diff --git a/matlab/examples/Pose2SLAMExample_graph.m b/matlab/examples/Pose2SLAMExample_graph.m
index 5564ef30e..7a8644432 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/Pose2SLAMExample_graph.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/Pose2SLAMExample_graph.m
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 %% Initialize graph, initial estimate, and odometry noise
 model = gtsamSharedNoiseModel_Sigmas([0.05; 0.05; 5*pi/180]);
-[graph,initial]=load2D('../Data/w100-odom.graph',model);
+[graph,initial]=load2D('../../examples/Data/w100-odom.graph',model);
 initial.print(sprintf('Initial estimate:\n'));
 
 %% Add a Gaussian prior on pose x_1
diff --git a/matlab/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_graph.m b/matlab/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_graph.m
index 115e4341c..acaf2c920 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_graph.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_graph.m
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 N = 2500;
-% filename = '../Data/sphere_smallnoise.graph';
-% filename = '../Data/sphere2500_groundtruth.txt';
-filename = '../Data/sphere2500.txt';
+% filename = '../../examples/Data/sphere_smallnoise.graph';
+% filename = '../../examples/Data/sphere2500_groundtruth.txt';
+filename = '../../examples/Data/sphere2500.txt';
 
 %% Initialize graph, initial estimate, and odometry noise
-[graph,initial]=load3D(filename,model,true,N);
 model = gtsamSharedNoiseModel_Sigmas([0.05; 0.05; 0.05; 5*pi/180; 5*pi/180; 5*pi/180]);
+[graph,initial]=load3D(filename,model,true,N);
 
 %% Plot Initial Estimate
 figure(1);clf
diff --git a/matlab/examples/VO_Example.m b/matlab/examples/VO_Example.m
index fa1512e00..1b2db3bf3 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/VO_Example.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/VO_Example.m
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 %% Load calibration
 % format: fx fy skew cx cy baseline
-calib = dlmread('../Data/VO_calibration.txt');
+calib = dlmread('../../examples/Data/VO_calibration.txt');
 K = gtsamCal3_S2Stereo(calib(1), calib(2), calib(3), calib(4), calib(5), calib(6));
 stereo_model = gtsamSharedNoiseModel_Sigmas([1.0; 1.0; 1.0]);
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ initial = visualSLAMValues;
 %% load the initial poses from VO
 % row format: camera_id 4x4 pose (row, major)
 fprintf(1,'Reading data\n');
-cameras = dlmread('../Data/VO_camera_poses.txt');
+cameras = dlmread('../../examples/Data/VO_camera_poses.txt');
 for i=1:size(cameras,1)
     pose = gtsamPose3(reshape(cameras(i,2:17),4,4)');
     initial.insertPose(symbol('x',cameras(i,1)),pose);
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ end
 
 %% load stereo measurements and initialize landmarks
 % camera_id landmark_id uL uR v X Y Z
-measurements = dlmread('../Data/VO_stereo_factors.txt');
+measurements = dlmread('../../examples/Data/VO_stereo_factors.txt');
 
 fprintf(1,'Creating Graph\n'); tic
 for i=1:size(measurements,1)