diff --git a/eo/tutorial/Templates/Makefile.tmpl b/eo/tutorial/Templates/Makefile.tmpl
index f91d2308..cfc87072 100644
--- a/eo/tutorial/Templates/Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/eo/tutorial/Templates/Makefile.tmpl
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@
 
 .cpp.o: ; c++ -DPACKAGE=\"eo\" -DVERSION=\"0.9.1\" -DF2C -I. -I../../src -I./util -Wall -g -c $*.cpp
 
+# local sources
+LOCAL_SOURCES = MyStructEA.cpp \
+   eoMyStruct.h \
+   eoMyStructEvalFunc.h \
+   eoMyStructInit.h \
+   eoMyStructMutation.h \
+   eoMyStructQuadCrossover.h \
+   make_genotype_MyStruct.h \
+   make_op_MyStruct.h
+
+
 
 # START eventually modify the name of EO dir
 DIR_EO = ../../src
@@ -22,4 +33,6 @@ all : $(ALL)
 
 clean : ; /bin/rm  *.o $(ALL)
 
+########## local dependencies
+AppliEA.o : $(LOCAL_SOURCES)
 
diff --git a/eo/tutorial/Templates/MyStructEA.cpp b/eo/tutorial/Templates/MyStructEA.cpp
index 9d58f81d..9020d472 100644
--- a/eo/tutorial/Templates/MyStructEA.cpp
+++ b/eo/tutorial/Templates/MyStructEA.cpp
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ using namespace std;
 //*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
 // START fitness type: double or eoMaximizingFitness if you are maximizing
 //                     eoMinimizingFitness if you are minimizing
-typedef eoMyStruct<double> Indi;      // ***MUST*** derive from EO 
+typedef eoMinimizingFitness MyFitT ;	// type of fitness 
 // END fitness type
 //*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
 
+// Then define your EO objects using that fitness type
+typedef eoMyStruct<MyFitT> Indi;      // ***MUST*** derive from EO 
+
 // create an initializer
 #include "make_genotype_MyStruct.h"
 eoInit<Indi> & make_genotype(eoParameterLoader& _parser, eoState&_state, Indi _eo)
diff --git a/eo/tutorial/Templates/README b/eo/tutorial/Templates/README
index e1284acb..91c85d6a 100644
--- a/eo/tutorial/Templates/README
+++ b/eo/tutorial/Templates/README
@@ -30,18 +30,23 @@ First, let's choose a name: let's call the new EO class eoAppli.
 All newly created classes will be named eoAppliXXX (in the file
 eoAppliXXX)
 
-1- choose a directory name for your application in the tutorial dir,
-"parallel" to the LessonX dirs (though any name can do, of course, we
-will suppose its full name, from the / root dir, is APPLICATION in
-what follows)
+1- cd to the tutorial dir
 
-2- cd to the tutorial/Templates dir
+2- create the directory for your application (let's assume you call it
+APPLICATION): type in
 
-3- run the helper script create.sh with the following arguments
-            create.sh Appli APPLICATION
+            mkdir APPLICATION
 
-4- cd to the APPLICATION dir. You should see there the following
-files:
+3- go to the Templates dir 
+
+            cd Templates
+
+and run the helper script create.sh with the following arguments 
+
+            ./create.sh Appli ../APPLICATION
+
+4- cd to the APPLICATION dir (cd ../APPLICATION). 
+You should see there the following files:
    AppliEA.cpp            the main file, includes all other, to be compiled
    Makefile               with default target eoAppliEA
    eoAppli.h              class eoAppli<FitT>, FitT = template fitness
diff --git a/eo/tutorial/Templates/eoMyStruct.tmpl b/eo/tutorial/Templates/eoMyStruct.tmpl
index b33c30f3..f3687516 100644
--- a/eo/tutorial/Templates/eoMyStruct.tmpl
+++ b/eo/tutorial/Templates/eoMyStruct.tmpl
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public:
     // END   Code of default Ctor of an eoMyStruct object
   }
 
+  virtual string className() const { return "eoMyStruct"; }
 
   /** printing... */
     void printOn(ostream& os) const