diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21907e510ac58e5a71b40017b0569c933455fb7c..5361fda923a2cc81ecc763d7989f0e592f55077b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ docs/source/examples/
 docs/source/generated/
 examples/test_domain
 examples/qmod.nc
+examples/qmod_couple.nc
 
 /docs/build/
 /docs/finam_mhm.*
diff --git a/examples/simple_viewer.py b/examples/01_simple_viewer.py
similarity index 93%
rename from examples/simple_viewer.py
rename to examples/01_simple_viewer.py
index c656550530cf22ce68f3cf37a52ef50a5825b981..acd1b077f8cf35fe5f68fc96050091db126cb679 100644
--- a/examples/simple_viewer.py
+++ b/examples/01_simple_viewer.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ test_domain = here / "test_domain"
 shutil.rmtree(test_domain, ignore_errors=True)
 
 download_test(path=test_domain)
+
 mhm = fm_mhm.MHM(cwd=test_domain)
 runoff_viewer = fm_plt.ImagePlot(vmin=0.0, vmax=650, update_interval=24)
 # netcdf writing files
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ writer = fm_nc.NetCdfTimedWriter(
     path=here / "qmod.nc",
     inputs={"QMOD": fm_nc.Layer(var="QMOD", xyz=("x", "y"))},
     time_var="time",
-    start=start_date,
     step=day,
 )
 
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ composition.initialize()
 mhm.outputs["L11_QMOD"] >> writer.inputs["QMOD"]
 mhm.outputs["L11_QMOD"] >> runoff_viewer.inputs["Grid"]
 
-composition.run(end_time=datetime(1991, 1, 1))
+composition.run(end_time=datetime(1990, 12, 31))
diff --git a/examples/02_meteo_couple.py b/examples/02_meteo_couple.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9ebde176147edb25e38d43aa2b02cbffed56fa7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/02_meteo_couple.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+"""
+Simple coupling setup using live view modules.
+"""
+import shutil
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import finam as fm
+import finam_netcdf as fm_nc
+from mhm import download_test
+
+import finam_mhm as fm_mhm
+
+# start_date = datetime(1993, 1, 1)
+# end_date = datetime(1993, 12, 31)
+start_date = datetime(1990, 1, 1)
+end_date = datetime(1993, 12, 31)
+day = timedelta(days=1)
+here = Path(__file__).parent
+test_domain = here / "test_domain"
+shutil.rmtree(test_domain, ignore_errors=True)
+
+download_test(path=test_domain, domain=1)
+
+pre_reader = fm_nc.NetCdfReader(test_domain / "input" / "meteo" / "pre" / "pre.nc")
+
+mhm = fm_mhm.MHM(
+    cwd=test_domain,
+    input_names=["METEO_PRE"],
+    meteo_timestep=24,
+    ignore_input_grid=True,
+)
+# netcdf writing files
+writer = fm_nc.NetCdfTimedWriter(
+    path=here / "qmod_couple.nc",
+    inputs={"QMOD": fm_nc.Layer(var="QMOD", xyz=("x", "y"))},
+    time_var="time",
+    step=day,
+)
+
+composition = fm.Composition([pre_reader, mhm, writer])
+composition.initialize()
+
+pre_reader["pre"] >> mhm.inputs["METEO_PRE"]
+mhm.outputs["L11_QMOD"] >> writer.inputs["QMOD"]
+
+composition.run(start_time=start_date, end_time=end_date)