diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e4097e7..3f129d3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 * Remove `cat()` calls in functions.
 * Implement helper `check_input()` to validate input before passing them to
   other functions.
+* Run examples and tests only if MEME Suite is detected (only for functions
+which require MEME Suite).
 
 
 # MotifPeeker 0.99.5 / 0.99.6
diff --git a/R/MotifPeeker.R b/R/MotifPeeker.R
index e55a042..a41b395 100644
--- a/R/MotifPeeker.R
+++ b/R/MotifPeeker.R
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 #' )
 #' 
 #' \donttest{
+#'     if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 #'     # MotifPeeker takes time to run
 #'     MotifPeeker(
 #'         peak_files = peaks,
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@
 #'         quiet = TRUE,
 #'         verbose = FALSE
 #'     )
+#'     }
 #' }
 #' 
 #' @export
diff --git a/R/denovo_motifs.R b/R/denovo_motifs.R
index b3e4a7a..8212395 100644
--- a/R/denovo_motifs.R
+++ b/R/denovo_motifs.R
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #' associated metadata.
 #' 
 #' @examples
+#' if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 #' data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' if (requireNamespace("BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38", quietly = TRUE)) {
 #'     genome_build <- BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38::BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 #'                         out_dir = tempdir())
 #'     print(res[[1]]$consensus)
 #' }
+#' }
 #' @export
 denovo_motifs <- function(seqs,
                             trim_seq_width,
diff --git a/R/find_motifs.R b/R/find_motifs.R
index c33d241..50b7ccc 100644
--- a/R/find_motifs.R
+++ b/R/find_motifs.R
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #' data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #'     
 #' \donttest{
+#'     if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 #'     if (requireNamespace("BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38", quietly = TRUE)) {
 #'         genome_build <-
 #'             BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38::BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 #'                             out_dir = tempdir())
 #'         print(res2)
 #'     }
+#'     }
 #' }
 #' 
 #' @export
diff --git a/R/get_df_distances.R b/R/get_df_distances.R
index 1a8c48d..e399b31 100644
--- a/R/get_df_distances.R
+++ b/R/get_df_distances.R
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #' }
 #' 
 #' @examples
+#' if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 #' data("CTCF_ChIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' data("motif_MA1102.3", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' data("motif_MA1930.2", package = "MotifPeeker")
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 #'                          workers = 1)
 #'     print(distances_df)
 #' }
+#' }
 #' 
 #' @family generate data.frames
 #' 
diff --git a/R/get_df_enrichment.R b/R/get_df_enrichment.R
index e72f8f6..d753e0c 100644
--- a/R/get_df_enrichment.R
+++ b/R/get_df_enrichment.R
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #' }
 #' 
 #' @examples
+#' if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 #' data("CTCF_ChIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' data("motif_MA1102.3", package = "MotifPeeker")
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
 #'         )
 #'     }
 #' }
+#' }
 #' 
 #' @family generate data.frames
 #' 
diff --git a/R/motif_enrichment.R b/R/motif_enrichment.R
index d0eb089..1465140 100644
--- a/R/motif_enrichment.R
+++ b/R/motif_enrichment.R
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #' to the proportion of peaks with a motif.
 #'
 #' @examples
+#' if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 #' data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' data("motif_MA1102.3", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 #'     )
 #'     print(res)
 #' }
+#' }
 #'
 #' @seealso \code{\link[memes]{runAme}}
 #' 
diff --git a/R/motif_similarity.R b/R/motif_similarity.R
index 937826f..1b5ee40 100644
--- a/R/motif_similarity.R
+++ b/R/motif_similarity.R
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #' The list is repeated for each set of comparison groups in input.
 #' 
 #' @examples
+#' if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 #' data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' data("CTCF_ChIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 #'         print(similarity_matrices)
 #'     }
 #' }
+#' }
 #' 
 #' @export
 motif_similarity <- function(streme_out,
diff --git a/R/summit_to_motif.R b/R/summit_to_motif.R
index daf2a2d..a19d9e8 100644
--- a/R/summit_to_motif.R
+++ b/R/summit_to_motif.R
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #' distances for each valid peak.
 #'
 #' @examples
+#' if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 #' data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' data("motif_MA1102.3", package = "MotifPeeker")
 #' 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 #'     genome_build = BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38::BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38
 #' )
 #' print(res)
+#' }
 #'
 #' @seealso \code{\link[memes]{runAme}}
 #' 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 547c60a..3e8db7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ status](https://github.com/neurogenomics/MotifPeeker/workflows/rworkflows/badge.
 
 **Authors:** ***Hiranyamaya (Hiru) Dash, Thomas Roberts, Nathan
 Skene***  
-**Updated:** ***Nov-01-2024***
+**Updated:** ***Nov-04-2024***
 
 ## Introduction
 
@@ -380,12 +380,12 @@ utils::sessionInfo()
     ## [19] desc_1.4.3          dlstats_0.1.7       rprojroot_2.0.4    
     ## [22] munsell_0.5.1       pillar_1.9.0        RColorBrewer_1.1-3 
     ## [25] rlang_1.1.4         utf8_1.2.4          badger_0.2.4       
-    ## [28] xfun_0.48           fs_1.6.4            cli_3.6.3          
+    ## [28] xfun_0.49           fs_1.6.5            cli_3.6.3          
     ## [31] magrittr_2.0.3      rworkflows_1.0.2    digest_0.6.37      
     ## [34] grid_4.4.1          rstudioapi_0.17.1   lifecycle_1.0.4    
     ## [37] vctrs_0.6.5         evaluate_1.0.1      glue_1.8.0         
     ## [40] data.table_1.16.2   fansi_1.0.6         colorspace_2.1-1   
-    ## [43] rmarkdown_2.28      tools_4.4.1         pkgconfig_2.0.3    
+    ## [43] rmarkdown_2.29      tools_4.4.1         pkgconfig_2.0.3    
     ## [46] htmltools_0.5.8.1
 
 </details>
diff --git a/man/MotifPeeker.Rd b/man/MotifPeeker.Rd
index b2672c3..f88967e 100644
--- a/man/MotifPeeker.Rd
+++ b/man/MotifPeeker.Rd
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ motifs <- list(
 )
 
 \donttest{
+    if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
     # MotifPeeker takes time to run
     MotifPeeker(
         peak_files = peaks,
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ motifs <- list(
         quiet = TRUE,
         verbose = FALSE
     )
+    }
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/man/denovo_motifs.Rd b/man/denovo_motifs.Rd
index 628c77d..1690cb2 100644
--- a/man/denovo_motifs.Rd
+++ b/man/denovo_motifs.Rd
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ the search space. The result is then optionally filtered to remove motifs
 with a high number of nucleotide repeats
 }
 \examples{
+if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 if (requireNamespace("BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38", quietly = TRUE)) {
     genome_build <- BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38::BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38
@@ -90,3 +91,4 @@ if (requireNamespace("BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38", quietly = TRUE)) {
     print(res[[1]]$consensus)
 }
 }
+}
diff --git a/man/find_motifs.Rd b/man/find_motifs.Rd
index 0ba9aca..434bf98 100644
--- a/man/find_motifs.Rd
+++ b/man/find_motifs.Rd
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Light wrapper around \code{TOMTOM} from MEME Suite.
 data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
     
 \donttest{
+    if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
     if (requireNamespace("BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38", quietly = TRUE)) {
         genome_build <-
             BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38::BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
                             out_dir = tempdir())
         print(res2)
     }
+    }
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/man/get_df_distances.Rd b/man/get_df_distances.Rd
index f8213b5..f73af2c 100644
--- a/man/get_df_distances.Rd
+++ b/man/get_df_distances.Rd
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ for all peaks and motifs, generating a \code{data.frame} suitable
 for plots.
 }
 \examples{
+if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 data("CTCF_ChIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 data("motif_MA1102.3", package = "MotifPeeker")
 data("motif_MA1930.2", package = "MotifPeeker")
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ if (requireNamespace("BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38")) {
                          workers = 1)
     print(distances_df)
 }
+}
 
 }
 \seealso{
diff --git a/man/get_df_enrichment.Rd b/man/get_df_enrichment.Rd
index 5a1f182..e9d67be 100644
--- a/man/get_df_enrichment.Rd
+++ b/man/get_df_enrichment.Rd
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ suitable for plots. The \code{data.frame} contains values for all and
 segregated peaks.
 }
 \examples{
+if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 data("CTCF_ChIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 data("motif_MA1102.3", package = "MotifPeeker")
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ reference_index <- 1
         )
     }
 }
+}
 
 }
 \seealso{
diff --git a/man/motif_enrichment.Rd b/man/motif_enrichment.Rd
index ba68f56..189cb34 100644
--- a/man/motif_enrichment.Rd
+++ b/man/motif_enrichment.Rd
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ background sequences using Analysis of Motif Enrichment (AME) from
 \link{memes}.
 }
 \examples{
+if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 data("motif_MA1102.3", package = "MotifPeeker")
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ data("motif_MA1102.3", package = "MotifPeeker")
     )
     print(res)
 }
+}
 
 }
 \seealso{
diff --git a/man/motif_similarity.Rd b/man/motif_similarity.Rd
index ff79ef7..a928ee1 100644
--- a/man/motif_similarity.Rd
+++ b/man/motif_similarity.Rd
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ are of little use for motifs with a different number of alphabet letters
 }
 }
 \examples{
+if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 data("CTCF_ChIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 
@@ -171,5 +172,6 @@ data("CTCF_ChIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
         print(similarity_matrices)
     }
 }
+}
 
 }
diff --git a/man/summit_to_motif.Rd b/man/summit_to_motif.Rd
index ba23c24..9c093ba 100644
--- a/man/summit_to_motif.Rd
+++ b/man/summit_to_motif.Rd
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ the approximate formula:
 \href{https://meme-suite.org/meme/doc/fimo-tutorial.html}{FIMO documentation})
 }
 \examples{
+if (memes::meme_is_installed()) {
 data("CTCF_TIP_peaks", package = "MotifPeeker")
 data("motif_MA1102.3", package = "MotifPeeker")
 
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ res <- summit_to_motif(
     genome_build = BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38::BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38
 )
 print(res)
+}
 
 }
 \seealso{