diff --git a/SimPEG/Examples/__init__.py b/SimPEG/Examples/__init__.py
index 894d6ea0..7ef15451 100644
--- a/SimPEG/Examples/__init__.py
+++ b/SimPEG/Examples/__init__.py
@@ -29,16 +29,17 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     from SimPEG import Examples
 
     # Create the examples dir in the docs folder.
-    docExamplesDir = os.path.sep.join(os.path.realpath(__file__).split(os.path.sep)[:-3] + ['docs', 'examples'])
+    fName = os.path.realpath(__file__)
+    docExamplesDir = os.path.sep.join(fName.split(os.path.sep)[:-3] + ['docs', 'examples'])
     shutil.rmtree(docExamplesDir)
     os.makedirs(docExamplesDir)
 
     # Get all the python examples in this folder
-    thispath = os.path.sep.join(__file__.split(os.path.sep)[:-1])
+    thispath = os.path.sep.join(fName.split(os.path.sep)[:-1])
     exfiles  = [f[:-3] for f in os.listdir(thispath) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(thispath, f)) and f.endswith('.py') and not f.startswith('_')]
 
     # Add the imports to the top in the AUTOIMPORTS section
-    f = file(__file__, 'r')
+    f = file(fName, 'r')
     inimports = False
     out = ''
     for line in f:
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 out += '\n##### AUTOIMPORTS #####\n'
     f.close()
 
-    f = file(__file__, 'w')
+    f = file(fName, 'w')
     f.write(out)
     f.close()