diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62b900c..b30399e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ tags
 .mypy_cache
 /dist
 /build
-docs/_build
\ No newline at end of file
+docs/_build
+docs/examples
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e41cf0b..5f874e9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -176,5 +176,9 @@ texinfo_documents = [
      'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 
+# -- Sphinx gallery config -------------------------------------------
 
-
+sphinx_gallery_conf = {
+    'examples_dirs': ['../examples'],
+    'gallery_dirs': ['examples'],
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/examples b/docs/examples
deleted file mode 120000
index 785887f..0000000
--- a/docs/examples
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../examples/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 0ddadb3..c3163a1 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Welcome to Lark's documentation!
    how_to_use
    how_to_develop
    recipes
-   auto_examples/index
+   examples/index
 
 
 .. toctree::
diff --git a/examples/README.rst b/examples/README.rst
index 977c318..e72cb5b 100644
--- a/examples/README.rst
+++ b/examples/README.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 Examples for Lark
 =================
 
-How to run the examples
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**How to run the examples**:
 
 After cloning the repo, open the terminal into the root directory of the
 project, and run the following: