diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 7f41b2fcf..3c3629e64 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,10 +1 @@
-## Linked packages are problematic during build, npm i during start will fix it
-#node_modules/@typefox/monaco-editor-react
-#node_modules/example-client-vite
-#node_modules/example-client-webpack
-#node_modules/monaco-languageclient
-#node_modules/monaco-editor-wrapper
-#node_modules/monaco-languageclient-examples
-#node_modules/vscode-ws-jsonrpc
-
 node_modules
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 50ee1ba88..c4458aa22 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@
   "[json]": {
     "editor.defaultFormatter": "vscode.json-language-features"
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ec7d56a94..b55d8fefd 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <h3>Python</h3>
         Please execute <b><code>npm run start:example:server:python</code></b> beforehand:<br>
         <a href="./packages/examples/python.html">Python Language Client & Pyright Language Server (Web Socket)</a><br>
 
-        <h3>Java</h3>
+        <h3>Java / Eclipse JDS LS</h3>
         Requires docker. Please execute <b><code>docker compose -f ./packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/docker-compose.yml up -d</code></b> beforehand:<br>
         <a href="./packages/examples/eclipse.jdt.ls.html">Java Language Client & Language Server (Web Socket)</a>
         <br>
diff --git a/packages/client/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/client/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f08a6923..1d8cd34e0 100644
--- a/packages/client/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/client/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this npm module are documented in this file.
 
 ## [8.7.0] - 2024-07-1x
 
-- Update to latest monaco-vscode-api [#7xx](https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/pull/7xx)
+- Update to latest monaco-vscode-api [#707](https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/pull/7xx)
   - Updated to version `7.0.3` of `@codingame/monaco-vscode` packages
 
 ## [8.6.0] - 2024-06-29
diff --git a/packages/examples/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/examples/CHANGELOG.md
index 057947a7b..ef9894c9d 100644
--- a/packages/examples/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/examples/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this npm module are documented in this file.
 
 ## [2024.7.3] - 2024-07-1x
 
-- Update to latest monaco-vscode-api [#7xx](https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/pull/7xx)
+- Update to latest monaco-vscode-api [#707](https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/pull/707)
   - Updated to `monaco-languageclient@8.7.0`, `monaco-editor-wrapper@5.4.0` and `@typefox/monaco-editor-react@4.4.0`. Updated all `@codingame/monaco-vscode` packages to `7.0.3`.
 
 ## [2024.7.2] - 2024-07-02
diff --git a/packages/examples/package.json b/packages/examples/package.json
index 4add6a7c9..1aba0f563 100644
--- a/packages/examples/package.json
+++ b/packages/examples/package.json
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@
     "build:msg": "echo Building main examples:",
     "build": "npm run build:msg && npm run clean && npm run resources:download && npm run compile",
     "build:bundle": "vite --config vite.bundle.config.ts build",
-    "start:server:json": "node --loader ts-node/esm src/json/server/direct.ts",
-    "start:server:python": "node --loader ts-node/esm src/python/server/direct.ts",
-    "start:server:groovy": "node --watch --loader ts-node/esm src/groovy/server/direct.ts",
+    "start:server:json": "vite-node src/json/server/direct.ts",
+    "start:server:python": "vite-node src/python/server/direct.ts",
+    "start:server:groovy": "vite-node src/groovy/server/direct.ts",
     "start:server:jdtls": "vite-node src/eclipse.jdt.ls/server/direct.ts",
     "langium:generate": "langium generate --file ./src/langium/statemachine/config/langium-config.json"
   }
diff --git a/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/Dockerfile b/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/Dockerfile
index 56619701d..10b3c39c8 100644
--- a/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk
 
-ARG MLC_PATH=/home/mlc
-ARG ECLIPSE_JDT_PATH=${MLC_PATH}/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/ls
+ARG PATH_MLC=/home/mlc
+ARG PATH_ECLIPSE_JDT=${PATH_MLC}/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/ls
 ARG JDT_TAR_URL=https://download.eclipse.org/jdtls/milestones/1.37.0/jdt-language-server-1.37.0-202406271335.tar.gz
 ARG JDT_TAR_LOCAL=eclipse.jdt.ls.tar.gz
 
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@ ENV VOLTA_HOME "/root/.volta"
 ENV PATH "$VOLTA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
 RUN volta install node@20
 
-RUN mkdir -p ${MLC_PATH}
+# prepare
+RUN mkdir -p ${PATH_MLC}
 
-COPY ./ ${MLC_PATH}
+# copy repo content
+COPY ./ ${PATH_MLC}
 
-RUN mkdir -p ${ECLIPSE_JDT_PATH} \
-    && cd ${ECLIPSE_JDT_PATH} \
+# download and extract Eclipse JDT LS in target folder
+RUN mkdir -p ${PATH_ECLIPSE_JDT} \
+    && cd ${PATH_ECLIPSE_JDT} \
     && wget -O ${JDT_TAR_LOCAL} ${JDT_TAR_URL} \
     && tar -xzf ${JDT_TAR_LOCAL}
 
-WORKDIR ${MLC_PATH}
+WORKDIR ${PATH_MLC}
 
 CMD ["/bin/bash", "npm i && npm run start:example:server:jdtls"]
diff --git a/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/docker-compose.yml b/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/docker-compose.yml
index b1fad8c19..22f451e33 100644
--- a/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: ./packages/examples/resources/eclipse.jdt.ls/Dockerfile
       context: ../../../..
     environment:
-      - MLC_PATH=/home/mlc
+      - PATH_MLC=/home/mlc
       - JDT_TAR_URL=https://download.eclipse.org/jdtls/milestones/1.37.0/jdt-language-server-1.37.0-202406271335.tar.gz
       - JDT_TAR_LOCAL=eclipse.jdt.ls.tar.gz
     command: [
diff --git a/packages/examples/resources/groovy/Dockerfile b/packages/examples/resources/groovy/Dockerfile
index 9bfac6f74..9b674c905 100644
--- a/packages/examples/resources/groovy/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/examples/resources/groovy/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 FROM gradle:7-jdk17-focal
 
-ARG MLC_PATH=/home/gradle/mlc
+ARG HOME_DIR=/home/gradle
+ARG PATH_MLC=${HOME_DIR}/mlc
+ARG PATH_GLS=${HOME_DIR}/groovy-language-server
+ARG PATH_GROOVY_JAR=${PATH_MLC}/packages/examples/resources/groovy/lib
 
 RUN apt update \
-    && apt upgrade -y \
-    && apt install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg unzip
+    && apt upgrade -y
+RUN apt install -y curl
 
 RUN curl https://get.volta.sh | bash
 ENV VOLTA_FEATURE_PNPM=1
@@ -12,13 +15,24 @@ ENV VOLTA_HOME "/root/.volta"
 ENV PATH "$VOLTA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
 RUN volta install node@20
 
-RUN git clone https://github.com/GroovyLanguageServer/groovy-language-server \
-    && cd groovy-language-server \
+# prepare
+RUN cd ${HOME_DIR} \
+    && mkdir -p ${PATH_MLC}
+
+# build groovy language server
+RUN cd ${HOME_DIR} \
+    && git clone https://github.com/GroovyLanguageServer/groovy-language-server \
+    && cd ${PATH_GLS} \
     && ./gradlew build \
-    && cd ..
+    && cd ${HOME_DIR}
+
+# copy repo content
+COPY ./ ${PATH_MLC}
 
-RUN mkdir -p ${MLC_PATH}
+# copy language server to target
+RUN mkdir -p ${PATH_GROOVY_JAR} \
+    && cp ${PATH_GLS}/build/libs/groovy-language-server-all.jar ${PATH_GROOVY_JAR}
 
-COPY ./ ${MLC_PATH}
+WORKDIR ${PATH_MLC}
 
-WORKDIR ${MLC_PATH}
+CMD ["/bin/bash", "npm i && npm run start:example:server:groovy"]
diff --git a/packages/examples/resources/groovy/docker-compose.yml b/packages/examples/resources/groovy/docker-compose.yml
index 6c1cc5e9b..53a1a75e9 100644
--- a/packages/examples/resources/groovy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/packages/examples/resources/groovy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ services:
       dockerfile: ./packages/examples/resources/groovy/Dockerfile
       context: ../../../..
     environment:
-      - LANG_SERVER_JAR_PATH=/home/gradle/groovy-language-server/build/libs/groovy-language-server-all.jar
+      - HOME_DIR=/home/gradle
+      - PATH_MLC=/home/gradle/mlc
+      - PATH_GLS=/home/gradle/groovy-language-server
+      - PATH_GROOVY_JAR=/home/gradle/mlc/packages/examples/resources/groovy/lib
     command: [
       "bash", "-c", "npm i && npm run start:example:server:groovy"
     ]
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/eclipse.jdt.ls/client/main.ts b/packages/examples/src/eclipse.jdt.ls/client/main.ts
index 3ebc7c367..8c4bcb388 100644
--- a/packages/examples/src/eclipse.jdt.ls/client/main.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/src/eclipse.jdt.ls/client/main.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ export const runEclipseJdtLsClient = () => {
                 userConfiguration: {
                     json: JSON.stringify({
                         'workbench.colorTheme': 'Default Dark Modern',
-                        'editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal': 'active'
+                        'editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal': 'active',
+                        'editor.wordBasedSuggestions': 'off'
                     })
                 }
             }
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/groovy/client/main.ts b/packages/examples/src/groovy/client/main.ts
index 932a000e0..d5618b8e4 100644
--- a/packages/examples/src/groovy/client/main.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/src/groovy/client/main.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ const userConfig: UserConfig = {
             userConfiguration: {
                 json: JSON.stringify({
                     'workbench.colorTheme': 'Default Dark Modern',
-                    'editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal': 'active'
+                    'editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal': 'active',
+                    'editor.wordBasedSuggestions': 'off'
                 })
             }
         }
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/groovy/config.ts b/packages/examples/src/groovy/config.ts
index 1a4c35934..e63344733 100644
--- a/packages/examples/src/groovy/config.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/src/groovy/config.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 export const groovyConfig = {
     port: 30002,
-    path: '/groovy'
+    path: '/groovy',
+    basePath: '/home/gradle/mlc/packages/examples/resources/groovy'
 };
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/README.md b/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 85b07c638..000000000
--- a/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Groovy Language Server self-built instructions
-
-## Preperation
-
-In another directory run (Requires Gradle 7 and OpenJDK 17)
-
-```shell
-git clone https://github.com/GroovyLanguageServer/groovy-language-server
-./gradlew build
-```
-
-Afterwards copy the jar file from from `groovy-language-server/build/libs/groovy-language-server-all.jar` to `packages/examples/resources/external/groovy`.
-
-From the root of this repository run:
-
-```shell
-# start the express server with the language server running as external Java process.
-npm run start:example:server:groovy
-```
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/direct.ts b/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/direct.ts
index 656da8bd8..afb2be45f 100644
--- a/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/direct.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/direct.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@
  * Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the package root for license information.
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
-import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { runGroovyLanguageServer } from './main.js';
-import { getLocalDirectory } from '../../common/node/server-commons.js';
 
-const baseDir = resolve(getLocalDirectory(import.meta.url));
-const groovyJar = resolve(baseDir, '../../../resources/groovy/external/groovy-language-server-all.jar');
-const relativeDir = process.env.LANG_SERVER_JAR_PATH ?? groovyJar;
-console.log(`basedir: ${baseDir}`);
-console.log(`groovyJar: ${groovyJar}`);
-console.log(`LANG_SERVER_JAR_PATH: ${process.env.LANG_SERVER_JAR_PATH}`);
-console.log(`relativeDir: ${relativeDir}`);
-
-runGroovyLanguageServer(baseDir, relativeDir);
+runGroovyLanguageServer();
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/main.ts b/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/main.ts
index a880aa090..247715f1f 100644
--- a/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/main.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/src/groovy/server/main.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
  * Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the package root for license information.
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
-import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { runLanguageServer } from '../../common/node/language-server-runner.js';
 import { LanguageName } from '../../common/node/server-commons.js';
 import { groovyConfig } from '../config.js';
 
-export const runGroovyLanguageServer = (baseDir: string, relativeDir: string) => {
-    const processRunPath = resolve(baseDir, relativeDir);
+export const runGroovyLanguageServer = () => {
     runLanguageServer({
         serverName: 'GROOVY',
         pathName: groovyConfig.path,
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ export const runGroovyLanguageServer = (baseDir: string, relativeDir: string) =>
         runCommand: LanguageName.java,
         runCommandArgs: [
             '-jar',
-            processRunPath
+            `${groovyConfig.basePath}/lib/groovy-language-server-all.jar`
         ],
         wsServerOptions: {
             noServer: true,
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/json/client/wrapperWs.ts b/packages/examples/src/json/client/wrapperWs.ts
index 0018cff57..a61c74d33 100644
--- a/packages/examples/src/json/client/wrapperWs.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/src/json/client/wrapperWs.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ export const jsonClientUserConfig: UserConfig = {
                 json: JSON.stringify({
                     'workbench.colorTheme': 'Default Dark Modern',
                     'editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal': 'active',
-                    'editor.lightbulb.enabled': 'On'
+                    'editor.lightbulb.enabled': 'On',
+                    'editor.wordBasedSuggestions': 'off'
                 })
             }
         }
diff --git a/packages/examples/src/python/client/config.ts b/packages/examples/src/python/client/config.ts
index 2cbee70a8..cdb670e5a 100644
--- a/packages/examples/src/python/client/config.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/src/python/client/config.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ export const createUserConfig = (workspaceRoot: string, code: string, codeUri: s
                 },
                 userConfiguration: {
                     json: JSON.stringify({
-                        'workbench.colorTheme': 'Default Dark Modern'
+                        'workbench.colorTheme': 'Default Dark Modern',
+                        'editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal': 'active',
+                        'editor.wordBasedSuggestions': 'off'
                     })
                 },
                 useDiffEditor: false
diff --git a/packages/wrapper-react/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/wrapper-react/CHANGELOG.md
index 614c90017..5385e3106 100644
--- a/packages/wrapper-react/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/wrapper-react/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to npm module [@typefox/monaco-editor-react](https://www.npm
 
 ## [4.4.0] - 2024-07-1x
 
-- Update to latest monaco-vscode-api [#7xx](https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/pull/7xx)
+- Update to latest monaco-vscode-api [#707](https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/pull/707)
   - Updated to `monaco-editor-wrapper@5.4.0`, `monaco-languageclient@8.7.0` and version `7.0.3` of `@codingame/monaco-vscode` packages
 
 ## [4.3.2] - 2024-07-02
diff --git a/packages/wrapper/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/wrapper/CHANGELOG.md
index 06f40f484..45c1ea9d2 100644
--- a/packages/wrapper/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/wrapper/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to npm module [monaco-editor-wrapper](https://www.npmjs.com/
 
 ## [5.4.0] - 2024-07-1x
 
-- Update to latest monaco-vscode-api [#7xx](https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/pull/7x)
+- Update to latest monaco-vscode-api [#707](https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/pull/707)
   - Updated to `monaco-languageclient@8.7.0`, `7.0.3` of `@codingame/monaco-vscode` packages
+- Add Eclipse JDT Language Server example [#708](https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/pull/708)
+  - Harmonize the Groovy Language Server configuration and execution, both are container based
 
 ## [5.3.1] - 2024-07-02