
+from lark import Lark, Transformer, v_args
+
+json_grammar = r"""
+    ?start: value
+
+    ?value: object
+          | array
+          | string
+          | SIGNED_NUMBER      -> number
+          | "true"             -> true
+          | "false"            -> false
+          | "null"             -> null
+
+    array  : "[" [value ("," value)*] "]"
+    object : "{" [pair ("," pair)*] "}"
+    pair   : string ":" value
+
+    string : ESCAPED_STRING
+
+    %import common.ESCAPED_STRING
+    %import common.SIGNED_NUMBER
+    %import common.WS
+
+    %ignore WS
+"""
+
+
+class TreeToJson(Transformer):
+    @v_args(inline=True)
+    def string(self, s):
+        return s[1:-1].replace('\\"', '"')
+
+    array = list
+    pair = tuple
+    object = dict
+    number = v_args(inline=True)(float)
+
+    null = lambda self, _: None
+    true = lambda self, _: True
+    false = lambda self, _: False
+
+
+### Create the JSON parser with Lark, using the LALR algorithm
+json_parser = Lark(json_grammar, parser='lalr',
+                   # Using the standard lexer isn't required, and isn't usually recommended.
+                   # But, it's good enough for JSON, and it's slightly faster.
+                   lexer='standard',
+                   # Disabling propagate_positions and placeholders slightly improves speed
+                   propagate_positions=False,
+                   maybe_placeholders=False,
+                   # Using an internal transformer is faster and more memory efficient
+                   transformer=TreeToJson())
+
diff --git a/examples/advanced/error_puppet.py b/examples/advanced/error_puppet.py
index b749749..36c14c4 100644
--- a/examples/advanced/error_puppet.py
+++ b/examples/advanced/error_puppet.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ to proceed step-by-step. When you've achieved the correct parse-state,
 you can resume the run by returning True.
 """
 
-from lark import UnexpectedToken, Token
+from lark import Token
 
-from .json_parser import json_parser
+from _json_parser import json_parser
 
 def ignore_errors(e):
     if e.token.type == 'COMMA':
diff --git a/examples/advanced/error_reporting_lalr.py b/examples/advanced/error_reporting_lalr.py
index bf95bd6..102f7b1 100644
--- a/examples/advanced/error_reporting_lalr.py
+++ b/examples/advanced/error_reporting_lalr.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ A demonstration of example-driven error reporting with the LALR parser
 """
 from lark import Lark, UnexpectedInput
 
-from .json_parser import json_grammar   # Using the grammar from the json_parser example
+from _json_parser import json_grammar   # Using the grammar from the json_parser example
 
 json_parser = Lark(json_grammar, parser='lalr')
 
diff --git a/examples/advanced/reconstruct_json.py b/examples/advanced/reconstruct_json.py
index 4506c3a..201bc32 100644
--- a/examples/advanced/reconstruct_json.py
+++ b/examples/advanced/reconstruct_json.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import json
 from lark import Lark
 from lark.reconstruct import Reconstructor
 
-from .json_parser import json_grammar
+from _json_parser import json_grammar
 
 test_json = '''
     {
diff --git a/examples/lark_grammar.py b/examples/lark_grammar.py
index e8566fb..b424e87 100644
--- a/examples/lark_grammar.py
+++ b/examples/lark_grammar.py
@@ -4,18 +4,22 @@ Lark Grammar
 
 A reference implementation of the Lark grammar (using LALR(1))
 """
-from lark import Lark
+import lark
+from pathlib import Path
 
-parser = Lark(open('examples/lark.lark'), parser="lalr")
+parser = lark.Lark.open('lark.lark', rel_to=__file__, parser="lalr")
+
+examples_path = Path(__file__).parent
+lark_path = Path(lark.__file__).parent
 
 grammar_files = [
-    'examples/python2.lark',
-    'examples/python3.lark',
-    'examples/lark.lark',
-    'examples/relative-imports/multiples.lark',
-    'examples/relative-imports/multiple2.lark',
-    'examples/relative-imports/multiple3.lark',
-    'lark/grammars/common.lark',
+    examples_path / 'lark.lark',
+    examples_path / 'advanced/python2.lark',
+    examples_path / 'advanced/python3.lark',
+    examples_path / 'relative-imports/multiples.lark',
+    examples_path / 'relative-imports/multiple2.lark',
+    examples_path / 'relative-imports/multiple3.lark',
+    lark_path / 'grammars/common.lark',
 ]
 
 def test():