diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61a48c3d..e3e0dfb9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@
 #
 # Creator of AoC tells people not to commit inputs to git. I also cannot
 # commit problem descriptions to git because of copyright.
-/examples/aoc2023/day*/input
-/examples/aoc2023/day*/input.txt
-/examples/aoc2023/day*/puzzle.md
+/examples/aoc*/day*/input
+/examples/aoc*/day*/input.txt
+/examples/aoc*/day*/puzzle.md
diff --git a/compare_compilers.sh b/compare_compilers.sh
index ccdd5675..7fe920af 100755
--- a/compare_compilers.sh
+++ b/compare_compilers.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ done
 if [ ${#files[@]} = 0 ]; then
     # skip compiler_cli, because it has a race condition when two compilers simultaneously run it
     # TODO: do not skip Advent Of Code files
-    files=( $(find stdlib examples tests -name '*.jou' | grep -v aoc2023 | grep -v tests/should_succeed/compiler_cli | grep -v tests/crash | sort) )
+    files=( $(find stdlib examples tests -name '*.jou' | grep -v aoc202. | grep -v tests/should_succeed/compiler_cli | grep -v tests/crash | sort) )
 fi
 if [ ${#actions[@]} = 0 ]; then
     actions=(tokenize parse run)
diff --git a/examples/aoc2024/day01/part1.jou b/examples/aoc2024/day01/part1.jou
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cd813c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/aoc2024/day01/part1.jou
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import "stdlib/io.jou"
+import "stdlib/math.jou"
+
+
+def swap(a: int*, b: int*) -> None:
+    temp = *a
+    *a = *b
+    *b = temp
+
+
+def sort(array: int*, length: int) -> None:
+    # inefficient and dumb sorting algorithm
+    while length > 0:
+        smallest = 0
+        for i = 1; i < length; i++:
+            if array[i] < array[smallest]:
+                smallest = i
+        swap(&array[0], &array[smallest])
+        array++
+        length--
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    f = fopen("sampleinput.txt", "r")
+    assert f != NULL
+
+    left_column: int[2000]
+    right_column: int[2000]
+    n = 0
+    while fscanf(f, "%d %d", &left_column[n], &right_column[n]) == 2:
+        n++
+        assert n < 2000
+
+    fclose(f)
+
+    sort(left_column, n)
+    sort(right_column, n)
+
+    result: long = 0
+    for i = 0; i < n; i++:
+        result += abs(left_column[i] - right_column[i])
+    printf("%lld\n", result)  # Output: 11
+
+    return 0
diff --git a/examples/aoc2024/day01/part2.jou b/examples/aoc2024/day01/part2.jou
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ad991f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/aoc2024/day01/part2.jou
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import "stdlib/io.jou"
+import "stdlib/math.jou"
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    f = fopen("input", "r")
+    assert f != NULL
+
+    left_column: int[2000]
+    right_column: int[2000]
+    n = 0
+    while fscanf(f, "%d %d", &left_column[n], &right_column[n]) == 2:
+        n++
+        assert n < 2000
+
+    fclose(f)
+
+    result: long = 0
+    for i = 0; i < n; i++:
+        count = 0
+        for k = 0; k < n; k++:
+            if left_column[i] == right_column[k]:
+                count++
+        result += count * left_column[i]
+
+    printf("%lld\n", result)  # Output: 31
+
+    return 0
diff --git a/examples/aoc2024/day01/sampleinput.txt b/examples/aoc2024/day01/sampleinput.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8af9ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/aoc2024/day01/sampleinput.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+3   4
+4   3
+2   5
+1   3
+3   9
+3   3
diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
index e711ba48..fa76b3c1 100755
--- a/runtests.sh
+++ b/runtests.sh
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ function run_test()
 counter=0
 skipped=0
 
-for joufile in examples/*.jou examples/aoc2023/day*/part*.jou tests/*/*.jou; do
+for joufile in examples/*.jou examples/aoc*/day*/part*.jou tests/*/*.jou; do
     if ! [[ $joufile == *"$file_filter"* ]]; then
         # Skip silently, without showing that this is skipped.
         # This produces less noisy output when you select only a few tests.