diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 152b8df..de7567e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function(link_and_include_deps target)
         # header-only libraries should be marked as "system includes"
         # to suppress compiler warnings in their code (it's not my problem after all)
         target_include_directories(${target}
-                SYSTEM  
+                SYSTEM
                 PRIVATE
                 third-party/physfs/src
                 third-party/physfs/extras
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ function(link_and_include_deps target)
                 third-party/stb
         )
 
+        # allow access to headers from any point in source tree
+        target_include_directories(${target} PRIVATE ./)
+
         target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC
                                         SDL2::SDL2
                                         SDL2::SDL2main
diff --git a/src/game/game.c b/src/game/game.c
index 26f1812..d884f0f 100644
--- a/src/game/game.c
+++ b/src/game/game.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "game.h"
-#include "../textures.h"
-#include "../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 #include "state.h"
 #include "scenes/scene.h"
 #include "scenes/title.h"
diff --git a/src/game/game.h b/src/game/game.h
index 6c67cdb..c3e0e8a 100644
--- a/src/game/game.h
+++ b/src/game/game.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define GAME_H
 
 
-#include "../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
diff --git a/src/game/player.c b/src/game/player.c
index 22d0ac4..d25302a 100644
--- a/src/game/player.c
+++ b/src/game/player.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "player.h"
 #include "world.h"
-#include "../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 
 #include <SDL2/SDL.h>
 
diff --git a/src/game/player.h b/src/game/player.h
index 6de0601..c8f14dc 100644
--- a/src/game/player.h
+++ b/src/game/player.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define PLAYER_H
 
 
-#include "../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 
 
 struct world;
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/ingame.c b/src/game/scenes/ingame.c
index 0e5b268..98a21ab 100644
--- a/src/game/scenes/ingame.c
+++ b/src/game/scenes/ingame.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "title.h"
 #include "scene.h"
 
-#include "../../audio.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 
 
 static void ingame_tick(struct state *state) {
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/ingame.h b/src/game/scenes/ingame.h
index bf24e37..1eb8d67 100644
--- a/src/game/scenes/ingame.h
+++ b/src/game/scenes/ingame.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define INGAME_H
 
 
-#include "../../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 #include "../state.h"
 #include "scene.h"
 #include "../player.h"
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/title.c b/src/game/scenes/title.c
index 7db88df..268f29b 100644
--- a/src/game/scenes/title.c
+++ b/src/game/scenes/title.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "ingame.h"
 #include "../world.h"
 #include "../player.h"
-#include "../../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 
 
 static void title_tick(struct state *state) {
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/title.h b/src/game/scenes/title.h
index 18fd876..450b0ea 100644
--- a/src/game/scenes/title.h
+++ b/src/game/scenes/title.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define TITLE_H
 
 
-#include "../../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 #include "../state.h"
 #include "scene.h"
 #include "../player.h"
diff --git a/src/game/state.h b/src/game/state.h
index 865ac90..abb5325 100644
--- a/src/game/state.h
+++ b/src/game/state.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define STATE_H
 
 
-#include "../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 
 
 struct state {
diff --git a/src/game/world.c b/src/game/world.c
index c1c9752..61ea2d1 100644
--- a/src/game/world.c
+++ b/src/game/world.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "world.h"
-#include "../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/src/game/world.h b/src/game/world.h
index 9abd2f0..6480ec1 100644
--- a/src/game/world.h
+++ b/src/game/world.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef WORLD_H
 #define WORLD_H
 
-#include "../game_api.h"
+#include "townengine/game_api.h"
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
diff --git a/townengine b/townengine
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..e831038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/townengine
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src
\ No newline at end of file