diff --git a/docs/examples/batch_convert.py b/docs/examples/batch_convert.py
index 73498915..da1c701f 100644
--- a/docs/examples/batch_convert.py
+++ b/docs/examples/batch_convert.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def main():
         raises_on_error=False,  # to let conversion run through all and examine results at the end
     )
     success_count, partial_success_count, failure_count = export_documents(
-        conv_results, output_dir=Path("../../examples/scratch")
+        conv_results, output_dir=Path("scratch")
     )
 
     end_time = time.time() - start_time
diff --git a/docs/examples/custom_convert.py b/docs/examples/custom_convert.py
index 67d58a6b..8c753396 100644
--- a/docs/examples/custom_convert.py
+++ b/docs/examples/custom_convert.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def main():
     _log.info(f"Document converted in {end_time:.2f} seconds.")
 
     ## Export results
-    output_dir = Path("../../examples/scratch")
+    output_dir = Path("scratch")
     output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     doc_filename = conv_result.input.file.stem
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/export_figures.py b/docs/examples/export_figures.py
index d6fed16d..1110b0f1 100644
--- a/docs/examples/export_figures.py
+++ b/docs/examples/export_figures.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def main():
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
     input_doc_path = Path("./tests/data/2206.01062.pdf")
-    output_dir = Path("../../examples/scratch")
+    output_dir = Path("scratch")
 
     # Important: For operating with page images, we must keep them, otherwise the DocumentConverter
     # will destroy them for cleaning up memory.
diff --git a/docs/examples/export_multimodal.py b/docs/examples/export_multimodal.py
index 3646aea3..72845f41 100644
--- a/docs/examples/export_multimodal.py
+++ b/docs/examples/export_multimodal.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def main():
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
     input_doc_path = Path("./tests/data/2206.01062.pdf")
-    output_dir = Path("../../examples/scratch")
+    output_dir = Path("scratch")
 
     # Important: For operating with page images, we must keep them, otherwise the DocumentConverter
     # will destroy them for cleaning up memory.
diff --git a/docs/examples/export_tables.py b/docs/examples/export_tables.py
index ff962e80..68b9ce47 100644
--- a/docs/examples/export_tables.py
+++ b/docs/examples/export_tables.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def main():
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
     input_doc_path = Path("./tests/data/2206.01062.pdf")
-    output_dir = Path("../../examples/scratch")
+    output_dir = Path("scratch")
 
     doc_converter = DocumentConverter()
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/run_with_formats.py b/docs/examples/run_with_formats.py
index 4ae7055c..1767980c 100644
--- a/docs/examples/run_with_formats.py
+++ b/docs/examples/run_with_formats.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ doc_converter = (
 conv_results = doc_converter.convert_all(input_paths)
 
 for res in conv_results:
-    out_path = Path("../../examples/scratch")
+    out_path = Path("scratch")
     print(
         f"Document {res.input.file.name} converted."
         f"\nSaved markdown output to: {str(out_path)}"
diff --git a/examples/custom_convert.py b/examples/custom_convert.py
deleted file mode 120000
index dc4e853e..00000000
--- a/examples/custom_convert.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../docs/examples/custom_convert.py
\ No newline at end of file