diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d46a068..425848c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ build
 dist
 .hg
 .DS_Store
+examples/db/
+examples/logs/
+examples/media/
+examples/static/
+examples/example/local_settings.py
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diff --git a/examples/README.rst b/examples/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..153002a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+================================
+Example project for django-axes
+================================
+
+Installation
+================================
+1. Run the install.sh script:
+
+    $ ./install.sh
+
+2. Run the server:
+
+    $ ./manage.py runserver
+
+3. Try the app:
+
+There are two admin accounts created:
+
+- admin:test
+- test:test
+
+Open the http://localhost:8000/admin/axes/accessattempt/ URL and log in using admin:admin.
+
+In another browser open http://localhost:8000/admin/ URL and try to log in using test:1 (wrong
+password). After your 3-rd wrong login attempt, your account would be locked out.
+
+Testing
+================================
+To test the app in an easy way do as follows:
+
+    $ ./test.sh
diff --git a/examples/example/__init__.py b/examples/example/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/example/foo/__init__.py b/examples/example/foo/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/example/foo/management/__init__.py b/examples/example/foo/management/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/example/foo/management/commands/__init__.py b/examples/example/foo/management/commands/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/example/foo/management/commands/axes_create_test_data.py b/examples/example/foo/management/commands/axes_create_test_data.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c20a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example/foo/management/commands/axes_create_test_data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+def create_admin_user(username, password):
+    """
+    Create a user for testing the admin.
+
+    :param string username:
+    :param strring password:
+    """
+    u = User()
+    u.username = username
+    u.email = '{0}@dev.mail.example.com'.format(username)
+    u.is_superuser = True
+    u.is_staff = True
+    u.set_password(password)
+
+    try:
+        u.save()
+        print("Created user {0} with password {1}.".format(username, password))
+    except Exception as e:
+        #print("Failed to create user {0} with password {1}. Reason: {2}".format(username, password, str(e)))
+        pass
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        """
+        Creates test data.
+        """
+        try:
+            create_admin_user('admin', 'test')
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
+
+        try:
+            create_admin_user('test', 'test')
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
diff --git a/examples/example/foo/models.py b/examples/example/foo/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/example/local_settings.example b/examples/example/local_settings.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0264ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example/local_settings.example
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import os
+PROJECT_DIR = lambda base : os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), base).replace('\\','/'))
+
+DEBUG = True
+DEBUG_TOOLBAR = not True
+TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
+        'NAME': PROJECT_DIR('../db/example.db'),                      # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
+
+        # The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
+        'USER': '',
+        'PASSWORD': '',
+        'HOST': '',                      # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
+        'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default.
+    }
+}
+
+INTERNAL_IPS = ('127.0.0.1',)
+
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.filebased.EmailBackend'
+EMAIL_FILE_PATH = PROJECT_DIR('../tmp')
+
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = '<no-reply@example.com>'
diff --git a/examples/example/manage.py b/examples/example/manage.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f9726f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "settings")
+
+    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/examples/example/settings.py b/examples/example/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82875a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+# Django settings for example project.
+import os
+PROJECT_DIR = lambda base : os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), base).replace('\\','/'))
+gettext = lambda s: s
+
+DEBUG = False
+DEBUG_TOOLBAR = False
+TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
+
+ADMINS = (
+    # ('Your Name', 'your_email@example.com'),
+)
+
+MANAGERS = ADMINS
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
+        'NAME': PROJECT_DIR('../db/example.db'),                      # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
+        # The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
+        'USER': '',
+        'PASSWORD': '',
+        'HOST': '',                      # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
+        'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default.
+    }
+}
+
+# Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site; required if DEBUG is False
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
+# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
+# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
+# In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
+TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'
+
+# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
+# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
+#LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+SITE_ID = 1
+
+# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
+# to load the internationalization machinery.
+USE_I18N = True
+
+# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
+# calendars according to the current locale.
+USE_L10N = True
+
+# If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
+USE_TZ = True
+
+# Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
+# Example: "/var/www/example.com/media/"
+MEDIA_ROOT = PROJECT_DIR(os.path.join('..', 'media'))
+
+# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
+# trailing slash.
+# Examples: "http://example.com/media/", "http://media.example.com/"
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
+
+# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
+# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
+# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
+# Example: "/var/www/example.com/static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = PROJECT_DIR(os.path.join('..', 'static'))
+
+# URL prefix for static files.
+# Example: "http://example.com/static/", "http://static.example.com/"
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+# Additional locations of static files
+STATICFILES_DIRS = (
+    # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
+    # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
+    # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
+    PROJECT_DIR(os.path.join('..', 'media', 'static')),
+)
+
+# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
+# various locations.
+STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
+#    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
+)
+
+# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
+SECRET_KEY = '6sf18c*w971i8a-m^1coasrmur2k6+q5_kyn*)s@(*_dk5q3&r'
+
+# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
+TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
+    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
+    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
+    'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
+)
+
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    # Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
+    # 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    'axes.middleware.FailedLoginMiddleware'
+)
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'
+
+# Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'wsgi.application'
+
+TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
+    "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+    "django.core.context_processors.debug",
+    "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
+    "django.core.context_processors.media",
+    "django.core.context_processors.static",
+    "django.core.context_processors.tz",
+    "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
+    "django.core.context_processors.request"
+)
+
+TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
+    # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
+    # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
+    # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
+    PROJECT_DIR('templates')
+)
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = (
+    # Django core and contrib apps
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.sites',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.sitemaps',
+
+    'axes',
+
+    # Test app
+    'foo',
+)
+
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/admin'
+
+# ******************** django-axes settings *********************
+# Max number of login attemts within the ``AXES_COOLOFF_TIME``
+AXES_LOGIN_FAILURE_LIMIT = 3
+
+from datetime import timedelta
+AXES_COOLOFF_TIME=timedelta(seconds = 200)
+# ******************** /django-axes settings *********************
+
+# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
+# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
+# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
+# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
+# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'filters': {
+        'require_debug_false': {
+            '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
+        }
+    },
+    'formatters': {
+        'verbose': {
+            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s [%(pathname)s:%(lineno)s] %(message)s'
+        },
+        'simple': {
+            'format': '%(levelname)s %(message)s'
+        },
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'mail_admins': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
+            'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
+        },
+        'console': {
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+            'formatter': 'verbose'
+        },
+        'django_log': {
+            'level':'DEBUG',
+            'class':'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
+            'filename': PROJECT_DIR("../logs/django.log"),
+            'maxBytes': 1048576,
+            'backupCount': 99,
+            'formatter': 'verbose',
+        },
+        'axes_log': {
+            'level':'DEBUG',
+            'class':'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
+            'filename': PROJECT_DIR("../logs/axes.log"),
+            'maxBytes': 1048576,
+            'backupCount': 99,
+            'formatter': 'verbose',
+        },
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        'django': {
+            'handlers': ['django_log'],
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'propagate': True,
+        },
+        'axes': {
+            'handlers': ['console', 'axes_log'],
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'propagate': True,
+        },
+    },
+}
+
+# Do not put any settings below this line
+try:
+    from local_settings import *
+except:
+    pass
+
+if DEBUG and DEBUG_TOOLBAR:
+    # debug_toolbar
+    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += (
+        'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
+	)
+
+    INSTALLED_APPS += (
+        'debug_toolbar',
+    )
+
+    DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
+        'INTERCEPT_REDIRECTS': False,
+    }
diff --git a/examples/example/urls.py b/examples/example/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d078699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
+from django.conf.urls.static import static
+
+admin.autodiscover()
+
+urlpatterns = patterns('',
+    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
+    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
+)
+
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
+    urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
diff --git a/examples/example/wsgi.py b/examples/example/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f3e21b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for example project.
+
+This module contains the WSGI application used by Django's development server
+and any production WSGI deployments. It should expose a module-level variable
+named ``application``. Django's ``runserver`` and ``runfcgi`` commands discover
+this application via the ``WSGI_APPLICATION`` setting.
+
+Usually you will have the standard Django WSGI application here, but it also
+might make sense to replace the whole Django WSGI application with a custom one
+that later delegates to the Django one. For example, you could introduce WSGI
+middleware here, or combine a Django application with an application of another
+framework.
+
+"""
+import os
+
+# We defer to a DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE already in the environment. This breaks
+# if running multiple sites in the same mod_wsgi process. To fix this, use
+# mod_wsgi daemon mode with each site in its own daemon process, or use
+# os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "example.settings"
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "example.settings")
+
+# This application object is used by any WSGI server configured to use this
+# file. This includes Django's development server, if the WSGI_APPLICATION
+# setting points here.
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+application = get_wsgi_application()
+
+# Apply WSGI middleware here.
+# from helloworld.wsgi import HelloWorldApplication
+# application = HelloWorldApplication(application)
diff --git a/examples/install.sh b/examples/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5c46786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pip install django==1.5.5
+pip install django-axes
+mkdir -p logs db media media/static
+cp example/local_settings.example example/local_settings.py
+python example/manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+python example/manage.py syncdb --noinput
+python example/manage.py axes_create_test_data
diff --git a/examples/reinstall.sh b/examples/reinstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bc765b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/reinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+reset
+./uninstall.sh
+./install.sh
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diff --git a/examples/test.sh b/examples/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c3c9433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+reset
+./uninstall.sh
+./install.sh
+python example/manage.py test axes --traceback
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diff --git a/examples/uninstall.sh b/examples/uninstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fdcb6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/uninstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pip uninstall django-axes -y
+rm build -rf
+rm dist -rf
+rm django_axes.egg-info -rf
+rm django-axes.egg-info -rf
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 88b9aac..85ddaf5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+try:
+    readme = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')).read() + '\n' + \
+             open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'CHANGES.rst')).read()
+except:
+    readme = ''
+
 setup(
     name='django-axes',
     version='1.3.6',
     description="Keep track of failed login attempts in Django-powered sites.",
-    long_description=(open('README.rst', 'r').read() + '\n' +
-        open('CHANGES.txt', 'r').read()),
+    long_description=readme,
     keywords='django, security, authentication',
     author='Josh VanderLinden, Philip Neustrom, Michael Blume',
     author_email='codekoala@gmail.com',