diff --git a/example_project/README.rst b/example_project/README.rst
index 8c1576d..c7d88e4 100644
--- a/example_project/README.rst
+++ b/example_project/README.rst
@@ -31,3 +31,13 @@
 
 You should then be able to open your browser on http://127.0.0.1:8000 and see
 postorius running.
+
+
+If you are using the example_application for development, you have to install
+postorius and mailmanclient another way. Be sure to have the virtualenv
+activated and from the base directory of the respective repositories
+you should run:
+
+::
+
+    $ python setup.py develop
diff --git a/example_project/requirements.txt b/example_project/requirements.txt
index 4629be6..c5ce90b 100644
--- a/example_project/requirements.txt
+++ b/example_project/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Django>1.8,<1.10
-# before a release replace it with the version about to be released
-../
+git+https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailmanclient.git
+git+https://gitlab.com/mailman/postorius.git
diff --git a/example_project/urls.py b/example_project/urls.py
index 50b85df..57e1492 100644
--- a/example_project/urls.py
+++ b/example_project/urls.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 admin.autodiscover()
 
-from postorius import views
+from postorius.views import list as list_views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
     url('', include('django_browserid.urls')),
-    url(r'^$', views.list.list_index),
+    url(r'^$', list_views.list_index),
     url(r'^postorius/', include('postorius.urls')),
 ]