diff --git a/src/REAX/reax_params.h b/src/REAX/reax_params.h
index d4c41cc39d..7e57a24ce4 100644
--- a/src/REAX/reax_params.h
+++ b/src/REAX/reax_params.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /////:EOH~
 
-#include "../../lib/reax/reax_defs.h"
+#include "reax_defs.h"
+
 class ReaxParams {
  public:
   enum {nneighmax=NNEIGHMAXDEF,