diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de92fcfb..476d1569 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ include (CheckIncludeFile)
 include (CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 include (CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
-# set this before project()
+project(SimGear)
+
 # using 10.7 because boost requires libc++ and 10.6 doesn't include it
 set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 10.7)
 
-project(SimGear)
-
 # read 'version' file into a variable (stripping any newlines or spaces)
 file(READ version versionFile)
 string(STRIP ${versionFile} SIMGEAR_VERSION)