diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 165c771..b14ecb5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,6 +10,22 @@ forms, such as:
 
 At all times the [code of conduct](#code-of-conduct) applies.
 
+## Troubleshooting
+
+It's not completely trivial to configure Vimspector and there is a fairly large
+amount of documentation. I know full well that documentation isn't everything,
+so the first step in troubleshooting is to try a sample project that's known to
+work, to check if the problem is your project configuration rather than an
+actual bug.
+
+Therefore before raising an issue for a supported language, please check with
+the sample projects in `support/test/<language>` and `tests/testdata/` to see if
+the problem is with your project settings, rather than with vimspector. 
+
+Information on these is in [the README](README.md#trying-it-out).
+
+If in doubt, ask on Gitter.
+
 ## Diagnostics
 
 Whenever reporting any type of fault, or difficulty in making the plugin
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40cf4d8..87b0e8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -255,12 +255,6 @@ packadd! vimspector
 
 See support/doc/example_vimrc.vim.
 
-Also, if you want to try out vimspector without changing your vim config, run:
-
-```
-vim -Nu /path/to/vimspector/tests/vimrc --cmd "let g:vimspector_enable_mappings='HUMAN'"
-```
-
 ## Install some gadgets
 
 There are a couple of ways of doing this, but ***using `install_gadget.py` is
@@ -380,6 +374,30 @@ Vimspector will also load any fies matching:
 format as `.gadgets.json` but are not overwritten when running
 `install_gadget.py`.
 
+## Trying it out
+
+If you just want to try out vimspector without changing your vim config, there
+are example projects for a number of languages in `support/test`, including:
+
+* Python (`support/test/python/simple_python`)
+* Go (`support/test/go/hello_world`)
+* Nodejs (`support/test/node/simple`)
+* Chrome (`support/test/chrome/`)
+* etc.
+
+To test one of these out, cd to the directory and run:
+
+```
+vim -Nu /path/to/vimspector/tests/vimrc --cmd "let g:vimspector_enable_mappings='HUMAN'"
+```
+
+Then press `<F5>`.
+
+There's also a C++ project in `tests/testdata/cpp/simple/` with a `Makefile`
+which can be used to check everything is working. This is used by the regression
+tests in CI so should always work, and is a good way to check if the problem is
+your configuration rather than a bug.
+
 # About
 
 ## Background
diff --git a/make_package b/make_package
index 2401fce..1b34a05 100755
--- a/make_package
+++ b/make_package
@@ -16,13 +16,20 @@ mkdir -p ${PACK}
 pushd ${PACK}
   mkdir -p vimspector/opt/vimspector
   pushd vimspector/opt/vimspector
-    for d in autoload plugin python3 vendor doc; do
+    for d in autoload plugin python3 vendor doc support; do
       if [[ -d ${ROOT}/$d ]]; then
         cp -r ${ROOT}/$d .
       fi
     done
     mkdir -p gadgets
     cp -r ${ROOT}/gadgets/${OS} gadgets/
+    for f in install_gadget.py \
+             CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md \
+             CONTRIBUTING.md \
+             LICENCE \
+             README.md; do
+      cp ${ROOT}/${f} .
+    done
   popd
 popd