diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index dabdf82..26f37c2 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ char checkForFiles() {
 		printf(COL_YELLOW "WRN" COL_RESET " | use a config.emk file, rather\n");
 		printf(COL_YELLOW "WRN" COL_RESET " | than embedding settings directly\n");
 		printf(COL_YELLOW "WRN" COL_RESET " | within the emkfile.\n");
-	emkConfigExists = 1;
+	int emkConfigExists = 1;
 	} else if (getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)) != NULL) {
 		printf(COL_BLUE "INF" COL_RESET " | using config.emk at %s/config.emk\n", cwd);
 	}