diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 489ac4c..f8118ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ dist
 .tern-port
 
 .npmrc
-*.jsonl
+examples/**/*.jsonl
 .idea/
diff --git a/examples/basic/data-source.ts b/examples/basic/data-source.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bb202e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic/data-source.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import {DataSource, dataSources, Resource} from '../../src';
+
+export const autoIncrement = async (dataSource: DataSource) => {
+	const data = await dataSource.getMultiple() as Record<string, string>[];
+
+	const highestId = data.reduce<number>(
+		(highestId, d) => (Number(d.id) > highestId ? Number(d.id) : highestId),
+		-Infinity
+	);
+
+	if (Number.isFinite(highestId)) {
+		return (highestId + 1).toString();
+	}
+
+	return "1";
+};
+
+export const dataSource = (resource: Resource) => new dataSources.jsonlFile.DataSource(resource, 'examples/basic');
diff --git a/examples/basic/serializers.ts b/examples/basic/serializers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4b0da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic/serializers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+export const TEXT_SERIALIZER_PAIR = {
+	serialize(obj: unknown, level = 0): string {
+		if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
+			return obj.map((o) => this.serialize(o)).join('\n\n');
+		}
+
+		if (typeof obj === 'object') {
+			if (obj !== null) {
+				return Object.entries(obj)
+					.map(([key, value]) => `${Array(level * 2).fill(' ').join('')}${key}: ${this.serialize(value, level + 1)}`)
+					.join('\n');
+			}
+
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		if (typeof obj === 'number' && Number.isFinite(obj)) {
+			return obj.toString();
+		}
+
+		if (typeof obj === 'string') {
+			return obj;
+		}
+
+		return '';
+	},
+	deserialize: <T>(str: string) => str as T
+};
diff --git a/examples/basic/server.ts b/examples/basic/server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ed28f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic/server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import {
+	application,
+	resource,
+	valibot as v,
+	serializers
+} from '../../src';
+import {TEXT_SERIALIZER_PAIR} from './serializers';
+import {autoIncrement, dataSource} from './data-source';
+
+const Piano = resource(v.object(
+	{
+		brand: v.string()
+	},
+	v.never()
+))
+	.name('Piano')
+	.id('id', {
+		generationStrategy: autoIncrement,
+	});
+
+// TODO implement authentication and RBAC on each resource
+
+const User = resource(v.object(
+	{
+		firstName: v.string(),
+		middleName: v.string(),
+		lastName: v.string(),
+		bio: v.string(),
+		birthday: v.datelike()
+	},
+	v.never()
+))
+	.name('User')
+	.fullText('bio')
+	.id('id', {
+		generationStrategy: autoIncrement,
+	});
+
+const app = application({
+	name: 'piano-service',
+	dataSource,
+})
+	.contentType('application/json', serializers.applicationJson)
+	.contentType('text/json', serializers.textJson)
+	.contentType('text/plain', TEXT_SERIALIZER_PAIR)
+	.resource(Piano)
+	.resource(User);
+
+const server = app.createServer({
+	baseUrl: '/api'
+});
+
+server.listen(3000);
diff --git a/src/data-sources/file-jsonl.ts b/src/data-sources/file-jsonl.ts
index 7e9911c..f85e6d2 100644
--- a/src/data-sources/file-jsonl.ts
+++ b/src/data-sources/file-jsonl.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {readFile, writeFile} from 'fs/promises';
+import {join} from 'path';
 import {DataSource as DataSourceInterface, Resource} from '../core';
 
 export class DataSource<T extends Record<string, string>> implements DataSourceInterface<T> {
@@ -6,8 +7,8 @@ export class DataSource<T extends Record<string, string>> implements DataSourceI
 
 	data: T[] = [];
 
-	constructor(private readonly resource: Resource) {
-		this.path = `${this.resource.collectionName}.jsonl`;
+	constructor(private readonly resource: Resource,  private readonly baseDir = '') {
+		this.path = join(baseDir, `${this.resource.collectionName}.jsonl`);
 	}
 
 	async initialize() {
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a57bea2..0000000
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-import {
-	application,
-	DataSource,
-	resource,
-	valibot as v,
-	dataSources,
-	serializers
-} from '.';
-
-const autoIncrement = async (dataSource: DataSource) => {
-	const data = await dataSource.getMultiple() as Record<string, string>[];
-
-	const highestId = data.reduce<number>(
-		(highestId, d) => (Number(d.id) > highestId ? Number(d.id) : highestId),
-		-Infinity
-	);
-
-	if (Number.isFinite(highestId)) {
-		return (highestId + 1).toString();
-	}
-
-	return "1";
-};
-
-
-const TEXT_SERIALIZER_PAIR = {
-	serialize(obj: unknown, level = 0): string {
-		if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
-			return obj.map((o) => this.serialize(o)).join('\n\n');
-		}
-
-		if (typeof obj === 'object') {
-			if (obj !== null) {
-				return Object.entries(obj)
-					.map(([key, value]) => `${Array(level * 2).fill(' ').join('')}${key}: ${this.serialize(value, level + 1)}`)
-					.join('\n');
-			}
-
-			return '';
-		}
-
-		if (typeof obj === 'number' && Number.isFinite(obj)) {
-			return obj.toString();
-		}
-
-		if (typeof obj === 'string') {
-			return obj;
-		}
-
-		return '';
-	},
-	deserialize: <T>(str: string) => str as T
-};
-
-const Piano = resource(v.object(
-	{
-		brand: v.string()
-	},
-	v.never()
-))
-	.name('Piano')
-	.id('id', {
-		generationStrategy: autoIncrement,
-	});
-
-// TODO implement authentication and RBAC on each resource
-
-const User = resource(v.object(
-	{
-		firstName: v.string(),
-		middleName: v.string(),
-		lastName: v.string(),
-		bio: v.string(),
-		birthday: v.datelike()
-	},
-	v.never()
-))
-	.name('User')
-	.fullText('bio')
-	.id('id', {
-		generationStrategy: autoIncrement,
-	});
-
-const app = application({
-	name: 'piano-service',
-	dataSource: (resource) => new dataSources.jsonlFile.DataSource(resource),
-})
-	.contentType('application/json', serializers.applicationJson)
-	.contentType('text/json', serializers.textJson)
-	.contentType('text/plain', TEXT_SERIALIZER_PAIR)
-	.resource(Piano)
-	.resource(User);
-
-const server = app.createServer({
-	baseUrl: '/api'
-});
-
-server.listen(3000);
-