diff --git a/src/neonucleus.h b/src/neonucleus.h
index ac40c2b..f92e0bd 100644
--- a/src/neonucleus.h
+++ b/src/neonucleus.h
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #ifndef NEONUCLEUS_H
 #define NEONUCLEUS_H
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdatomic.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 // Based off https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5919996/how-to-detect-reliably-mac-os-x-ios-linux-windows-in-c-preprocessor
 #if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__NT__)
    //define something for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit, this part is common)