diff --git a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
index aa14c76c..16b03386 100644
--- a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
+++ b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ using namespace Hyprutils::String;
 #include "debug/RollingLogFollow.hpp"
 #include "config/ConfigManager.hpp"
 #include "helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp"
+#include "../version.h"
 
 static void trimTrailingComma(std::string& str) {
     if (!str.empty() && str.back() == ',')
diff --git a/src/macros.hpp b/src/macros.hpp
index 8915e12d..4a319569 100644
--- a/src/macros.hpp
+++ b/src/macros.hpp
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #define ISDEBUG false
 #endif
 
-#include "version.h"
-
 #define SPECIAL_WORKSPACE_START (-99)
 
 #define PI 3.14159265358979