diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec119b9..74bb2a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,16 +12,18 @@ pip install dq-suite-amsterdam
 ```
 
 To validate your first table:
-- define `json_path` as a path to a JSON file, similar to shown in dq_rules_example.json in this repo
+- define `dq_rule_json_path` as a path to a JSON file, similar to shown in dq_rules_example.json in this repo
+- define `table_name` as the name of the table for which a data quality check is required. This name should also occur in the JSON file
 - load the table requiring a data quality check into a PySpark dataframe `df` (e.g. via `spark.read.csv` or `spark.read.table`)
 
 ```python
 import dq_suite
 
-validation_settings_obj = dq_suite.ValidationSettings(spark_session=spark, catalog_name="dpxx_dev",
-                                                                 table_name="showcase_table",
-                                                                 check_name="showcase_check")
-dq_suite.run(json_path=json_path, df=df, validation_settings_obj=validation_settings_obj)
+validation_settings_obj = dq_suite.ValidationSettings(spark_session=spark, 
+                                                      catalog_name="dpxx_dev",
+                                                      table_name=table_name,
+                                                      check_name="name_of_check_goes_here")
+dq_suite.run(json_path=dq_rule_json_path, df=df, validation_settings_obj=validation_settings_obj)
 ```
 Looping over multiple data frames may require a redefinition of the `json_path` and `validation_settings` variables. 
 
diff --git a/src/dq_suite/df_checker.py b/src/dq_suite/df_checker.py
index 6ebc2e5..ea0cad2 100644
--- a/src/dq_suite/df_checker.py
+++ b/src/dq_suite/df_checker.py
@@ -4,14 +4,9 @@
 from great_expectations.validator.validator import Validator
 from pyspark.sql import DataFrame
 
-from src.dq_suite.common import (
-    DataQualityRulesDict,
-    Rule,
-    RulesDict,
-    ValidationSettings,
-)
-from src.dq_suite.input_helpers import get_data_quality_rules_dict
-from src.dq_suite.output_transformations import (
+from .common import DataQualityRulesDict, Rule, RulesDict, ValidationSettings
+from .input_helpers import get_data_quality_rules_dict
+from .output_transformations import (
     write_non_validation_tables,
     write_validation_table,
 )
diff --git a/src/dq_suite/input_helpers.py b/src/dq_suite/input_helpers.py
index 564d2d0..6385a99 100644
--- a/src/dq_suite/input_helpers.py
+++ b/src/dq_suite/input_helpers.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
 from pyspark.sql.functions import col
 
-from src.dq_suite.common import DataQualityRulesDict, Rule
+from .common import DataQualityRulesDict, Rule
 
 
 def export_schema(dataset: str, spark: SparkSession) -> str:
diff --git a/src/dq_suite/output_transformations.py b/src/dq_suite/output_transformations.py
index 6367ee5..ceffcde 100644
--- a/src/dq_suite/output_transformations.py
+++ b/src/dq_suite/output_transformations.py
@@ -2,23 +2,34 @@
 
 from pyspark.sql import DataFrame, Row, SparkSession
 from pyspark.sql.functions import col
+from pyspark.sql.types import StructType
 
-from src.dq_suite import ValidationSettings
-from src.dq_suite.common import (
+from .common import (
     DataQualityRulesDict,
+    ValidationSettings,
     is_empty_dataframe,
     write_to_unity_catalog,
 )
-from src.schemas.afwijking import SCHEMA as AFWIJKING_SCHEMA
-from src.schemas.bronattribuut import SCHEMA as BRONATTRIBUUT_SCHEMA
-from src.schemas.brontabel import SCHEMA as BRONTABEL_SCHEMA
-from src.schemas.regel import SCHEMA as REGEL_SCHEMA
-from src.schemas.validatie import SCHEMA as VALIDATIE_SCHEMA
+from .schemas.afwijking import SCHEMA as AFWIJKING_SCHEMA
+from .schemas.bronattribuut import SCHEMA as BRONATTRIBUUT_SCHEMA
+from .schemas.brontabel import SCHEMA as BRONTABEL_SCHEMA
+from .schemas.regel import SCHEMA as REGEL_SCHEMA
+from .schemas.validatie import SCHEMA as VALIDATIE_SCHEMA
+
+
+def create_empty_dataframe(
+    spark_session: SparkSession, schema: StructType
+) -> DataFrame:
+    return spark_session.sparkContext.parallelize([]).toDF(schema)
 
 
 def list_of_dicts_to_df(
-    list_of_dicts: List[dict], spark_session: SparkSession
+    list_of_dicts: List[dict], spark_session: SparkSession, schema: StructType
 ) -> DataFrame:
+    if len(list_of_dicts) == 0:
+        return create_empty_dataframe(
+            spark_session=spark_session, schema=schema
+        )
     return spark_session.createDataFrame(Row(**x) for x in list_of_dicts)
 
 
@@ -61,7 +72,9 @@ def extract_dq_validatie_data(
         )
 
     df_validatie = list_of_dicts_to_df(
-        list_of_dicts=extracted_data, spark_session=spark_session
+        list_of_dicts=extracted_data,
+        spark_session=spark_session,
+        schema=VALIDATIE_SCHEMA,
     )
     if not is_empty_dataframe(df=df_validatie):
         write_to_unity_catalog(
@@ -140,7 +153,9 @@ def extract_dq_afwijking_data(
                     )
 
     df_afwijking = list_of_dicts_to_df(
-        list_of_dicts=extracted_data, spark_session=spark_session
+        list_of_dicts=extracted_data,
+        spark_session=spark_session,
+        schema=AFWIJKING_SCHEMA,
     )
     if not is_empty_dataframe(df=df_afwijking):
         write_to_unity_catalog(
@@ -176,7 +191,9 @@ def create_brontabel(
         )
 
     df_brontabel = list_of_dicts_to_df(
-        list_of_dicts=extracted_data, spark_session=spark_session
+        list_of_dicts=extracted_data,
+        spark_session=spark_session,
+        schema=BRONTABEL_SCHEMA,
     )
     write_to_unity_catalog(
         df=df_brontabel,
@@ -222,7 +239,9 @@ def create_bronattribute(
                         )
 
     df_bronattribuut = list_of_dicts_to_df(
-        list_of_dicts=extracted_data, spark_session=spark_session
+        list_of_dicts=extracted_data,
+        spark_session=spark_session,
+        schema=BRONATTRIBUUT_SCHEMA,
     )
     write_to_unity_catalog(
         df=df_bronattribuut,
@@ -265,7 +284,9 @@ def create_dq_regel(
                     )
 
     df_regel = list_of_dicts_to_df(
-        list_of_dicts=extracted_data, spark_session=spark_session
+        list_of_dicts=extracted_data,
+        spark_session=spark_session,
+        schema=REGEL_SCHEMA,
     )
     write_to_unity_catalog(
         df=df_regel,
diff --git a/src/dq_suite/schemas/__init__.py b/src/dq_suite/schemas/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/schemas/afwijking.py b/src/dq_suite/schemas/afwijking.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/schemas/afwijking.py
rename to src/dq_suite/schemas/afwijking.py
diff --git a/src/schemas/bronattribuut.py b/src/dq_suite/schemas/bronattribuut.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/schemas/bronattribuut.py
rename to src/dq_suite/schemas/bronattribuut.py
diff --git a/src/schemas/brontabel.py b/src/dq_suite/schemas/brontabel.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/schemas/brontabel.py
rename to src/dq_suite/schemas/brontabel.py
diff --git a/src/schemas/regel.py b/src/dq_suite/schemas/regel.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/schemas/regel.py
rename to src/dq_suite/schemas/regel.py
diff --git a/src/schemas/validatie.py b/src/dq_suite/schemas/validatie.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/schemas/validatie.py
rename to src/dq_suite/schemas/validatie.py