diff --git a/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/manager.js b/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/manager.js
index 1d207b1d66..7bc88acfa0 100644
--- a/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/manager.js
+++ b/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/manager.js
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 /// @author Copyright 2013, triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const joi = require('joi');
diff --git a/utils/generateExamples b/utils/generateExamples
deleted file mode 120000
index e5224d533e..0000000000
--- a/utils/generateExamples
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-run
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/generateExamples b/utils/generateExamples
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fe0aa414b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/generateExamples
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+export PID=$$
+
+if test -n "$ORIGINAL_PATH"; then
+  # running in cygwin...
+  PS='\'
+  export EXT=".exe"
+else
+  export EXT=""
+  PS='/'
+fi;
+
+SCRIPT="utils${PS}generateExamples.js"
+LOGFILE="out${PS}log-$PID"
+DBDIR="out${PS}data-$PID"
+
+mkdir -p ${DBDIR}
+
+echo Database has its data in ${DBDIR}
+echo Logfile is in ${LOGFILE}
+
+if [ -z "${ARANGOD}" ];  then
+  if [ -x build/bin/arangod ];  then
+    ARANGOD=build/bin/arangod
+  elif [ -x bin/arangosh ];  then
+    ARANGOD=bin/arangod
+  else
+    echo "$0: cannot locate arangod"
+  fi
+fi
+
+${ARANGOD} \
+    --configuration none \
+    --cluster.agent-path bin${PS}etcd-arango${EXT} \
+    --cluster.arangod-path bin${PS}arangod \
+    --cluster.coordinator-config etc${PS}relative${PS}arangod-coordinator.conf \
+    --cluster.dbserver-config etc${PS}relative${PS}arangod-dbserver.conf \
+    --cluster.disable-dispatcher-frontend false \
+    --cluster.disable-dispatcher-kickstarter false \
+    --cluster.data-path cluster \
+    --cluster.log-path cluster \
+    --database.directory ${DBDIR} \
+    --log.file ${LOGFILE} \
+    --server.endpoint tcp://127.0.0.1:$PORT \
+    --javascript.startup-directory js \
+    --javascript.app-path js${PS}apps \
+    --javascript.script $SCRIPT \
+    --no-server \
+    --temp-path ${PS}var${PS}tmp \
+    "${ARGS[@]}" \
+
+if test $? -eq 0; then
+  echo "removing ${LOGFILE} ${DBDIR}"
+  rm -rf ${LOGFILE} ${DBDIR}
+else
+  echo "failed - don't remove ${LOGFILE} ${DBDIR} - here's the logfile:"
+  cat ${LOGFILE}
+fi
+
+echo Server has terminated.