diff --git a/R/dwca.R b/R/dwca.R
index 3c855c6..ba6631a 100644
--- a/R/dwca.R
+++ b/R/dwca.R
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #' won't invoke the caching route, but will go directly to the file/directory.
 #'
 #' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
 #' # set up a temporary directory for the example
 #' dwca_cache$cache_path_set(path = "finch", type = "tempdir")
 #' 
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
 #' x$dataset_meta[[1]]
 #' x$data
 #'
-#' \dontrun{
 #' # Read data
 #' (x <- dwca_read(dir, read=TRUE))
 #' head(x$data[[1]])
diff --git a/R/simple.R b/R/simple.R
index 7513b38..4169f22 100644
--- a/R/simple.R
+++ b/R/simple.R
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #' position rather than name since duplicate names are allowed in chunks.
 #'
 #' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
 #' # SimpleDarwinRecordSet examples
 #' file <- system.file("examples", "example_simple.xml", package = "finch")
 #' simple_read(file)
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 #' res$locations
 #' ## chunks, the first one
 #' res$chunks[[1]]
+#' }
 simple_read <- function(file) {
   if (!file.exists(file)) stop("file does not exist", call. = FALSE)
   xml <- read_xml(file)
diff --git a/man/dwca_read.Rd b/man/dwca_read.Rd
index e85bfca..1c52e6a 100644
--- a/man/dwca_read.Rd
+++ b/man/dwca_read.Rd
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pull from the cache. Passing a file or directory on your local system
 won't invoke the caching route, but will go directly to the file/directory.
 }
 \examples{
+\dontrun{
 # set up a temporary directory for the example
 dwca_cache$cache_path_set(path = "finch", type = "tempdir")
 
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ x$highmeta
 x$dataset_meta[[1]]
 x$data
 
-\dontrun{
 # Read data
 (x <- dwca_read(dir, read=TRUE))
 head(x$data[[1]])
diff --git a/man/simple_read.Rd b/man/simple_read.Rd
index 08abc54..06bd89f 100644
--- a/man/simple_read.Rd
+++ b/man/simple_read.Rd
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Make sure when reading a DarwinRecordSet to access the chunks by
 position rather than name since duplicate names are allowed in chunks.
 }
 \examples{
+\dontrun{
 # SimpleDarwinRecordSet examples
 file <- system.file("examples", "example_simple.xml", package = "finch")
 simple_read(file)
@@ -51,3 +52,4 @@ res$locations
 ## chunks, the first one
 res$chunks[[1]]
 }
+}