diff --git a/examples/H5Fed/Makefile.am b/examples/H5Fed/Makefile.am
index d37b040..0717cb8 100644
--- a/examples/H5Fed/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/H5Fed/Makefile.am
@@ -3,15 +3,9 @@ FFLAGS += -cpp $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 AM_LDFLAGS += -L${abs_top_builddir}/src/h5core/.libs
 
 LDADD =
-
-if ENABLE_FORTRAN
-LDADD += -lH5hutF
-endif
-
 LDADD += -lH5hut
 
 if ENABLE_EXAMPLES
-if ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL
 noinst_PROGRAMS =				\
 		tetmesh_write			\
 		tetmesh_write1			\
@@ -44,7 +38,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST =					\
 		trimesh_2gnuplot.c		\
 		trimesh_write_dunetest.c
 endif
-endif
 #		map_tet2globalid.c \
 #		map_triangle2globalid.c \
 #		$(bin_SCRIPTS)
diff --git a/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_adjacencies.c b/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_adjacencies.c
index 22c4fe8..ed9e0f1 100644
--- a/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_adjacencies.c
+++ b/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_adjacencies.c
@@ -546,8 +546,9 @@ main (
 
 	/* abort program on error, so we don't have to handle them */
 	H5SetErrorHandler (H5AbortErrorhandler);
-	H5SetVerbosityLevel (2);
-
+	//H5SetVerbosityLevel (H5_DEBUG_ALL);
+	H5SetVerbosityLevel (0);
+	
 	/* open file and get number of meshes */
 	h5_file_t f = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_RDONLY, 0);
 	h5_size_t num_meshes = H5FedGetNumTetrahedralMeshes (f);
diff --git a/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_read.c b/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_read.c
index 4f47d7b..4bb883f 100644
--- a/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_read.c
+++ b/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_read.c
@@ -336,20 +336,13 @@ main (
 	int argc,
 	char* argv[]
 	) {
-	MPI_Comm comm = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
-
-	int myproc;
-	int nprocs;
-	MPI_Init (&argc, &argv);
-	MPI_Comm_size (comm, &nprocs);
-	MPI_Comm_rank (comm, &myproc);
 
 	/* abort program on error, so we don't have to handle them */
 	H5SetErrorHandler (H5AbortErrorhandler);
-	H5SetVerbosityLevel (2);
+	H5SetVerbosityLevel (0);
 
 	/* open file and get number of meshes */
-	h5_file_t f = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_RDONLY, comm);
+	h5_file_t f = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_RDONLY, H5_PROP_DEFAULT);
 	h5_size_t num_meshes = H5FedGetNumTetrahedralMeshes (f);
 	printf ("    Number of meshes: %lld\n", (long long)num_meshes);
 
diff --git a/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_write.c b/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_write.c
index 4996507..86c418b 100644
--- a/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_write.c
+++ b/examples/H5Fed/tetmesh_write.c
@@ -44,20 +44,13 @@ main (
 	int argc,
 	char* argv[]
 	) {
-	MPI_Comm comm = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
-
-	int myproc;
-	int nprocs;
-	MPI_Init (&argc, &argv);
-	MPI_Comm_size (comm, &nprocs);
-	MPI_Comm_rank (comm, &myproc);
 
 	/* abort program on errors in library */
 	H5SetErrorHandler (H5AbortErrorhandler);
 	H5SetVerbosityLevel (5);
 
 	/* open file and add mesh */
-	h5_file_t const f = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_WRONLY, comm);
+	h5_file_t const f = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_WRONLY, H5_PROP_DEFAULT);
 	h5t_mesh_t* mesh;
 	H5FedAddTetrahedralMesh (f, "0", &mesh);
 
diff --git a/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_2gnuplot.c b/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_2gnuplot.c
index 37ae6ec..83dffad 100644
--- a/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_2gnuplot.c
+++ b/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_2gnuplot.c
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ main (
 	char* argv[]
 	) {
 
-#if defined (PARALLEL_IO)
-	MPI_Comm comm = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
-	MPI_Init (&argc, &argv);
-#else
-	MPI_Comm comm = 0;
-#endif
 	if (argc < 2 || argc > 3) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "Usage: %s FILE [LEVEL]\n", argv[0]);
 		exit (42);
@@ -73,7 +67,7 @@ main (
 	H5SetVerbosityLevel (0);
 
 	/* open file and get number of meshes */
-	h5_file_t f = H5OpenFile (argv[1], H5_O_RDONLY, comm);
+	h5_file_t f = H5OpenFile (argv[1], H5_O_RDONLY, H5_PROP_DEFAULT);
 	h5t_mesh_t*  m;
 	H5FedOpenTriangleMeshByIndex (f, 0, &m);
 	int num_levels = H5FedGetNumLevels (m);
diff --git a/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_adjacencies.c b/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_adjacencies.c
index 1a23a5d..bfd535c 100644
--- a/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_adjacencies.c
+++ b/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_adjacencies.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ traverse_elems (
 	clock_t t_min = CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
 	clock_t t_max = 0;
 	clock_t t = 0;
-	printf ("\nAdjacencies to tetrahedra\n");
+	printf ("\nAdjacencies to triangles\n");
 	h5t_iterator_t* iter = H5FedBeginTraverseEntities (m, 0);
 	while ((local_id = H5FedTraverseEntities (iter)) >= 0) {
 		print_adjacencies_of_elem (m, local_id, &t);
diff --git a/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_read.c b/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_read.c
index b70e4cb..e4c968c 100644
--- a/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_read.c
+++ b/examples/H5Fed/trimesh_read.c
@@ -236,19 +236,12 @@ main (
 	char* argv[]
 	) {
 
-#if defined (PARALLEL_IO)
-	MPI_Comm comm = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
-	MPI_Init (&argc, &argv);
-#else
-	MPI_Comm comm = 0;
-#endif
-
 	/* abort program on error, so we don't have to handle them */
 	H5SetErrorHandler (H5AbortErrorhandler);
-	H5SetVerbosityLevel (0);
+	H5SetVerbosityLevel (H5_DEBUG_ALL);
 
 	/* open file and get number of meshes */
-	h5_file_t f = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_RDONLY, comm);
+	h5_file_t f = H5OpenFile (FNAME, H5_O_RDONLY, H5_PROP_DEFAULT);
 	h5_size_t num_meshes = H5FedGetNumTriangleMeshes (f);
 	printf ("    Number of meshes: %lld\n", (long long)num_meshes);
 
diff --git a/examples/H5Part/read_core_vfd.c b/examples/H5Part/read_core_vfd.c
index 5ded9e5..a8b0e88 100644
--- a/examples/H5Part/read_core_vfd.c
+++ b/examples/H5Part/read_core_vfd.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ main (
 	
         // initialize MPI & H5hut
         MPI_Init (&argc, &argv);
-        MPI_Comm comm = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
         int comm_size = 1;
         MPI_Comm_size (comm, &comm_size);
         int comm_rank = 0;
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ main (
 	// cleanup
 	free (data);
         H5CloseFile (file);
-        return MPI_Finalize ();
+	MPI_Finalize ();
+        return H5_SUCCESS;
 }