diff --git a/config/options b/config/options
index 626bd397af..45f543d878 100644
--- a/config/options
+++ b/config/options
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ ROOT="${PWD}"
 DISTRO_DIR="$ROOT/distributions"
 PROJECT_DIR="$ROOT/projects"
 
+# include helper functions
+. config/functions
+
 # include versioning
   . config/version
 
diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 8a0ddc822b..e46dc04a0b 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 set -e
 
-. config/functions
-
 # setup initial directorys (relative to root)
   CONFIG=config
   SCRIPTS=scripts