diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5fe045..a8a61ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-/.vs
-/*.suo
-/*.user
+*.suo
+*.user
 /**/bin
 /**/lib
 /**/obj
+/.vs
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 42b43c8..3aa7dfb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS := libhashset hashset
+SUBDIRS := libhashset example test
 
 BUILD_ALL := $(patsubst %,build\:%,$(SUBDIRS))
 CLEAN_ALL := $(patsubst %,clean\:%,$(SUBDIRS))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e529892..5701aae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ Here is a simple example of how to use LibHashSet in your application:
 #include <hash_set.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+int main(void)
 {
 	uint64_t value;
 	uintptr_t cursor = 0U;
 
 	/* create new hash set instance */
-	hash_set64_t *const hash_set = hash_set_create64(0U, -1.0);
+	hash_set64_t* const hash_set = hash_set_create64(0U, -1.0);
 	if (!hash_set)
 	{
 		fputs("Allocation has failed!\n", stderr);
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* add a number of items to the hash set, the set will grow as needed */
+	puts("Insertign items, please wait...");
 	while (have_more_items())
 	{
 		const errno_t error = hash_set_insert64(hash_set, get_next_item());
@@ -40,21 +41,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
-
-	/* test whether hash set contains a specific item */
-	if (hash_set_contains64(hash_set, 42U) == 0)
-	{
-		puts("Set contains item!");
-
-		/* remove the existing item from the hash set */
-		if (hash_set_remove64(hash_set, 42U) == 0)
-		{
-			puts("Item has been removed!");
-		}
-	}
+	puts("Done.\n");
 
 	/* print total number of items in the hash set*/
-	printf("Total number of items: %zu\n", hash_set_size64(hash_set));
+	printf("Total number of items: %zu\n\n", hash_set_size64(hash_set));
 
 	/* print all items in the set */
 	while (hash_set_iterate64(hash_set, &cursor, &value) == 0)
diff --git a/example/Makefile b/example/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc11336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+DUMPMACHINE := $(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine)
+
+ifneq ($(SANITIZE_ADDRESS),1)
+  XCFLAGS = -Ofast -DNDEBUG -s -static
+ifneq ($(firstword $(filter x86_64-%,$(DUMPMACHINE))),)
+  XCFLAGS += -march=x86-64 -mtune=nocona
+else ifneq ($(firstword $(filter i686-%,$(DUMPMACHINE))),)
+  XCFLAGS += -march=pentiumpro -mtune=intel
+endif
+else
+  XCFLAGS = -fsanitize=address -static-libasan -g
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(firstword $(filter %-mingw32 %-cygwin,$(DUMPMACHINE))),)
+  EXE_SUFFIX := .exe
+ifneq ($(firstword $(filter i686-%,$(DUMPMACHINE))),)
+  XCFLAGS += -Wl,--large-address-aware
+endif
+endif
+
+CFLAGS = -std=c99 -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -Wpedantic -I../libhashset/include $(XCFLAGS)
+
+SRC_PATH := src
+BIN_PATH := bin
+ALL_PATH := $(SRC_PATH) $(BIN_PATH)
+
+BIN_FILE := $(BIN_PATH)/hashset-example$(EXE_SUFFIX)
+SRC_FILE := $(SRC_PATH)/main.c
+LIB_FILE := ../libhashset/lib/libhashset-1.a
+
+.PHONY: all build clean
+
+all: clean build
+
+build: $(ALL_PATH) $(BIN_FILE)
+
+$(BIN_FILE): $(SRC_FILE) $(LIB_FILE)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+
+$(ALL_PATH):
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(BIN_FILE)
diff --git a/example/hashset-example.vcxproj b/example/hashset-example.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a03fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/hashset-example.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,438 @@
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+      <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
+      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
+      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
+      <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;HASHSET_DLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <InlineFunctionExpansion>AnySuitable</InlineFunctionExpansion>
+      <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
+      <ControlFlowGuard>false</ControlFlowGuard>
+      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
+      <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\libhashset\include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <FloatingPointModel>Fast</FloatingPointModel>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
+      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
+      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>UseLinkTimeCodeGeneration</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
+    </Link>
+    <PostBuildEvent />
+    <PostBuildEvent>
+      <Command>copy /B /Y /N "$(SolutionDir)lib\$(PlatformToolset)\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\libhashset-1.dll" "$(TargetDir)libhashset-1.dll"</Command>
+    </PostBuildEvent>
+    <PostBuildEvent>
+      <Message>cp "$(SolutionDir)lib\$(PlatformToolset)\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\libhashset-1.dll" -&gt; "$(TargetDir)libhashset-1.dll"</Message>
+    </PostBuildEvent>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
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diff --git a/example/hashset-example.vcxproj.filters b/example/hashset-example.vcxproj.filters
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b7f47e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/hashset-example.vcxproj.filters
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Filter Include="Source Files">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}</UniqueIdentifier>
+      <Extensions>cpp;c;cc;cxx;c++;cppm;ixx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx</Extensions>
+    </Filter>
+    <Filter Include="Header Files">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{93995380-89BD-4b04-88EB-625FBE52EBFB}</UniqueIdentifier>
+      <Extensions>h;hh;hpp;hxx;h++;hm;inl;inc;ipp;xsd</Extensions>
+    </Filter>
+    <Filter Include="Resource Files">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{67DA6AB6-F800-4c08-8B7A-83BB121AAD01}</UniqueIdentifier>
+      <Extensions>rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx;tiff;tif;png;wav;mfcribbon-ms</Extensions>
+    </Filter>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\main.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/src/main.c b/example/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2de1da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/******************************************************************************/
+/* HashSet for C99, by LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>                           */
+/* This work has been released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license!           */
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+#include <hash_set.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#define INPUT_COUNT 100U
+
+/* ========================================================================= */
+/* I/O Functions                                                             */
+/* ========================================================================= */
+
+static size_t g_offset = 0U;
+
+static const uint64_t g_input[INPUT_COUNT] =
+{
+	0x0005, 0x0007, 0x000B, 0x0017, 0x002F, 0x003B, 0x0053, 0x006B, 0x00A7, 0x00B3,
+	0x00E3, 0x0107, 0x015B, 0x0167, 0x017F, 0x01D3, 0x01DF, 0x01F7, 0x0233, 0x024B,
+	0x02CF, 0x0347, 0x035F, 0x0377, 0x03D7, 0x03FB, 0x04A3, 0x0503, 0x051B, 0x0527,
+	0x0557, 0x059F, 0x05CF, 0x05F3, 0x0653, 0x071F, 0x0773, 0x07EB, 0x07F7, 0x080F,
+	0x0833, 0x089F, 0x098F, 0x099B, 0x0A13, 0x0B03, 0x0B3F, 0x0B57, 0x0B93, 0x0BB7,
+	0x0BCF, 0x0C2F, 0x0C5F, 0x0C83, 0x0D8B, 0x0E27, 0x0EC3, 0x0EDB, 0x0F17, 0x0F6B,
+	0x0FA7, 0x0FEF, 0x101F, 0x102B, 0x10A3, 0x10BB, 0x11C3, 0x1247, 0x125F, 0x12B3,
+	0x12BF, 0x1337, 0x13DF, 0x13EB, 0x150B, 0x1517, 0x156B, 0x1583, 0x1607, 0x16AF,
+	0x16F7, 0x1727, 0x1733, 0x179F, 0x19C7, 0x1A03, 0x1A3F, 0x1A7B, 0x1AAB, 0x1AF3,
+	0x1B47, 0x1BA7, 0x1C13, 0x1C4F, 0x1D63, 0x1D87, 0x1DB7, 0x1DDB, 0x1E17, 0x1E2F
+};
+
+static int have_more_items(void)
+{
+	return (g_offset < INPUT_COUNT);
+}
+
+static uint64_t get_next_item(void)
+{
+	return g_input[g_offset++];
+}
+
+/* ========================================================================= */
+/* MAIN                                                                      */
+/* ========================================================================= */
+
+int main(void/*int argc, char* argv[]*/)
+{
+	hash_set64_t *hash_set;
+	uint64_t value;
+	uintptr_t cursor = 0U;
+
+	/* print logo */
+	printf("LibHashSet Example v%" PRIu16 ".%" PRIu16 ".%" PRIu16 " [%s]\n\n",
+		HASHSET_VERSION_MAJOR, HASHSET_VERSION_MINOR, HASHSET_VERSION_PATCH, HASHSET_BUILD_DATE);
+
+	/* create new hash set instance */
+	hash_set = hash_set_create64(0U, -1.0);
+	if (!hash_set)
+	{
+		fputs("Allocation has failed!\n", stderr);
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	/* add a number of items to the hash set, the set will grow as needed */
+	puts("Insertign items, please wait...");
+	while (have_more_items())
+	{
+		const errno_t error = hash_set_insert64(hash_set, get_next_item());
+		if (error)
+		{
+			fprintf(stderr, "Insert operation has failed! (error: %d)\n", error);
+			return EXIT_FAILURE;
+		}
+	}
+	puts("Done.\n");
+
+	/* print total number of items in the hash set*/
+	printf("Total number of items: %zu\n\n", hash_set_size64(hash_set));
+
+	/* print all items in the set */
+	while (hash_set_iterate64(hash_set, &cursor, &value) == 0)
+	{
+		printf("Item: %016llX\n", value);
+	}
+
+	/* destroy the hash set, when it is no longer needed! */
+	hash_set_destroy64(hash_set);
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/hashset.sln b/hashset.sln
index 667abb2..72d30b7 100644
--- a/hashset.sln
+++ b/hashset.sln
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "hashset-test", "test\hashse
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "libhashset", "libhashset\libhashset.vcxproj", "{8CF3BD19-28B1-435D-B719-E00B052DFC3A}"
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "hashset-example", "example\hashset-example.vcxproj", "{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|ARM64 = Debug|ARM64
@@ -56,6 +58,24 @@ Global
 		{8CF3BD19-28B1-435D-B719-E00B052DFC3A}.Static|x64.Build.0 = Static|x64
 		{8CF3BD19-28B1-435D-B719-E00B052DFC3A}.Static|x86.ActiveCfg = Static|Win32
 		{8CF3BD19-28B1-435D-B719-E00B052DFC3A}.Static|x86.Build.0 = Static|Win32
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Shared|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Shared|ARM64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Shared|ARM64.Build.0 = Shared|ARM64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Shared|x64.ActiveCfg = Shared|x64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Shared|x64.Build.0 = Shared|x64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Shared|x86.ActiveCfg = Shared|Win32
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Shared|x86.Build.0 = Shared|Win32
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Static|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Static|ARM64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Static|ARM64.Build.0 = Static|ARM64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Static|x64.ActiveCfg = Static|x64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Static|x64.Build.0 = Static|x64
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Static|x86.ActiveCfg = Static|Win32
+		{8FB9B9DE-DC49-4224-892B-589422484766}.Static|x86.Build.0 = Static|Win32
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/libhashset/libhashset.vcxproj.user b/libhashset/libhashset.vcxproj.user
deleted file mode 100644
index 88a5509..0000000
--- a/libhashset/libhashset.vcxproj.user
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="Current" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup />
-</Project>
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diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index db4a5b6..82dc065 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ all: clean build
 build: $(ALL_PATH) $(BIN_FILE)
 
 $(BIN_FILE): $(SRC_FILE) $(LIB_FILE)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 $(ALL_PATH):
 	mkdir -p $@
diff --git a/test/hashset-test.vcxproj.user b/test/hashset-test.vcxproj.user
deleted file mode 100644
index 88a5509..0000000
--- a/test/hashset-test.vcxproj.user
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="Current" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file