diff --git a/examples/advanced-project-js/checkly.config.js b/examples/advanced-project-js/checkly.config.js
index 763eab27f..e12d0aba5 100644
--- a/examples/advanced-project-js/checkly.config.js
+++ b/examples/advanced-project-js/checkly.config.js
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ const config = defineConfig({
     /* A default for how often your Check should run in minutes */
     frequency: 10,
     /* Checkly data centers to run your Checks as monitors */
-    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+    locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
     /* An optional array of tags to organize your Checks */
     tags: ['mac'],
     /** The Checkly Runtime identifier, determining npm packages and the Node.js version available at runtime.
      * See https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/cli/npm-packages/
      */
     runtimeId: '2025.04',
-    /* Failed check runs will be retried before triggering alerts */
-    retryStrategy: RetryStrategyBuilder.fixedStrategy({ baseBackoffSeconds: 60, maxRetries: 4, sameRegion: true }),
+    /* Failed check runs will not be retried per default. See `browserChecks` below for a retry example. */
+    retryStrategy: RetryStrategyBuilder.noRetries(),
     alertEscalationPolicy: AlertEscalationBuilder.runBasedEscalation(1),
     /* A glob pattern that matches the Checks inside your repo, see https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/constructs/including-checks/#checks-checkmatch */
     checkMatch: '**/__checks__/**/*.check.js',
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const config = defineConfig({
   },
   cli: {
     /* The default datacenter location to use when running npx checkly test */
-    runLocation: 'eu-west-1',
+    runLocation: 'eu-central-1',
     /* An array of default reporters to use when a reporter is not specified with the "--reporter" flag */
     reporters: ['list'],
     /* How many times to retry a failing test run when running `npx checkly test` or `npx checkly trigger` (max. 3) */
diff --git a/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/synthetics/06-multi-step-api.check.js b/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/synthetics/06-multi-step-api.check.js
index a159f3f1f..4b0a5c535 100644
--- a/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/synthetics/06-multi-step-api.check.js
+++ b/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/synthetics/06-multi-step-api.check.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ new MultiStepCheck('multistep-check-1', {
   name: 'Multistep API check',
   group: syntheticGroup,
   frequency: Frequency.EVERY_1H,
-  locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+  locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
   code: {
     entrypoint: path.join(__dirname, '05-multi-step-api.spec.js')
   },
diff --git a/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/utils/website-groups.check.js b/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/utils/website-groups.check.js
index 284424074..9ec0cd529 100644
--- a/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/utils/website-groups.check.js
+++ b/examples/advanced-project-js/src/__checks__/utils/website-groups.check.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const syntheticGroup = new CheckGroupV2('check-group-synthetics', {
   activated: true,
   muted: false,
   frequency: Frequency.EVERY_15M,
-  locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+  locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
   tags: ['synthetics'],
   // By setting an alertEscalationPolicy, these settings will override those on individual checks
   alertEscalationPolicy: AlertEscalationBuilder.runBasedEscalation(
diff --git a/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/synthetics/06-multi-step-api.check.ts b/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/synthetics/06-multi-step-api.check.ts
index e123e10dc..90e940e28 100644
--- a/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/synthetics/06-multi-step-api.check.ts
+++ b/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/synthetics/06-multi-step-api.check.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ new MultiStepCheck('multistep-check-1', {
   name: 'Multistep API check',
   group: syntheticGroup,
   frequency: Frequency.EVERY_1H,
-  locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+  locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
   code: {
     entrypoint: path.join(__dirname, '05-multi-step-api.spec.ts')
   },
diff --git a/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/utils/website-groups.check.ts b/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/utils/website-groups.check.ts
index d03eb1f7c..92fe8f3bb 100644
--- a/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/utils/website-groups.check.ts
+++ b/examples/advanced-project/src/__checks__/utils/website-groups.check.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const syntheticGroup = new CheckGroupV2('check-group-synthetics', {
   activated: true,
   muted: false,
   frequency: Frequency.EVERY_15M,
-  locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1'],
+  locations: ['us-east-1', 'eu-central-1'],
   tags: ['synthetics'],
   // By setting an alertEscalationPolicy, these settings will override those on individual checks
   alertEscalationPolicy: AlertEscalationBuilder.runBasedEscalation(