diff --git a/bin/sam-translate.py b/bin/sam-translate.py
index eda75b030f..2483bd4e40 100755
--- a/bin/sam-translate.py
+++ b/bin/sam-translate.py
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 import boto3
 from docopt import docopt
 
+my_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+sys.path.insert(0, my_path + '/..')
+
 from samtranslator.public.translator import ManagedPolicyLoader
 from samtranslator.translator.transform import transform
 from samtranslator.yaml_helper import yaml_parse
diff --git a/examples/2016-10-31/api_gateway_responses/src/index.js b/examples/2016-10-31/api_gateway_responses/src/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a6fe27fff5..0000000000
--- a/examples/2016-10-31/api_gateway_responses/src/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const createResponse = (statusCode, body) => ({ statusCode, body });
-
-exports.get = (event, context, callback) => {
-    callback(null, createResponse(200, 'You will never see this.'));
-};
-
-exports.auth = (event, context, callback) => {
-    return callback('Unauthorized', null)
-};
diff --git a/examples/2016-10-31/api_gateway_responses/template.yaml b/examples/2016-10-31/api_gateway_responses/template.yaml
index 0f094e5589..6b0bafcdb4 100644
--- a/examples/2016-10-31/api_gateway_responses/template.yaml
+++ b/examples/2016-10-31/api_gateway_responses/template.yaml
@@ -3,46 +3,31 @@ Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
 Description: Simple webservice deomnstrating gateway responses.
 
 Resources:
-  ExplicitApi:
+  MyApi:
     Type: AWS::Serverless::Api
     Properties:
-      Auth:
-        Authorizers:
-          Authorizer:
-            FunctionArn: !GetAtt AuthorizerFunction.Arn
-            Identity:
-              ValidationExpression: "^Bearer +[-0-9a-zA-Z\\._]*$"
-              ReauthorizeEvery: 300
+      StageName: Prod
       GatewayResponses:
-        UNAUTHORIZED:
+        DEFAULT_4xx:
           ResponseParameters:
             Headers:
               Access-Control-Expose-Headers: "'WWW-Authenticate'"
               Access-Control-Allow-Origin: "'*'"
-              WWW-Authenticate: >-
-                'Bearer realm="admin"'
+
   GetFunction:
     Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
     Properties:
       Handler: index.get
       Runtime: nodejs6.10
-      CodeUri: src/
+      InlineCode: module.exports = async () => throw new Error('Check out the response headers!')
       Events:
         GetResource:
           Type: Api
           Properties:
-            Path: /resource/{resourceId}
+            Path: /error
             Method: get
-            Auth:
-              Authorizer: Authorizer
-            RestApiId: !Ref ExplicitApi
-  AuthorizerFunction:
-    Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
-    Properties:
-      Handler: index.auth
-      Runtime: nodejs6.10
-      CodeUri: src/
+            RestApiId: !Ref MyApi
 Outputs:
   ApiURL:
     Description: "API endpoint URL for Prod environment"
-    Value: !Sub "https://${ServerlessRestApi}.execute-api.${AWS::Region}.amazonaws.com/Prod/resource/"
+    Value: !Sub "https://${MyApi}.execute-api.${AWS::Region}.amazonaws.com/Prod/error/"