diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b55463..e149f58 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <properties>
     <slf4jVersion>2.0.12</slf4jVersion>
     <log4jVersion>2.22.1</log4jVersion>
-    <wikidataToolkitVersion>0.16.0</wikidataToolkitVersion>
+    <wikidataToolkitVersion>0.17.0</wikidataToolkitVersion>
   </properties>
   
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/examples/ClassPropertyUsageAnalyzer.java b/src/examples/ClassPropertyUsageAnalyzer.java
index 3bfc8f1..dc703d3 100644
--- a/src/examples/ClassPropertyUsageAnalyzer.java
+++ b/src/examples/ClassPropertyUsageAnalyzer.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public int compare(
 	 * which dump file to use and whether to run in offline mode, modify the
 	 * settings in {@link ExampleHelpers}.
 	 */
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		ExampleHelpers.configureLogging();
 		ClassPropertyUsageAnalyzer.printDocumentation();
 
diff --git a/src/examples/EntityStatisticsProcessor.java b/src/examples/EntityStatisticsProcessor.java
index 724cf92..c84ef70 100644
--- a/src/examples/EntityStatisticsProcessor.java
+++ b/src/examples/EntityStatisticsProcessor.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static class UsageStatistics {
 	 *
 	 * @param args
 	 */
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		ExampleHelpers.configureLogging();
 		EntityStatisticsProcessor.printDocumentation();
 
diff --git a/src/examples/ExampleHelpers.java b/src/examples/ExampleHelpers.java
index 00fd43a..2b41b2e 100644
--- a/src/examples/ExampleHelpers.java
+++ b/src/examples/ExampleHelpers.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public static void configureLogging() {
 	 *            the object to use for processing entities in this dump
 	 */
 	public static void processEntitiesFromWikidataDump(
-			EntityDocumentProcessor entityDocumentProcessor) {
+			EntityDocumentProcessor entityDocumentProcessor) throws IOException {
 
 		// Controller object for processing dumps:
 		DumpProcessingController dumpProcessingController = new DumpProcessingController(
diff --git a/src/examples/FetchOnlineDataExample.java b/src/examples/FetchOnlineDataExample.java
index fe9b711..5b608ed 100644
--- a/src/examples/FetchOnlineDataExample.java
+++ b/src/examples/FetchOnlineDataExample.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws MediaWikiApiErrorException, IOExce
 				Datamodel.SITE_WIKIDATA);
 
 		System.out.println("*** Fetching data for one entity:");
-		EntityDocument q42 = wbdf.getEntityDocument("Q42");
+		EntityDocument q42 = wbdf.getEntityDocument("L1259271");
 		System.out.println(q42);
 
 		if (q42 instanceof ItemDocument) {
diff --git a/src/examples/GenderRatioProcessor.java b/src/examples/GenderRatioProcessor.java
index bc41bdd..9f528b0 100644
--- a/src/examples/GenderRatioProcessor.java
+++ b/src/examples/GenderRatioProcessor.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public int compare(SiteRecord o1, SiteRecord o2) {
 	 * results to a file. To change which dump file to use and whether to run in
 	 * offline mode, modify the settings in {@link ExampleHelpers}.
 	 */
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		ExampleHelpers.configureLogging();
 		GenderRatioProcessor.printDocumentation();
 
diff --git a/src/examples/LifeExpectancyProcessor.java b/src/examples/LifeExpectancyProcessor.java
index 79514a2..949184a 100644
--- a/src/examples/LifeExpectancyProcessor.java
+++ b/src/examples/LifeExpectancyProcessor.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class LifeExpectancyProcessor implements EntityDocumentProcessor {
 	 * offline mode, modify the settings in {@link ExampleHelpers}.
 	 *
 	 */
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		ExampleHelpers.configureLogging();
 		LifeExpectancyProcessor.printDocumentation();
 
diff --git a/src/examples/LocalDumpFileExample.java b/src/examples/LocalDumpFileExample.java
index 530a230..d311f7c 100644
--- a/src/examples/LocalDumpFileExample.java
+++ b/src/examples/LocalDumpFileExample.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.dumpfiles.EntityTimerProcessor;
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.dumpfiles.MwLocalDumpFile;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * This class illustrates how to process local dumpfiles. It uses
  * {@link EntityTimerProcessor} to process a dump.
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ public class LocalDumpFileExample {
 	 */
 	private final static String DUMP_FILE = "./src/resources/sample-dump-20150815.json.gz";
 
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		ExampleHelpers.configureLogging();
 		LocalDumpFileExample.printDocumentation();
 
diff --git a/src/examples/RdfSerializationExample.java b/src/examples/RdfSerializationExample.java
index adf2391..29aa786 100644
--- a/src/examples/RdfSerializationExample.java
+++ b/src/examples/RdfSerializationExample.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 					exportOutputStream, sites,
 					PropertyRegister.getWikidataPropertyRegister());
 			// Serialize simple statements (and nothing else) for all items
-			serializer.setTasks(RdfSerializer.TASK_ITEMS | RdfSerializer.TASK_ALL_ENTITIES
+			serializer.setTasks(RdfSerializer.TASK_ITEMS
 					| RdfSerializer.TASK_SIMPLE_STATEMENTS);
 
 			// Run serialization
diff --git a/src/examples/TutorialExample.java b/src/examples/TutorialExample.java
index d0bcfcc..c7785aa 100644
--- a/src/examples/TutorialExample.java
+++ b/src/examples/TutorialExample.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.EntityDocumentProcessor;
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.dumpfiles.DumpProcessingController;
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.dumpfiles.MwRevision;
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@
  */
 public class TutorialExample {
 
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		ExampleHelpers.configureLogging();
 
 		// Controller object for processing dumps:
diff --git a/src/examples/WorldMapProcessor.java b/src/examples/WorldMapProcessor.java
index 689b99e..0419878 100644
--- a/src/examples/WorldMapProcessor.java
+++ b/src/examples/WorldMapProcessor.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class WorldMapProcessor implements EntityDocumentProcessor {
 	 *
 	 * @param args
 	 */
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		ExampleHelpers.configureLogging();
 		WorldMapProcessor.printDocumentation();