diff --git a/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/h2g2.mcl b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/h2g2.mcl
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index 00000000..54871870
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+++ b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/h2g2.mcl
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+import "third.mcl"
+
+$answer = 42 + $third.three
diff --git a/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/hello.mcl b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/hello.mcl
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index 00000000..2379f520
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+++ b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/hello.mcl
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+import "fmt"
+
+import "h2g2.mcl"
+
+import "mod1/"
+
+# imports as example1
+import "git://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example1/"
+
+$answer = $h2g2.answer
+
+test "hello" {
+	anotherstr => fmt.printf("the answer is: %d", $answer),
+}
+test "hello2" {
+	anotherstr => fmt.printf("i imported local: %s", $mod1.name),
+}
+test "hello3" {
+	anotherstr => fmt.printf("i imported remote: %s", $example1.name),
+}
diff --git a/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/mod1/main.mcl b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/mod1/main.mcl
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index 00000000..712986b4
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+++ b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/mod1/main.mcl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+$name = "this is module mod1"
diff --git a/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/third.mcl b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/third.mcl
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index 00000000..2a030aa1
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+++ b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/main/third.mcl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+$three = 3
diff --git a/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/path/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example1/main.mcl b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/path/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example1/main.mcl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0465c040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/path/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example1/main.mcl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# this is a pretty lame module!
+$name = "i am github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example1/"
diff --git a/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/path/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example2/main.mcl b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/path/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example2/main.mcl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33152ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lang/modules/badexample1/path/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example2/main.mcl
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+# this is a pretty lame module!
+$name = "i am github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example2/" # + $hmmm
+
+# import another module
+import "git://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt-example1/"
+$hmmm = $example1.name