diff --git a/argmin/Cargo.toml b/argmin/Cargo.toml
index c5a3058c0..339c31711 100644
--- a/argmin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/argmin/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 features = ["serde1"]
 
-[[example]]
-name = "bfgs"
-required-features = ["argmin-math/ndarray_latest-serde"]
-
 [[example]]
 name = "brentroot"
 required-features = []
diff --git a/examples/backtracking/Cargo.toml b/examples/backtracking/Cargo.toml
index 6967e980c..11958a6dd 100644
--- a/examples/backtracking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/backtracking/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,13 +5,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 publish = false
 
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
 [dependencies]
 argmin = { version = "*", path = "../../argmin" }
 argmin-math = { version = "*", features = ["vec"], path = "../../argmin-math" }
 argmin-observer-slog = { version = "*", path = "../../observers/slog/" }
 argmin_testfunctions = "*"
-
-[features]
-wasm-bindgen = ["argmin/wasm-bindgen"]
diff --git a/examples/bfgs/Cargo.toml b/examples/bfgs/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..196459cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bfgs/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "example-bfgs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+argmin = { version = "*", path = "../../argmin" }
+argmin-math = { version = "*", features = ["ndarray_latest-nolinalg-serde"], path = "../../argmin-math" }
+argmin-observer-slog = { version = "*", path = "../../observers/slog/" }
+argmin_testfunctions = "*"
+finitediff = { version = "0.1.4", features = ["ndarray"] }
+ndarray = "0.15.6"
diff --git a/examples/bfgs/src/main.rs b/examples/bfgs/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d0fc5f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bfgs/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2022 argmin developers
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license <LICENSE-MIT or
+// http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your option. This file may not be
+// copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
+
+use argmin::{
+    core::{observers::ObserverMode, CostFunction, Error, Executor, Gradient},
+    solver::{linesearch::MoreThuenteLineSearch, quasinewton::BFGS},
+};
+use argmin_observer_slog::SlogLogger;
+use argmin_testfunctions::rosenbrock;
+use finitediff::FiniteDiff;
+use ndarray::{array, Array1, Array2};
+
+struct Rosenbrock {
+    a: f64,
+    b: f64,
+}
+
+impl CostFunction for Rosenbrock {
+    type Param = Array1<f64>;
+    type Output = f64;
+
+    fn cost(&self, p: &Self::Param) -> Result<Self::Output, Error> {
+        Ok(rosenbrock(&p.to_vec(), self.a, self.b))
+    }
+}
+impl Gradient for Rosenbrock {
+    type Param = Array1<f64>;
+    type Gradient = Array1<f64>;
+
+    fn gradient(&self, p: &Self::Param) -> Result<Self::Gradient, Error> {
+        Ok((*p).forward_diff(&|x| rosenbrock(&x.to_vec(), self.a, self.b)))
+    }
+}
+
+fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    // Define cost function
+    let cost = Rosenbrock { a: 1.0, b: 100.0 };
+
+    // Define initial parameter vector
+    // let init_param: Array1<f64> = array![-1.2, 1.0];
+    // let init_hessian: Array2<f64> = Array2::eye(2);
+    let init_param: Array1<f64> = array![-1.2, 1.0, -10.0, 2.0, 3.0, 2.0, 4.0, 10.0];
+    let init_hessian: Array2<f64> = Array2::eye(8);
+
+    // set up a line search
+    let linesearch = MoreThuenteLineSearch::new().with_c(1e-4, 0.9)?;
+
+    // Set up solver
+    let solver = BFGS::new(linesearch);
+
+    // Run solver
+    let res = Executor::new(cost, solver)
+        .configure(|state| {
+            state
+                .param(init_param)
+                .inv_hessian(init_hessian)
+                .max_iters(60)
+        })
+        .add_observer(SlogLogger::term(), ObserverMode::Always)
+        .run()?;
+
+    // Wait a second (lets the logger flush everything before printing again)
+    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
+
+    // Print result
+    println!("{res}");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    if let Err(ref e) = run() {
+        println!("{e}");
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+}