diff --git a/base/proposal.pdf b/base/proposal.pdf
index e4b2019..bc87682 100644
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diff --git a/dfg/dfgproposal.cls b/dfg/dfgproposal.cls
index 5b4c913..5080e90 100644
--- a/dfg/dfgproposal.cls
+++ b/dfg/dfgproposal.cls
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 \dfg@applicants@private@lines\hline
 \end{tabular}}
 \renewenvironment{prop@proposal}
-{\ifgeneral%
+{\ifgeneral
 \ifsubmit\setcounter{page}{1}\else
 \thispagestyle{empty}%
 \begin{center}
diff --git a/dfg/dfgproposal.pdf b/dfg/dfgproposal.pdf
index c6200cf..dff2cb4 100644
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diff --git a/eu/euproposal.pdf b/eu/euproposal.pdf
index d2e91c8..bacf575 100644
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diff --git a/examples/dfg/lib/dummy.bib b/examples/dfg/lib/dummy.bib
index 103921b..42d4583 100644
--- a/examples/dfg/lib/dummy.bib
+++ b/examples/dfg/lib/dummy.bib
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-@PREAMLE{\usepackage{url}}
 @misc{Kohlhase:pdpl10,
   author = {Michael Kohlhase},
   title = {Preparing {DFG} Proposals in {\LaTeX} with \texttt{dfgproposal.cls}},
diff --git a/examples/dfg/proposal/Makefile b/examples/dfg/proposal/Makefile
index 6c1edc2..d251b39 100644
--- a/examples/dfg/proposal/Makefile
+++ b/examples/dfg/proposal/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ###########################################################################
 # possibly customize the following variables to your setting
 PROPOSAL = proposal.tex# 	# the proposal
-BIB = ../lib#		        # bibTeX databases
 PROP.dir = ../../..#            # The LaTeX-proposal class directory
+BIB = $(PROP.dir)/lib/dummy.bib# # bibTeX databases
 ###########################################################################
 include $(PROP.dir)/lib/Makefile.dfgproposal 
diff --git a/examples/dfg/proposal/proposal.pdf b/examples/dfg/proposal/proposal.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index 17c4497..0000000
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diff --git a/examples/dfg/proposal/proposal.tex b/examples/dfg/proposal/proposal.tex
index 0128e19..74e34e2 100644
--- a/examples/dfg/proposal/proposal.tex
+++ b/examples/dfg/proposal/proposal.tex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 % - public.tex (like submit.tex, but no financials either) 
 \providecommand{\classoptions}{,keys} % to be overwritten in variants
 \documentclass[RAM,gitinfo\classoptions]{dfgproposal}
-\addbibresource{../lib/dummy}
+\addbibresource{../lib/dummy.bib}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \input{../lib/WApersons}
 % temporary fix for biblatex in TeXLive 2016, 
diff --git a/examples/dfg/report/Makefile b/examples/dfg/report/Makefile
index 3b87b11..0ecb810 100644
--- a/examples/dfg/report/Makefile
+++ b/examples/dfg/report/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ###########################################################################
 # possibly customize the following variables to your setting
 REPORT = finalreport.tex# 	# the report
-BIB = ../lib/dummy.bib#	        # bibTeX databases
-PROP.dir = ../../..#
+PROP.dir = ../../..#            # The LaTeX-proposal class directory
+BIB = ../lib/dummy.bib# # bibTeX databases
 ###########################################################################
 include $(PROP.dir)/lib/Makefile.dfgproposal 
diff --git a/examples/dfg/report/finalreport.pdf b/examples/dfg/report/finalreport.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index b629498..0000000
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diff --git a/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/Makefile b/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/Makefile
index 4af7ec6..45444f9 100644
--- a/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/Makefile
+++ b/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # used to prepare official versions (hiding development/private info). 
 ###########################################################################
 # possibly customize the following variables to your setting
-PROPOSAL = proposal.tex# 	# the proposal
-BIB = ../lib/dummy.bib#	        # bibTeX databases
+PROPOSAL = proposal.tex# 	 # the proposal
 PROP.dir = ../../..
+BIB = ../lib/dummy.bib# # bibTeX databases
 ###########################################################################
 include $(PROP.dir)/lib/Makefile.dfgproposal 
diff --git a/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/proposal.pdf b/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/proposal.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a322db..0000000
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diff --git a/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/proposal.tex b/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/proposal.tex
index d24abae..9b813f2 100644
--- a/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/proposal.tex
+++ b/examples/dfg/simple-proposal/proposal.tex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 % - public.tex (like submit.tex, but no financials either) 
 \providecommand{\classoptions}{,keys} % to be overwritten in variants
 \documentclass[gitinfo,noworkareas,RAM\classoptions]{dfgproposal}
-\addbibresource{../lib/dummy}
+\addbibresource{../lib/dummy.bib}
 \input{../lib/WApersons}
 
 
diff --git a/examples/eu/strep/Makefile b/examples/eu/strep/Makefile
index c7b6b11..7ae6aa7 100644
--- a/examples/eu/strep/Makefile
+++ b/examples/eu/strep/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 ###########################################################################
 # possibly customize the following variables to your setting
 PROPOSAL = propB.tex 		# the proposal
-BIB = ../lib/dummy.bib	        # bibTeX databases
-PROP.dir = ../../..
+PROP.dir = ../../..#            # The LaTeX-proposal class directory
+BIB = $(PROP.dir)/lib/dummy.bib# # bibTeX databases
 ###########################################################################
 # the following are computed
 TSIMP = 			                  # pdflatex Targets without bibTeX
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ $(TBIB.pdf): %.pdf: %.tex $(SRC) $(BIB) $(PROPCLS)
 	sort $(PROPOSAL:%.tex=%.delivs) > $(PROPOSAL:%.tex=%.deliverables)
 	@if (test -e $(patsubst %.tex, %.idx,  $<));\
 	    then makeindex $(patsubst %.tex, %.idx,  $<); fi
-	$(MAKE) -$(MAKEFLAGS) $(BBL)
-	@if (grep "(re)run BibTeX" $(patsubst %.tex, %.log,  $<)> /dev/null);\
-	    then $(MAKE) -B $(BBL); fi
+	biber $(basename $<)
+	@if (grep "(re)run" $(patsubst %.tex, %.log,  $<)> /dev/null);\
+	    then biber $(basename $<); fi
 	$(PDFLATEX)  $< || $(RM) $@
 	@if (grep Rerun $(patsubst %.tex, %.log,  $<) > /dev/null);\
 	   then $(PDFLATEX)  $<  || $(RM) $@; fi
diff --git a/examples/eu/strep/propB.pdf b/examples/eu/strep/propB.pdf
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diff --git a/examples/eu/strep/propB.tex b/examples/eu/strep/propB.tex
index 8dc1c24..3efcc46 100644
--- a/examples/eu/strep/propB.tex
+++ b/examples/eu/strep/propB.tex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 \documentclass[noworkareas,deliverables,gitinfo,report,propB\classoptions]{euproposal}
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
-\addbibresource{../lib/dummy}
+\addbibresource{../lib/dummy.bib}
 \input{../lib/WApersons}% Some sections of the included files depend on this.
 
 \begin{document}
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.dfgproposal b/lib/Makefile.dfgproposal
index d13d31e..fc83213 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.dfgproposal
+++ b/lib/Makefile.dfgproposal
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ $(TARGET.pdf): %.pdf: %.tex $(SRC) $(BIBS) $(PROPCLS)
 	@if (test -e $(patsubst %.tex, %.idx,  $<));\
 	    then makeindex $(patsubst %.tex, %.idx,  $<); fi
 # bbl is up to date $(MAKE) -$(MAKEFLAGS) $(BBL)
-	@if (grep "(re)run BibTeX" $(patsubst %.tex, %.log,  $<)> /dev/null);\
-	    then $(MAKE) -B $(BBL); fi
+	@if (grep "(re)run" $(patsubst %.tex, %.log,  $<)> /dev/null);\
+	    then biber $(basename $<); fi
 	$(PDFLATEX)  $< || $(RM) $@
 	@if (grep Rerun $(patsubst %.tex, %.log,  $<) > /dev/null);\
 	   then $(PDFLATEX)  $<  || $(RM) $@; fi