diff --git a/README b/README
index 704f46b8..685ee306 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ General Public Licence version 3 or later.  See the file COPYING.
 
 * Mescc compiler
 
-   scripts/mescc.mes doc/examples/main.c > a.out
+   scripts/mescc.mes scaffold/main.c > a.out
 
diff --git a/guile/mescc.scm b/guile/mescc.scm
index 89947458..55447215 100755
--- a/guile/mescc.scm
+++ b/guile/mescc.scm
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ Usage: mescc.scm [OPTION]... FILE...
 (define (main args)
   (let* ((options (parse-opts args))
          (files (option-ref options '() '()))
-         (file (if (null? files) (string-append %docdir "examples/main.c")
-                   (car files)))
+         (file (car files))
          (preprocess? (option-ref options 'E #f))
          (compile? (option-ref options 'c #f))
          (debug-info? (option-ref options 'g #f))
diff --git a/make.scm b/make.scm
index 04b05f20..8be7ca89 100755
--- a/make.scm
+++ b/make.scm
@@ -248,6 +248,19 @@ exec ${GUILE-guile} --no-auto-compile -L . -L guile -C . -C guile -s "$0" ${1+"$
 
 ;;(add-target (group "check-scaffold" #:dependencies (filter (target-prefix? "check-scaffold") %targets)))
 
+(add-target (bin.gcc "scaffold/main.c"))
+(add-target (check "scaffold/main.gcc" #:exit 42))
+
+(add-target (bin.gcc "scaffold/main.c" #:libc #f))
+(add-target (check "scaffold/main.mlibc-gcc" #:exit 42))
+
+(add-target (bin.mescc "scaffold/main.c" #:libc mini-libc-mes.E))
+(add-target (check "scaffold/main.mini-guile" #:exit 42))
+
+(add-target (bin.mescc "scaffold/main.c"))
+(add-target (check "scaffold/main.guile" #:exit 42))
+
+
 (add-target (bin.gcc "scaffold/hello.c"))
 (add-target (check "scaffold/hello.gcc" #:exit 42))
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/main.c b/scaffold/main.c
similarity index 96%
rename from doc/examples/main.c
rename to scaffold/main.c
index 65a64af5..5ac0120b 100644
--- a/doc/examples/main.c
+++ b/scaffold/main.c
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-  if (argc > 1) return argc;
   return 42;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/mescc.mes b/scripts/mescc.mes
index 542621e0..677ea56d 100755
--- a/scripts/mescc.mes
+++ b/scripts/mescc.mes
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ Usage: mescc.mes [OPTION]... FILE...
   (let* ((args (cons* (car args) (cdr (member "--" args))))
          (options (parse-opts args))
          (files (option-ref options '() '()))
-         (file (if (null? files) (string-append %docdir "examples/main.c")
-                   (car files)))
+         (file (car files))
          (preprocess? (option-ref options 'E #f))
          (compile? (option-ref options 'c #f))
          (debug-info? (option-ref options 'g #f))