diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index f6bc660..3d17359 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ target_link_libraries(linuxdeploy_core PUBLIC
     linuxdeploy_plugin linuxdeploy_log linuxdeploy_util linuxdeploy_desktopfile_static
     CImg ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
 )
-target_link_libraries(linuxdeploy_core PRIVATE linuxdeploy_core_copyright)
+target_link_libraries(linuxdeploy_core PUBLIC linuxdeploy_core_copyright)
 target_include_directories(linuxdeploy_core PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 target_include_directories(linuxdeploy_core PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
diff --git a/src/core/appdir.cpp b/src/core/appdir.cpp
index 4a696a5..dd3fa71 100644
--- a/src/core/appdir.cpp
+++ b/src/core/appdir.cpp
@@ -12,15 +12,16 @@
 
 
 // local headers
-#include "linuxdeploy/core/appdir.h"
-#include "linuxdeploy/core/elf_file.h"
-#include "linuxdeploy/log/log.h"
-#include "linuxdeploy/util/util.h"
-#include "linuxdeploy/subprocess/subprocess.h"
-#include "copyright.h"
+#include <copyright.h>
+#include <linuxdeploy/core/appdir.h>
+#include <linuxdeploy/core/elf_file.h>
+#include <linuxdeploy/log/log.h>
+#include <linuxdeploy/util/util.h>
+#include <linuxdeploy/subprocess/subprocess.h>
+
 
 // auto-generated headers
-#include "excludelist.h"
+#include <excludelist.h>
 #include "appdir_root_setup.h"
 
 using namespace linuxdeploy::core;