diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index bf6d4266f5..a2c1f9fd7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check:
-    # Run `cargo check` first to ensure that the pushed code at least compiles.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        pwd:
+          - .
+          - examples
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@master
     - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
@@ -23,15 +27,13 @@ jobs:
         components: clippy, rustfmt
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v1
     - name: Check
-      uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-      with:
-        command: clippy
-        args: --all --all-targets --all-features
+      working-directory: ${{ matrix.pwd }}
+      run: |
+        cargo clippy --all --all-targets --all-features
     - name: rustfmt
-      uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-      with:
-        command: fmt
-        args: --all -- --check
+      working-directory: ${{ matrix.pwd }}
+      run: |
+        cargo fmt --all -- --check
 
   check-docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         args: >
           -p axum
           -p axum-extra
+          -p axum-core
           --all-features --all-targets
     # the compiler errors are different on 1.54 which makes
     # the trybuild tests in axum-macros fail, so just run the doc
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad2f0ff108..7dace2a393 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /target
+/examples/target
 Cargo.lock
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5120e29ccd..51b1cc394e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ members = [
     "axum-core",
     "axum-extra",
     "axum-macros",
-    "examples/*",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f10fc347e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[workspace]
+members = ["*"]
+exclude = ["target"]
diff --git a/examples/async-graphql/src/main.rs b/examples/async-graphql/src/main.rs
index 9bc47a03de..7d03d3b95f 100644
--- a/examples/async-graphql/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/async-graphql/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-async-graphql
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-async-graphql
 //! ```
 
 mod starwars;
diff --git a/examples/chat/src/main.rs b/examples/chat/src/main.rs
index 6ad186698a..5107323ea8 100644
--- a/examples/chat/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/chat/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-chat
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-chat
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/src/main.rs b/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/src/main.rs
index 9b4e42a303..1fdd90221a 100644
--- a/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/cors/src/main.rs b/examples/cors/src/main.rs
index 939b49d448..e74258dfc3 100644
--- a/examples/cors/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/cors/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-cors
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-cors
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/main.rs b/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/main.rs
index fcfd1726f1..bc0973b4c6 100644
--- a/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-customize-extractor-error
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-customize-extractor-error
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/customize-path-rejection/src/main.rs b/examples/customize-path-rejection/src/main.rs
index f78101f001..4e26894959 100644
--- a/examples/customize-path-rejection/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/customize-path-rejection/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-customize-path-rejection
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-customize-path-rejection
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/error-handling-and-dependency-injection/src/main.rs b/examples/error-handling-and-dependency-injection/src/main.rs
index b58c6432e9..d92b43bf49 100644
--- a/examples/error-handling-and-dependency-injection/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/error-handling-and-dependency-injection/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-error-handling-and-dependency-injection
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-error-handling-and-dependency-injection
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/form/src/main.rs b/examples/form/src/main.rs
index 6b11d0e644..7605bafffb 100644
--- a/examples/form/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/form/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-form
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-form
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{extract::Form, response::Html, routing::get, Router};
diff --git a/examples/global-404-handler/src/main.rs b/examples/global-404-handler/src/main.rs
index 896f743f19..385a0e21e3 100644
--- a/examples/global-404-handler/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/global-404-handler/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-global-404-handler
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-global-404-handler
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/graceful-shutdown/src/main.rs b/examples/graceful-shutdown/src/main.rs
index 3704889a85..f4a0fc29ed 100644
--- a/examples/graceful-shutdown/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/graceful-shutdown/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-graceful-shutdown
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-graceful-shutdown
 //! kill or ctrl-c
 //! ```
 
diff --git a/examples/hello-world/src/main.rs b/examples/hello-world/src/main.rs
index 466cacebcc..ed115f6b2f 100644
--- a/examples/hello-world/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/hello-world/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-hello-world
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-hello-world
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{response::Html, routing::get, Router};
diff --git a/examples/key-value-store/src/main.rs b/examples/key-value-store/src/main.rs
index 649e25c22e..0ad5b7f670 100644
--- a/examples/key-value-store/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/key-value-store/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Run with:
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-key-value-store
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-key-value-store
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/low-level-rustls/src/main.rs b/examples/low-level-rustls/src/main.rs
index 103cbcfcc0..1a0778740f 100644
--- a/examples/low-level-rustls/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/low-level-rustls/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-low-level-rustls
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-low-level-rustls
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{extract::ConnectInfo, routing::get, Router};
diff --git a/examples/multipart-form/src/main.rs b/examples/multipart-form/src/main.rs
index 87e70cc11c..7c6c141088 100644
--- a/examples/multipart-form/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/multipart-form/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-multipart-form
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-multipart-form
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/print-request-response/src/main.rs b/examples/print-request-response/src/main.rs
index 3357579f11..59c609dd83 100644
--- a/examples/print-request-response/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/print-request-response/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-print-request-response
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-print-request-response
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/prometheus-metrics/src/main.rs b/examples/prometheus-metrics/src/main.rs
index fc58882f7f..1152b3c795 100644
--- a/examples/prometheus-metrics/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/prometheus-metrics/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-prometheus-metrics
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-prometheus-metrics
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/src/main.rs b/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/src/main.rs
index aa42464384..0af20111d7 100644
--- a/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-query-params-with-empty-strings
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-query-params-with-empty-strings
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{extract::Query, routing::get, Router};
diff --git a/examples/readme/src/main.rs b/examples/readme/src/main.rs
index bdcb894557..a606893d60 100644
--- a/examples/readme/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/readme/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-readme
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-readme
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/reverse-proxy/src/main.rs b/examples/reverse-proxy/src/main.rs
index ab551e5bce..849af0b3ac 100644
--- a/examples/reverse-proxy/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/reverse-proxy/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-reverse-proxy
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-reverse-proxy
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/routes-and-handlers-close-together/src/main.rs b/examples/routes-and-handlers-close-together/src/main.rs
index d294093024..5e52ad7b55 100644
--- a/examples/routes-and-handlers-close-together/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/routes-and-handlers-close-together/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-routes-and-handlers-close-together
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-routes-and-handlers-close-together
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/sessions/src/main.rs b/examples/sessions/src/main.rs
index 079c0dc2b0..3251122c9a 100644
--- a/examples/sessions/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/sessions/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-sessions
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-sessions
 //! ```
 
 use async_session::{MemoryStore, Session, SessionStore as _};
diff --git a/examples/sqlx-postgres/src/main.rs b/examples/sqlx-postgres/src/main.rs
index 3e8f052502..9d101618db 100644
--- a/examples/sqlx-postgres/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/sqlx-postgres/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-sqlx-postgres
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-sqlx-postgres
 //! ```
 //!
 //! Test with curl:
diff --git a/examples/sse/src/main.rs b/examples/sse/src/main.rs
index 2bcab4c56d..d80f6685d5 100644
--- a/examples/sse/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/sse/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-sse
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-sse
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/static-file-server/src/main.rs b/examples/static-file-server/src/main.rs
index 7e1034ba01..fad452066d 100644
--- a/examples/static-file-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/static-file-server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-static-file-server
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-static-file-server
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{http::StatusCode, routing::get_service, Router};
diff --git a/examples/stream-to-file/src/main.rs b/examples/stream-to-file/src/main.rs
index 6a8bad953c..407d379d6c 100644
--- a/examples/stream-to-file/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/stream-to-file/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-stream-to-file
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-stream-to-file
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/templates/src/main.rs b/examples/templates/src/main.rs
index ec47a0836b..90ea206b75 100644
--- a/examples/templates/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/templates/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-templates
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-templates
 //! ```
 
 use askama::Template;
diff --git a/examples/tls-rustls/src/main.rs b/examples/tls-rustls/src/main.rs
index 862fca229d..18f74cb38d 100644
--- a/examples/tls-rustls/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/tls-rustls/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-tls-rustls
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-tls-rustls
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{routing::get, Router};
diff --git a/examples/todos/src/main.rs b/examples/todos/src/main.rs
index c4fd3ddd94..9a33416be3 100644
--- a/examples/todos/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/todos/src/main.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-todos
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-todos
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/tokio-postgres/src/main.rs b/examples/tokio-postgres/src/main.rs
index 2abac5badb..4489f616df 100644
--- a/examples/tokio-postgres/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/tokio-postgres/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-tokio-postgres
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-tokio-postgres
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/tracing-aka-logging/src/main.rs b/examples/tracing-aka-logging/src/main.rs
index edce16350b..8da6e5fed8 100644
--- a/examples/tracing-aka-logging/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/tracing-aka-logging/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-tracing-aka-logging
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-tracing-aka-logging
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/unix-domain-socket/src/main.rs b/examples/unix-domain-socket/src/main.rs
index f23734e9a6..2f67a4c1e7 100644
--- a/examples/unix-domain-socket/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/unix-domain-socket/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-unix-domain-socket
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-unix-domain-socket
 //! ```
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
diff --git a/examples/validator/src/main.rs b/examples/validator/src/main.rs
index ed0d34631f..c8ce8c0884 100644
--- a/examples/validator/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/validator/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-validator
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-validator
 //!
 //! curl '127.0.0.1:3000?name='
 //! -> Input validation error: [name: Can not be empty]
diff --git a/examples/versioning/src/main.rs b/examples/versioning/src/main.rs
index 2cde3edb8a..48ade3c90c 100644
--- a/examples/versioning/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/versioning/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-versioning
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-versioning
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{
diff --git a/examples/websockets/src/main.rs b/examples/websockets/src/main.rs
index f38da380b6..9dab67a09e 100644
--- a/examples/websockets/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/websockets/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Run with
 //!
 //! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-websockets
+//! cd examples && cargo run -p example-websockets
 //! ```
 
 use axum::{