diff --git a/examples/va_example_simple.py b/examples/va_example_simple.py
index 54c68dbd6a187c7085c70b12d52dd7535761ed6a..359e6735c8113717d9872914ee8733225310c0d3 100644
--- a/examples/va_example_simple.py
+++ b/examples/va_example_simple.py
@@ -9,24 +9,25 @@ current_exec_dir = os.getcwd()
 import va
 
 va.connect() # localhost
+va.reset()
 va.add_search_path( current_exec_dir ) # add current working path to find any file lying around here
 
-signal_source_id = va.create_signal_source_buffer_from_file( "Bauer.wav" ) # Provide this file or modify file name and use your own
+signal_source_id = va.create_signal_source_buffer_from_file( 'Audiofiles/lang_short.wav' ) # Provide this file or modify file name and use your own
 
-dir_id = va.load_directivity( "${DefaultDir}" )
+dir_id = va.create_directivity_from_file( '$(Trumpet)' )
 
-sound_source_id = va.create_sound_source( "PySoundSource" )
+sound_source_id = va.create_sound_source( 'PySoundSource' )
 va.set_sound_source_signal_source( sound_source_id, signal_source_id )
-va.set_directivity( sound_source_id, dir_id )
+va.set_sound_source_directivity( sound_source_id, dir_id )
 va.set_sound_source_position( sound_source_id, ( 1, 1.2, -1 ) ) # OpenGL axes convention, direction is lower front-right from listener pos (s.b.)
 
-hrir_id = va.load_directivity( "${DefaultHRIR}" )
+hrir_id = va.create_directivity_from_file( '$(DefaultHRIR)' )
 
 sound_receiver_id = va.create_sound_receiver( "PyListener" )
-va.set_sound_receiver_hrir( sound_receiver_id, hrir_id )
+va.set_sound_receiver_directivity( sound_receiver_id, hrir_id )
 va.set_sound_receiver_position( sound_receiver_id, ( 0, 1.7, 0 ) ) # Ear height at 1.7m 
 
-va.set_signal_source_buffer_looping( signal_source_id, true )
-va.set_signal_source_buffer_playback_action( signal_source_id, "play" )
+va.set_signal_source_buffer_looping( signal_source_id, True )
+va.set_signal_source_buffer_playback_action_str( signal_source_id, 'play' )
 
 va.disconnect()
diff --git a/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp b/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp
index 7a7975b53a3610fa3d39e467b1d15faa4f9187db..6d8b60fc6b5d05d3bc5bb0458a452a17c012ad0f 100644
--- a/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp
+++ b/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static PyObject* create_directivity_from_file( PyObject*, PyObject** ppArgs, Py_
 		return NULL;
 
 	std::string sName = pcName ? std::string( pcName ) : "";
-	return PyBool_FromLong( g_pVANetClient->GetCoreInstance()->CreateDirectivityFromFile( std::string( pcPath ), sName ) );
+	return PyLong_FromLong( g_pVANetClient->GetCoreInstance()->CreateDirectivityFromFile( std::string( pcPath ), sName ) );
 
 	VAPY_CATCH_RETURN;
 };