diff --git a/ReadMe.txt b/ReadMe.txt
index 2974b200616a296506bf4b2df4d7d1a84ce67078..e15c6e354cecd55e04505e6b35d3208bdefc65b1 100644
--- a/ReadMe.txt
+++ b/ReadMe.txt
@@ -110,16 +110,6 @@ To build and run the simulation examples Geant4 will be required.
      or
   source ./bin/thisdd4hep.csh
 
-4.2) Running a first basic example
------------------------------------
- A simple 'Hello World' example can be found in examples/firstexample:
- cd examples/firstexample
- mkdir build
- cmake -DDD4hep_DIR=../../ ../
- make -j
- ./bin/Test_execute ../compact/Sensor_Test.xml
-
- A simple box should be shown now.  	
 
 
 5) Testing
@@ -146,6 +136,16 @@ To build and run the simulation examples Geant4 will be required.
   ctest -V -R units
   # runs only test_units
 
+ - running nightly builds and tests with cdash:
+
+  make NightlyStart
+  make NightlyConfigure
+  make NightlyBuild
+  make install
+  make NightlyTest
+  make NightlySubmit
+
+
 6) Extending
 ------------
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ on the cmake command line - replace 'cmake ..' below with, e.g:
 - then building the examples should be very straight forward. e.g:
    (check for additional instructions in example subdirectory)
 
-  cd ./examples/ILDExDet/
+  cd ./examples/SimpleDetector/
   mkdir build ; cd build 
   cmake ..
   make -j install
@@ -194,16 +194,16 @@ or build all examples in one go:
  
 
 - before running the example, initialize the environment:
-  . ./bin/thisILDExDet.sh 
+  . ./bin/thisSimpleDetector.sh 
 
 
 - then you can for example display the ILD detector (toy model):
 
-  geoDisplay ../compact/ILDEx.xml
+  geoDisplay ../compact/Simple_ILD.xml
 
 - or convert the compact to an lcdd file:
 
-  geoConverter -compact2lcdd -input file:../compact/ILDEx.xml -output ILD_toy.lcdd
+  geoConverter -compact2lcdd -input file:../compact/Simple_ILD.xml -output Simple_ILD.lcdd
 
 
 - running example tests:
diff --git a/doc/release.notes b/doc/release.notes
index dfbb444b19aea53bc0360203752859969e2c85d8..02f6242d26b1228a37ac197b7c1931f38bf63829 100644
--- a/doc/release.notes
+++ b/doc/release.notes
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ DD4hep  ----  Release Notes
       examples/firstExample/
       examples/noviceN04/
 
+ - enabled testing in nightly builds with cmake, ctest and cdash (FG)
 
  - plus many small bug fixes  (use svn log for details )