diff --git a/examples/dds/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/dds/CMakeLists.txt
index 6641ec69..8d6e96f7 100644
--- a/examples/dds/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/dds/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ target_link_libraries(fairmq-ex-dds-sink PRIVATE ExampleDDSLib)
 
 add_custom_target(ExampleDDS DEPENDS fairmq-ex-dds-sampler fairmq-ex-dds-processor fairmq-ex-dds-sink)
 
-set(BIN_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-set(PLUGIN_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/fairmq/plugins/DDS)
+set(BIN_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/fairmq/plugins/DDS)
 set(DATA_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ex-dds-topology.xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ex-dds-topology.xml @ONLY)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ex-dds-hosts.cfg ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ex-dds-hosts.cfg COPYONLY)
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ install(
 
 # configure run script with different executable paths for build and for install directories
 set(BIN_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PROJECT_INSTALL_BINDIR})
-set(PLUGIN_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 set(DATA_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PROJECT_INSTALL_DATADIR})
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ex-dds-topology.xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ex-dds-topology.xml_install @ONLY)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/fairmq-start-ex-dds.sh.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/fairmq-start-ex-dds.sh_install @ONLY)
diff --git a/examples/dds/ex-dds-topology.xml b/examples/dds/ex-dds-topology.xml
index 2a10cce4..f4436d96 100644
--- a/examples/dds/ex-dds-topology.xml
+++ b/examples/dds/ex-dds-topology.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     <declrequirement name="ProcessorWorker" type="wnname" value="processor"/>
     <declrequirement name="SinkWorker" type="wnname" value="sink"/>
 
-    <decltask id="Sampler">
-        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-sampler --id sampler --channel-config name=data1,type=push,method=bind -P dds</exe>
+    <decltask name="Sampler">
+        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-sampler --id sampler --color false --channel-config name=data1,type=push,method=bind -P dds --iterations 10</exe>
         <requirements>
             <name>SamplerWorker</name>
         </requirements>
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
         </properties>
     </decltask>
 
-    <decltask id="Processor">
-        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-processor --id processor_%taskIndex% --channel-config name=data1,type=pull,method=connect name=data2,type=push,method=connect -P dds</exe>
+    <decltask name="Processor">
+        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-processor --id processor_%taskIndex% --color false --channel-config name=data1,type=pull,method=connect name=data2,type=push,method=connect -P dds</exe>
         <requirements>
             <id>ProcessorWorker</id>
         </requirements>
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
         </properties>
     </decltask>
 
-    <decltask id="Sink">
-        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-sink --id sink --channel-config name=data2,type=pull,method=bind -P dds</exe>
+    <decltask name="Sink">
+        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-sink --id sink --color false --channel-config name=data2,type=pull,method=bind -P dds --iterations 10</exe>
         <requirements>
             <name>SinkWorker</name>
         </requirements>
diff --git a/examples/dds/fairmq-start-ex-dds.sh.in b/examples/dds/fairmq-start-ex-dds.sh.in
index 32c2dac5..df92c453 100755
--- a/examples/dds/fairmq-start-ex-dds.sh.in
+++ b/examples/dds/fairmq-start-ex-dds.sh.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 
 source @DDS_INSTALL_PREFIX@/DDS_env.sh
-export PATH=@BIN_DIR@:@PLUGIN_DIR@:$PATH
+export PATH=@BIN_DIR@:$PATH
 
 exec 5>&1
 output=$(dds-session start | tee >(cat - >&5))