diff --git a/cli/contract_test.go b/cli/contract_test.go
index 87fee79199..a70b8bd964 100644
--- a/cli/contract_test.go
+++ b/cli/contract_test.go
@@ -475,6 +475,9 @@ func TestCompileExamples(t *testing.T) {
 	e := newExecutor(t, false)
 
 	for _, info := range infos {
+		if !info.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
 		t.Run(info.Name(), func(t *testing.T) {
 			infos, err := ioutil.ReadDir(path.Join(examplePath, info.Name()))
 			require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/examples/my_wallet.json b/examples/my_wallet.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..320061f0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/my_wallet.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"version":"3.0","accounts":[{"address":"NX1yL5wDx3inK2qUVLRVaqCLUxYnAbv85S","key":"6PYUz1rNSwDf9ad1vxYbJyK93GrnnPBhr819HgSefMvgU1H9QxqVVCZQtN","label":"my_account","contract":{"script":"DCEDhEhWuuSSNuCc7nLsxQhI8nFlt+UfY3oP0/UkYmdH7G5BdHR2qg==","parameters":[{"name":"parameter0","type":"Signature"}],"deployed":false},"lock":false,"isdefault":false}],"scrypt":{"n":16384,"r":8,"p":8},"extra":{"Tokens":null}}
diff --git a/examples/my_wallet_test.go b/examples/my_wallet_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35e14c56ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/my_wallet_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package examples
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/wallet"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+const (
+	walletPath   = "my_wallet.json"
+	walletPass   = "qwerty"
+	accountLabel = "my_account"
+)
+
+func TestDecryptMyWallet(t *testing.T) {
+	w, err := wallet.NewWalletFromFile(walletPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(w.Accounts))
+	require.Equal(t, accountLabel, w.Accounts[0].Label)
+	require.NoError(t, w.Accounts[0].Decrypt(walletPass))
+
+	// we need to keep the owner of the example contracts the same as the wallet account
+	require.Equal(t, "NX1yL5wDx3inK2qUVLRVaqCLUxYnAbv85S", w.Accounts[0].Address, "need to change `owner` in the example contracts")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/compiler_test.go b/pkg/compiler/compiler_test.go
index 7ea0e8f656..e2c78754d9 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/compiler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/compiler_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func TestCompiler(t *testing.T) {
 				infos, err := ioutil.ReadDir(examplePath)
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				for _, info := range infos {
+					if !info.IsDir() {
+						continue
+					}
 					infos, err := ioutil.ReadDir(path.Join(examplePath, info.Name()))
 					require.NoError(t, err)
 					require.False(t, len(infos) == 0, "detected smart contract folder with no contract in it")