diff --git a/red/api/library.js b/red/api/library.js
index 5a505dbe8..ff1eac60a 100644
--- a/red/api/library.js
+++ b/red/api/library.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var when = require('when');
 var redApp = null;
 var storage;
 var log;
+var redNodes;
 var needsPermission = require("./auth").needsPermission;
 
 function createLibrary(type) {
@@ -72,80 +73,22 @@ function createLibrary(type) {
     }
 }
 
-var exampleRoots = {};
-var exampleFlows = {d:{}};
-var exampleCount = 0;
-
-function getFlowsFromPath(path) {
-    return when.promise(function(resolve,reject) {
-        var result = {};
-        fs.readdir(path,function(err,files) {
-            var promises = [];
-            var validFiles = [];
-            files.forEach(function(file) {
-                var fullPath = fspath.join(path,file);
-                var stats = fs.lstatSync(fullPath);
-                if (stats.isDirectory()) {
-                    validFiles.push(file);
-                    promises.push(getFlowsFromPath(fullPath));
-                } else if (/\.json$/.test(file)){
-                    validFiles.push(file);
-                    exampleCount++;
-                    promises.push(when.resolve(file.split(".")[0]))
-                }
-            })
-            var i=0;
-            when.all(promises).then(function(results) {
-                results.forEach(function(r) {
-                    if (typeof r === 'string') {
-                        result.f = result.f||[];
-                        result.f.push(r);
-                    } else {
-                        result.d = result.d||{};
-                        result.d[validFiles[i]] = r;
-                    }
-                    i++;
-                })
-
-                resolve(result);
-            })
-        });
-    })
-}
-
-function addNodeExamplesDir(module) {
-    exampleRoots[module.name] = module.path;
-    getFlowsFromPath(module.path).then(function(result) {
-        exampleFlows.d[module.name] = result;
-    });
-}
-function removeNodeExamplesDir(module) {
-    delete exampleRoots[module];
-    delete exampleFlows.d[module];
-}
-
 module.exports = {
     init: function(app,runtime) {
         redApp = app;
         log = runtime.log;
         storage = runtime.storage;
-        // TODO: this allows init to be called multiple times without
-        //       registering multiple instances of the listener.
-        //       It isn't.... ideal.
-        runtime.events.removeListener("node-examples-dir",addNodeExamplesDir);
-        runtime.events.on("node-examples-dir",addNodeExamplesDir);
-        runtime.events.removeListener("node-module-uninstalled",removeNodeExamplesDir);
-        runtime.events.on("node-module-uninstalled",removeNodeExamplesDir);
-
+        redNodes = runtime.nodes;
     },
     register: createLibrary,
 
     getAll: function(req,res) {
         storage.getAllFlows().then(function(flows) {
             log.audit({event: "library.get.all",type:"flow"},req);
-            if (exampleCount > 0) {
+            var examples = redNodes.getNodeExampleFlows();
+            if (examples) {
                 flows.d = flows.d||{};
-                flows.d._examples_ = exampleFlows;
+                flows.d._examples_ = redNodes.getNodeExampleFlows();
             }
             res.json(flows);
         });
@@ -155,9 +98,9 @@ module.exports = {
             var m = /^_examples_\/([^\/]+)\/(.*)$/.exec(req.params[0]);
             if (m) {
                 var module = m[1];
-                var path = m[2]+".json";
-                if (exampleRoots[module]) {
-                    var fullPath = fspath.join(exampleRoots[module],path);
+                var path = m[2];
+                var fullPath = redNodes.getNodeExampleFlowPath(module,path);
+                if (fullPath) {
                     try {
                         fs.statSync(fullPath);
                         log.audit({event: "library.get",type:"flow",path:req.params[0]},req);
diff --git a/red/api/ui.js b/red/api/ui.js
index 0a2140060..b89339424 100644
--- a/red/api/ui.js
+++ b/red/api/ui.js
@@ -16,34 +16,20 @@
 var express = require('express');
 var fs = require("fs");
 var path = require("path");
+var Mustache = require("mustache");
 
 var theme = require("./theme");
 
-var Mustache = require("mustache");
+var redNodes;
 
-var icon_paths = {
-    "node-red":[path.resolve(__dirname + '/../../public/icons')]
-};
-var iconCache = {};
-//TODO: create a default icon
-var defaultIcon = path.resolve(__dirname + '/../../public/icons/arrow-in.png');
 var templateDir = path.resolve(__dirname+"/../../editor/templates");
 var editorTemplate;
 
-function nodeIconDir(dir) {
-    icon_paths[dir.name] = icon_paths[dir.name] || [];
-    icon_paths[dir.name].push(path.resolve(dir.path));
-}
-
 module.exports = {
     init: function(runtime) {
+        redNodes = runtime.nodes;
         editorTemplate = fs.readFileSync(path.join(templateDir,"index.mst"),"utf8");
         Mustache.parse(editorTemplate);
-        // TODO: this allows init to be called multiple times without
-        //       registering multiple instances of the listener.
-        //       It isn't.... ideal.
-        runtime.events.removeListener("node-icon-dir",nodeIconDir);
-        runtime.events.on("node-icon-dir",nodeIconDir);
     },
 
     ensureSlash: function(req,res,next) {
@@ -59,26 +45,8 @@ module.exports = {
     icon: function(req,res) {
         var icon = req.params.icon;
         var module = req.params.module;
-        var iconName = module+"/"+icon;
-        if (iconCache[iconName]) {
-            res.sendFile(iconCache[iconName]); // if not found, express prints this to the console and serves 404
-        } else {
-            var paths = icon_paths[module];
-            if (paths) {
-                for (var p=0;p<paths.length;p++) {
-                    var iconPath = path.join(paths[p],icon);
-                    try {
-                        fs.statSync(iconPath);
-                        res.sendFile(iconPath);
-                        iconCache[iconName] = iconPath;
-                        return;
-                    } catch(err) {
-                        // iconPath doesn't exist
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            res.sendFile(defaultIcon);
-        }
+        var iconPath = redNodes.getNodeIconPath(module,icon);
+        res.sendFile(iconPath);
     },
     editor: function(req,res) {
         res.send(Mustache.render(editorTemplate,theme.context()));
diff --git a/red/runtime/nodes/index.js b/red/runtime/nodes/index.js
index 2be0b467c..4fd0d1128 100644
--- a/red/runtime/nodes/index.js
+++ b/red/runtime/nodes/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var flowUtil = require("./flows/util")
 var context = require("./context");
 var Node = require("./Node");
 var log = require("../log");
+var library = require("./library");
 
 var events = require("../events");
 
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ function init(runtime) {
     flows.init(runtime);
     registry.init(runtime);
     context.init(runtime.settings);
+    library.init(runtime);
 }
 
 function disableNode(id) {
@@ -135,6 +137,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
     getNodeConfigs: registry.getNodeConfigs,
     getNodeConfig: registry.getNodeConfig,
+    getNodeIconPath: registry.getNodeIconPath,
+    getNodeExampleFlows: library.getExampleFlows,
+    getNodeExampleFlowPath: library.getExampleFlowPath,
 
     clearRegistry: registry.clear,
     cleanModuleList: registry.cleanModuleList,
diff --git a/red/runtime/nodes/library.js b/red/runtime/nodes/library.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04597bd40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/red/runtime/nodes/library.js
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright JS Foundation and other contributors, http://js.foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var fspath = require('path');
+var when = require('when');
+
+var runtime;
+
+var exampleRoots = {};
+var exampleFlows = null;
+
+function getFlowsFromPath(path) {
+    return when.promise(function(resolve,reject) {
+        var result = {};
+        fs.readdir(path,function(err,files) {
+            var promises = [];
+            var validFiles = [];
+            files.forEach(function(file) {
+                var fullPath = fspath.join(path,file);
+                var stats = fs.lstatSync(fullPath);
+                if (stats.isDirectory()) {
+                    validFiles.push(file);
+                    promises.push(getFlowsFromPath(fullPath));
+                } else if (/\.json$/.test(file)){
+                    validFiles.push(file);
+                    promises.push(when.resolve(file.split(".")[0]))
+                }
+            })
+            var i=0;
+            when.all(promises).then(function(results) {
+                results.forEach(function(r) {
+                    if (typeof r === 'string') {
+                        result.f = result.f||[];
+                        result.f.push(r);
+                    } else {
+                        result.d = result.d||{};
+                        result.d[validFiles[i]] = r;
+                    }
+                    i++;
+                })
+
+                resolve(result);
+            })
+        });
+    })
+}
+
+function addNodeExamplesDir(module) {
+    exampleRoots[module.name] = module.path;
+    getFlowsFromPath(module.path).then(function(result) {
+        exampleFlows = exampleFlows||{d:{}};
+        exampleFlows.d[module.name] = result;
+    });
+}
+function removeNodeExamplesDir(module) {
+    delete exampleRoots[module];
+    if (exampleFlows && exampleFlows.d) {
+        delete exampleFlows.d[module];
+    }
+    if (exampleFlows && Object.keys(exampleFlows.d).length === 0) {
+        exampleFlows = null;
+    }
+}
+
+
+function init(_runtime) {
+
+    runtime = _runtime;
+
+    exampleRoots = {};
+    exampleFlows = null;
+
+    runtime.events.removeListener("node-examples-dir",addNodeExamplesDir);
+    runtime.events.on("node-examples-dir",addNodeExamplesDir);
+    runtime.events.removeListener("node-module-uninstalled",removeNodeExamplesDir);
+    runtime.events.on("node-module-uninstalled",removeNodeExamplesDir);
+}
+
+function getExampleFlows() {
+    return exampleFlows;
+}
+
+function getExampleFlowPath(module,path) {
+    if (exampleRoots[module]) {
+        return fspath.join(exampleRoots[module],path)+".json";
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    init: init,
+    getExampleFlows: getExampleFlows,
+    getExampleFlowPath: getExampleFlowPath
+}
diff --git a/red/runtime/nodes/registry/index.js b/red/runtime/nodes/registry/index.js
index 46c9dc345..ba845f0e4 100644
--- a/red/runtime/nodes/registry/index.js
+++ b/red/runtime/nodes/registry/index.js
@@ -70,13 +70,14 @@ module.exports = {
 
     getNodeConfigs: registry.getAllNodeConfigs,
     getNodeConfig: registry.getNodeConfig,
+    getNodeIconPath: registry.getNodeIconPath,
 
     enableNode: enableNodeSet,
     disableNode: registry.disableNodeSet,
 
     addModule: addModule,
     removeModule: registry.removeModule,
-    
+
     installModule: installer.installModule,
     uninstallModule: installer.uninstallModule,
 
diff --git a/red/runtime/nodes/registry/registry.js b/red/runtime/nodes/registry/registry.js
index ba39f9e67..fbba8d95e 100644
--- a/red/runtime/nodes/registry/registry.js
+++ b/red/runtime/nodes/registry/registry.js
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
  //var UglifyJS = require("uglify-js");
 var util = require("util");
 var when = require("when");
+var path = require("path");
+var fs = require("fs");
+
 var events = require("../../events");
 
 var settings;
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@ function init(_settings,_loader) {
     nodeList = [];
     nodeConfigCache = null;
     Node = require("../Node");
+    events.removeListener("node-icon-dir",nodeIconDir);
+    events.on("node-icon-dir",nodeIconDir);
+
 }
 
 function load() {
@@ -562,6 +568,40 @@ function setModulePendingUpdated(module,version) {
     });
 }
 
+var icon_paths = {
+    "node-red":[path.resolve(__dirname + '/../../../../public/icons')]
+};
+var iconCache = {};
+var defaultIcon = path.resolve(__dirname + '/../../../../public/icons/arrow-in.png');
+
+function nodeIconDir(dir) {
+    icon_paths[dir.name] = icon_paths[dir.name] || [];
+    icon_paths[dir.name].push(path.resolve(dir.path));
+}
+
+function getNodeIconPath(module,icon) {
+    var iconName = module+"/"+icon;
+    if (iconCache[iconName]) {
+        return iconCache[iconName];
+    } else {
+        var paths = icon_paths[module];
+        if (paths) {
+            for (var p=0;p<paths.length;p++) {
+                var iconPath = path.join(paths[p],icon);
+                try {
+                    fs.statSync(iconPath);
+                    iconCache[iconName] = iconPath;
+                    return iconPath;
+                } catch(err) {
+                    // iconPath doesn't exist
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return defaultIcon;
+    }
+}
+
 var registry = module.exports = {
     init: init,
     load: load,
@@ -583,6 +623,7 @@ var registry = module.exports = {
     getModuleList: getModuleList,
     getModuleInfo: getModuleInfo,
 
+    getNodeIconPath: getNodeIconPath,
     /**
      * Gets all of the node template configs
      * @return all of the node templates in a single string
diff --git a/test/red/api/library_spec.js b/test/red/api/library_spec.js
index d1d03cb58..c30d3fa52 100644
--- a/test/red/api/library_spec.js
+++ b/test/red/api/library_spec.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var auth = require("../../../red/api/auth");
 
 describe("library api", function() {
 
-    function initLibrary(_flows,_libraryEntries) {
+    function initLibrary(_flows,_libraryEntries,_examples) {
         var flows = _flows;
         var libraryEntries = _libraryEntries;
         library.init(app,{
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ describe("library api", function() {
             events: {
                 on: function(){},
                 removeListener: function(){}
+            },
+            nodes: {
+                getNodeExampleFlows: function() {
+                    return _examples;
+                }
             }
         });
     }
@@ -179,6 +184,22 @@ describe("library api", function() {
                 .expect(403)
                 .end(done);
         });
+        it('includes examples flows if set', function(done) {
+            var examples = {"d":{"node-module":{"f":["example-one"]}}};
+            initLibrary({},{},examples);
+            request(app)
+                .get('/library/flows')
+                .expect(200)
+                .end(function(err,res) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        throw err;
+                    }
+                    res.body.should.have.property('d');
+                    res.body.d.should.have.property('_examples_');
+                    should.deepEqual(res.body.d._examples_,examples);
+                    done();
+                });
+        });
     });
 
     describe("type", function() {
diff --git a/test/red/api/ui_spec.js b/test/red/api/ui_spec.js
index 51da1389d..f562d2551 100644
--- a/test/red/api/ui_spec.js
+++ b/test/red/api/ui_spec.js
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@ describe("ui api", function() {
     var app;
 
     before(function() {
-        ui.init({events:events});
+        ui.init({
+            events:events,
+            nodes: {
+                getNodeIconPath: function(module,icon) {
+                    return path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../../public/icons/arrow-in.png');
+                }
+            }
+        });
     });
     describe("slash handler", function() {
         before(function() {
@@ -71,10 +78,10 @@ describe("ui api", function() {
             res.setEncoding('binary');
             res.data = '';
             res.on('data', function (chunk) {
-                    res.data += chunk;
+                res.data += chunk;
             });
             res.on('end', function () {
-                    callback(null, new Buffer(res.data, 'binary'));
+                callback(null, new Buffer(res.data, 'binary'));
             });
         }
         function compareBuffers(b1,b2) {
@@ -83,11 +90,10 @@ describe("ui api", function() {
                 b1[i].should.equal(b2[i]);
             }
         }
-
-        it('returns the default icon when getting an unknown icon', function(done) {
+        it('returns the requested icon', function(done) {
             var defaultIcon = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../../public/icons/arrow-in.png'));
             request(app)
-                .get("/icons/random-module/youwonthaveme.png")
+                .get("/icons/module/icon.png")
                 .expect("Content-Type", /image\/png/)
                 .expect(200)
                 .parse(binaryParser)
@@ -101,40 +107,6 @@ describe("ui api", function() {
                 });
 
         });
-        it('returns a known icon', function(done) {
-            var injectIcon = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../../public/icons/inject.png'));
-            request(app)
-                .get("/icons/node-red/inject.png")
-                .expect("Content-Type", /image\/png/)
-                .expect(200)
-                .parse(binaryParser)
-                .end(function(err, res){
-                    if (err){
-                        return done(err);
-                    }
-                    Buffer.isBuffer(res.body).should.be.true();
-                    compareBuffers(res.body,injectIcon);
-                    done();
-                });
-        });
-
-        it('returns a registered icon' , function(done) {
-            var testIcon = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../resources/icons/test_icon.png'));
-            events.emit("node-icon-dir",{name:"test-module", path: path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../resources/icons')});
-            request(app)
-                .get("/icons/test-module/test_icon.png")
-                .expect("Content-Type", /image\/png/)
-                .expect(200)
-                .parse(binaryParser)
-                .end(function(err, res){
-                    if (err){
-                        return done(err);
-                    }
-                    Buffer.isBuffer(res.body).should.be.true();
-                    compareBuffers(res.body,testIcon);
-                    done();
-                });
-        });
     });
 
     describe("editor ui handler", function() {
@@ -174,8 +146,4 @@ describe("ui api", function() {
                 });
         });
     });
-
-
-
-
 });
diff --git a/test/red/runtime/nodes/index_spec.js b/test/red/runtime/nodes/index_spec.js
index 8f3b9a5a1..045d084a7 100644
--- a/test/red/runtime/nodes/index_spec.js
+++ b/test/red/runtime/nodes/index_spec.js
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ describe("red/nodes/index", function() {
         get: function() { return false }
     };
 
+    var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
     var runtime = {
         settings: settings,
         storage: storage,
-        log: {debug:function() {}, warn:function() {}}
+        log: {debug:function() {}, warn:function() {}},
+        events: new EventEmitter()
     };
 
     function TestNode(n) {
diff --git a/test/red/runtime/nodes/library_spec.js b/test/red/runtime/nodes/library_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6596c8c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/red/runtime/nodes/library_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright JS Foundation and other contributors, http://js.foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+
+var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
+var events = new EventEmitter();
+
+var should = require("should");
+
+var fs = require("fs");
+var path = require("path");
+
+var library = require("../../../../red/runtime/nodes/library")
+
+describe("library api", function() {
+    it('returns null list when no modules have been registered', function() {
+        library.init({events:events});
+        should.not.exist(library.getExampleFlows());
+    });
+    it('returns null path when module is not known', function() {
+        library.init({events:events});
+        should.not.exist(library.getExampleFlowPath('foo','bar'));
+    });
+
+    it('returns a valid example path', function(done) {
+        library.init({events:events});
+        events.emit('node-examples-dir',{
+            name: "test-module",
+            path: path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../../resources/examples')
+        });
+        setTimeout(function() {
+            try {
+                var flows = library.getExampleFlows();
+                flows.should.deepEqual({"d":{"test-module":{"f":["one"]}}});
+
+                var examplePath = library.getExampleFlowPath('test-module','one');
+                examplePath.should.eql(path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../../resources/examples/one.json'))
+
+
+                events.emit('node-module-uninstalled', 'test-module');
+
+                setTimeout(function() {
+                    try {
+                        should.not.exist(library.getExampleFlows());
+                        should.not.exist(library.getExampleFlowPath('test-module','one'));
+                        done();
+                    } catch(err) {
+                        done(err);
+                    }
+                },20);
+            }catch(err) {
+                done(err);
+            }
+        },20);
+
+    })
+});
diff --git a/test/red/runtime/nodes/registry/registry_spec.js b/test/red/runtime/nodes/registry/registry_spec.js
index 745d3d38b..12bb9a8b4 100644
--- a/test/red/runtime/nodes/registry/registry_spec.js
+++ b/test/red/runtime/nodes/registry/registry_spec.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 var should = require("should");
 var when = require("when");
 var sinon = require("sinon");
+var path = require("path");
 
 var typeRegistry = require("../../../../../red/runtime/nodes/registry/registry");
 
@@ -483,4 +484,19 @@ describe("red/nodes/registry/registry",function() {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('#getNodeIconPath', function() {
+        it('returns the default icon when getting an unknown icon', function() {
+            var defaultIcon = path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../../../../public/icons/arrow-in.png');
+            var iconPath = typeRegistry.getNodeIconPath('random-module','youwonthaveme.png');
+            iconPath.should.eql(defaultIcon);
+        });
+
+        it('returns a registered icon' , function() {
+            var testIcon = path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../../../resources/icons/test_icon.png');
+            events.emit("node-icon-dir",{name:"test-module", path: path.resolve(__dirname+'/../../../../resources/icons')});
+            var iconPath = typeRegistry.getNodeIconPath('test-module','test_icon.png');
+            iconPath.should.eql(testIcon);
+        });
+    });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/resources/examples/one.json b/test/resources/examples/one.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb