2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/qi b/qi
index f5711eaf..6bfddf62 100755
--- a/qi
+++ b/qi
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ begin
 rescue LoadError
   puts 'thor (package ruby-thor) not found'
 end
-require_relative 'setup/sisu_version'   # setup/sisu_version.rb
-  include SiSUversion
+begin
+  require './setup/sisu_version'   # ./setup/sisu_version.rb
+    include SiSUversion
+rescue LoadError
+  puts 'this does not appear to be a SiSU development directory'
+  exit
+end
 require_relative 'setup/qi_libs'        # setup/qi_libs.rb
 require 'find'
 require 'fileutils'
diff --git a/setup/qi_libs_base.rb b/setup/qi_libs_base.rb
index 430ec0c5..ec01af19 100644
--- a/setup/qi_libs_base.rb
+++ b/setup/qi_libs_base.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 module Project_details
-  require_relative 'sisu_version'
-  include SiSUversion
   def self.name
     'SiSU'
   end