diff --git a/examples/flaskr/flaskr/factory.py b/examples/flaskr/flaskr/factory.py
index bba9b400..07de0aa6 100644
--- a/examples/flaskr/flaskr/factory.py
+++ b/examples/flaskr/flaskr/factory.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from flaskr.blueprints.flaskr import init_db
 
 
 def create_app(config=None):
-    app = Flask(__name__.split('.')[0])
+    app = Flask('flaskr')
 
     app.config.update(dict(
         DATABASE=os.path.join(app.root_path, 'flaskr.db'),
diff --git a/examples/minitwit/minitwit/minitwit.py b/examples/minitwit/minitwit/minitwit.py
index 69840267..abef98e8 100644
--- a/examples/minitwit/minitwit/minitwit.py
+++ b/examples/minitwit/minitwit/minitwit.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DEBUG = True
 SECRET_KEY = 'development key'
 
 # create our little application :)
-app = Flask(__name__)
+app = Flask('minitwit')
 app.config.from_object(__name__)
 app.config.from_envvar('MINITWIT_SETTINGS', silent=True)
 
diff --git a/examples/patterns/largerapp/yourapplication/__init__.py b/examples/patterns/largerapp/yourapplication/__init__.py
index 089d2937..09407711 100644
--- a/examples/patterns/largerapp/yourapplication/__init__.py
+++ b/examples/patterns/largerapp/yourapplication/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from flask import Flask
-app = Flask(__name__)
+app = Flask('yourapplication')
 
-import yourapplication.views
\ No newline at end of file
+import yourapplication.views