diff --git a/examples/attributes.py b/examples/attributes.py
index 4f3c452..ca28df9 100644
--- a/examples/attributes.py
+++ b/examples/attributes.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def project():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    set_option('display.height', 1000)
     set_option('display.max_rows', 500)
     set_option('display.max_columns', 500)
     set_option('display.width', 1000)
diff --git a/examples/commit_history.py b/examples/commit_history.py
index 1febb39..69848fc 100644
--- a/examples/commit_history.py
+++ b/examples/commit_history.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import numpy as np
 from pandas import set_option
 
+from definitions import GIT_PANDAS_DIR
+
 __author__ = 'willmcginnis'
 
 
@@ -80,11 +82,10 @@ def repository(path):
     print(etns)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    set_option('display.height', 1000)
     set_option('display.max_rows', 500)
     set_option('display.max_columns', 500)
     set_option('display.width', 1000)
 
-    path = os.path.abspath('../../git-pandas')
+    path = os.path.abspath(GIT_PANDAS_DIR)
     project(path)
     repository(path)
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diff --git a/examples/definitions.py b/examples/definitions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3d8723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/definitions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+GIT_PANDAS_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
diff --git a/examples/file_change_rates.py b/examples/file_change_rates.py
index 71b277f..7dd103a 100644
--- a/examples/file_change_rates.py
+++ b/examples/file_change_rates.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import os
 from gitpandas import Repository
 
+from definitions import GIT_PANDAS_DIR
+
 __author__ = 'willmcginnis'
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    repo = Repository(working_dir=os.path.abspath('../../git-pandas'))
+    repo = Repository(working_dir=GIT_PANDAS_DIR)
     fc = repo.file_change_rates(include_globs=['*.py'], coverage=True)
     print(fc)
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diff --git a/examples/hours_estimate.py b/examples/hours_estimate.py
index aebc887..dbe8751 100644
--- a/examples/hours_estimate.py
+++ b/examples/hours_estimate.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import os
 from gitpandas.repository import Repository
 
+from definitions import GIT_PANDAS_DIR
+
 __author__ = 'willmcginnis'
 
-# get the path of this repo
-path = os.path.abspath('../../git-pandas')
 
 # build an example repository object and try some things out
 ignore_dirs = ['tests/*']
-r = Repository(path, verbose=True)
+r = Repository(GIT_PANDAS_DIR, verbose=True)
 
 # get the hours estimate for this repository (using 30 mins per commit)
 he = r.hours_estimate(
diff --git a/examples/parallel_blame.py b/examples/parallel_blame.py
index e97a31a..b6fab83 100644
--- a/examples/parallel_blame.py
+++ b/examples/parallel_blame.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from gitpandas import Repository
 import time
 
+from definitions import GIT_PANDAS_DIR
+
 __author__ = 'willmcginnis'
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    g = Repository(working_dir='..')
+    g = Repository(working_dir=GIT_PANDAS_DIR)
 
     st = time.time()
     blame = g.cumulative_blame(branch='master', include_globs=['*.py', '*.html', '*.sql', '*.md'], limit=None, skip=None)
diff --git a/examples/project_blame.py b/examples/project_blame.py
index ea345e6..dd62d64 100644
--- a/examples/project_blame.py
+++ b/examples/project_blame.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import os
 from gitpandas import ProjectDirectory
 
+from definitions import GIT_PANDAS_DIR
+
 __author__ = 'willmcginnis'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    g = ProjectDirectory(working_dir=os.path.abspath('../'))
+    g = ProjectDirectory(working_dir=GIT_PANDAS_DIR)
 
     b = g.blame(include_globs=['*.py'], ignore_globs=['lib/*', 'docs/*'], by='file')
     print(b.head(5))
diff --git a/examples/punchcard.py b/examples/punchcard.py
index bb6bb6c..b464143 100644
--- a/examples/punchcard.py
+++ b/examples/punchcard.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 from gitpandas.utilities.plotting import plot_punchcard
 from gitpandas import ProjectDirectory
 
-g = ProjectDirectory(working_dir=[...], verbose=True)
+from definitions import GIT_PANDAS_DIR
+
+g = ProjectDirectory(working_dir=[str(GIT_PANDAS_DIR)], verbose=True)
 
 by = None
 punchcard = g.punchcard(branch='master', include_globs=['*.py'], by=by, normalize=2500)
diff --git a/examples/repo_file_detail.py b/examples/repo_file_detail.py
index 810b6c4..6a0715c 100644
--- a/examples/repo_file_detail.py
+++ b/examples/repo_file_detail.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import os
 from gitpandas import ProjectDirectory
 
+from definitions import GIT_PANDAS_DIR
+
 __author__ = 'willmcginnis'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    g = ProjectDirectory(working_dir=os.path.abspath('../'))
+    g = ProjectDirectory(working_dir=GIT_PANDAS_DIR)
 
     b = g.file_detail(include_globs=['*.py'], ignore_globs=['lib/*', 'docs/*'])
     print(b.head(25))
diff --git a/gitpandas/project.py b/gitpandas/project.py
index f7e7e31..08ce975 100644
--- a/gitpandas/project.py
+++ b/gitpandas/project.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ def file_detail(self, rev='HEAD', committer=True, ignore_globs=None, include_glo
             except GitCommandError:
                 print('Warning! Repo: %s couldnt be inspected' % (repo, ))
 
-        df = df.reset_index(level=1)
+        df = df.reset_index(level=-1)
         df = df.set_index(['file', 'repository'])
         return df
 
diff --git a/gitpandas/repository.py b/gitpandas/repository.py
index d096531..9cbc53a 100644
--- a/gitpandas/repository.py
+++ b/gitpandas/repository.py
@@ -920,13 +920,13 @@ def file_detail(self, include_globs=None, ignore_globs=None, rev='HEAD', committ
             committer=committer,
             by='file'
         )
-        blame = blame.reset_index(level=1)
-        blame = blame.reset_index(level=1)
+        blame = blame.reset_index(level=-1)
+        blame = blame.reset_index(level=-1)
 
         # reduce it to files and total LOC
         df = blame.reindex(columns=['file', 'loc'])
         df = df.groupby('file').agg({'loc': np.sum})
-        df = df.reset_index(level=1)
+        df = df.reset_index(level=-1)
 
         # map in file owners
         df['file_owner'] = df['file'].map(lambda x: self.file_owner(rev, x, committer=committer))
diff --git a/gitpandas/utilities/plotting.py b/gitpandas/utilities/plotting.py
index 421258b..456bcbd 100644
--- a/gitpandas/utilities/plotting.py
+++ b/gitpandas/utilities/plotting.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def plot_punchcard(df, metric='lines', title='punchcard', by=None):
         else:
             sub_df = df
         fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, title and 3 or 2.5), facecolor='#ffffff')
-        ax = fig.add_subplot('111', facecolor='#ffffff')
+        ax = fig.add_subplot(111, facecolor='#ffffff')
         fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.06, bottom=0.04, right=0.98, top=0.95)
         if by is not None:
             ax.set_title(title + ' (%s)' % (str(val), ), y=0.96).set_color('#333333')
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f34029b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-e .[examples]
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e41f13d..65307b3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 # Bare Minimum, to run tests add nose, to run some examples, add matplotlib
-gitpython>=1.0.0
-numpy>=1.9.0
-pandas>=0.16.0
-requests
-redis
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+-e .
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ad2f5d5..cc0a670 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
     install_requires=[
         'gitpython>=1.0.0',
         'numpy>=1.9.0',
-        'pandas>=0.16.0'
+        'pandas>=0.16.0',
+        'requests',
+        'redis'
     ],
+    extras_require={
+        'examples': ['matplotlib', 'lifelines'],
+    },
     author_email='will@pedalwrencher.com'
 )
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