diff --git a/emper/Emper.cpp b/emper/Emper.cpp
index 2935ae0603f424b96f9f2b5fba0b47197427750d..8c463274f85bd770475e3ebe9658f49e5478f9df 100644
--- a/emper/Emper.cpp
+++ b/emper/Emper.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Copyright © 2020 Florian Schmaus
 #include "Emper.hpp"
 
+#include "emper-common.h"
 #include "emper-version.h"
 
 auto emper::getFullVersion() -> std::string { return EMPER_FULL_VERSION; }
diff --git a/emper/Emper.hpp b/emper/Emper.hpp
index ee265179dfb3604d7834ee95c1c94ddf5e6285e5..d70bb6d7a99528be274a2f3cfb4e1c70564730a3 100644
--- a/emper/Emper.hpp
+++ b/emper/Emper.hpp
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 // Copyright © 2020 Florian Schmaus
 #pragma once
 
-#include <emper-config.h>
-
 #include <string>
 
+#include "emper-config.h"
+
 namespace emper {
 
 static const bool STATS =