diff --git a/tests/examples/test_examples.py b/tests/examples/test_examples.py
index 2e4803b1..edb5600c 100644
--- a/tests/examples/test_examples.py
+++ b/tests/examples/test_examples.py
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 import unittest
 import sys
+import os
 from SimPEG import Examples
 import numpy as np
 
+class compareInitFiles(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_compareInitFiles(self):
+        print 'Checking that __init__.py up-to-date in SimPEG/Examples'
+        fName = os.path.abspath(__file__)
+        ExamplesDir = os.path.sep.join(fName.split(os.path.sep)[:-3] + ['SimPEG', 'Examples'])
+
+        files = os.listdir(ExamplesDir)
+
+        pyfiles = []
+        [pyfiles.append(py.rstrip('.py')) for py in files if py.endswith('.py') and py != '__init__.py']
+
+        setdiff = set(pyfiles) - set(Examples.__examples__)
+
+        print ' Any missing files? ', setdiff 
+
+        didpass = (setdiff == set())
+
+        self.assertTrue(didpass, "Examples not up to date, run 'python __init__.py' from SimPEG/Examples to update")
+
 def get(test):
     def test_func(self):
         print '\nTesting %s.run(plotIt=False)\n'%test
@@ -10,11 +30,11 @@ def get(test):
         self.assertTrue(True)
     return test_func
 attrs = dict()
+
 for test in Examples.__examples__:
     attrs['test_'+test] = get(test)
 
 TestExamples = type('TestExamples', (unittest.TestCase,), attrs)
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()