diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec45861e2..f7ae4dc32 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.21.0)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "Debug;RelWithDebInfo;Release" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
-include("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Tools/CMake/torque_macros.cmake")
-include("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Tools/CMake/torque_configs.cmake")
-
-# Ensure multi-core compilation is enabled for everything
-add_compile_options($<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/MP>)
-
-
 # An application name must be set first
 set(TORQUE_APP_NAME "" CACHE STRING "the app name")
 if("${TORQUE_APP_NAME}" STREQUAL "")
 	message(FATAL_ERROR "Please set TORQUE_APP_NAME first")
 endif()
 
+include("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Tools/CMake/torque_macros.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Tools/CMake/torque_configs.cmake")
+
+# Ensure multi-core compilation is enabled for everything
+add_compile_options($<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/MP>)
+
 project(${TORQUE_APP_NAME})
 
 # Once an app name is determined, we know what our project pathing structure should look like