diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ca2c17..f7039fd 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ target_link_libraries(vk-bootstrap-triangle
         vk-bootstrap
         vk-bootstrap-compiler-warnings
         vk-boostrap-vulkan-headers)
+target_include_directories(vk-bootstrap-triangle PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}) #path to build directory for shaders
 
 add_custom_command(
         TARGET vk-bootstrap-triangle
@@ -12,4 +13,9 @@ add_custom_command(
         COMMAND
         ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/example/shaders ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-        DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
\ No newline at end of file
+        DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+
+configure_file (
+        "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/example/example_config.h.in"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/example_config.h"
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/example_config.h.in b/example/example_config.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a29bed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example_config.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#define EXAMPLE_SOURCE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+#define EXAMPLE_BUILD_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/triangle.cpp b/example/triangle.cpp
index f9089b7..ce0b8f8 100644
--- a/example/triangle.cpp
+++ b/example/triangle.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include "../tests/common.h"
 
+#include "example_config.h"
+
 const int MAX_FRAMES_IN_FLIGHT = 2;
 
 struct Init {
@@ -184,8 +186,8 @@ VkShaderModule createShaderModule (Init& init, const std::vector<char>& code) {
 }
 
 int create_graphics_pipeline (Init& init, RenderData& data) {
-	auto vert_code = readFile ("vert.spv");
-	auto frag_code = readFile ("frag.spv");
+	auto vert_code = readFile(std::string(EXAMPLE_BUILD_DIRECTORY) + "/vert.spv");
+	auto frag_code = readFile(std::string(EXAMPLE_BUILD_DIRECTORY) + "/frag.spv");
 
 	VkShaderModule vert_module = createShaderModule (init, vert_code);
 	VkShaderModule frag_module = createShaderModule (init, frag_code);