diff --git a/cppcheck.cbp b/cppcheck.cbp
index 87d61fd7f..51fc1ce71 100644
--- a/cppcheck.cbp
+++ b/cppcheck.cbp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		<Build>
 			<Target title="cppcheck">
 				<Option output="cppcheck" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
-				<Option object_output="/home/nobackup/cppcheck/.objs" />
+				<Option object_output=".objs" />
 				<Option type="1" />
 				<Option compiler="gcc" />
 				<Compiler>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 			</Target>
 			<Target title="testrunner">
 				<Option output="testrunner" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
-				<Option object_output="/home/nobackup/cppcheck/.objs" />
+				<Option object_output=".objs" />
 				<Option type="1" />
 				<Option compiler="gcc" />
 				<Compiler>
@@ -68,49 +68,49 @@
 		<Unit filename="gui/txtreport.h" />
 		<Unit filename="gui/xmlreport.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="gui/xmlreport.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/check.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkautovariables.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkautovariables.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkbufferoverrun.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkbufferoverrun.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkclass.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkclass.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkdangerousfunctions.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkdangerousfunctions.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkheaders.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkheaders.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkmemoryleak.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkmemoryleak.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkother.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkother.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checksecurity.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checksecurity.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkstl.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkstl.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkunusedfunctions.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/checkunusedfunctions.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/classinfo.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/cppcheck.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/cppcheck.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/cppcheckexecutor.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/cppcheckexecutor.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/errorlogger.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/errorlogger.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/filelister.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/filelister.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/main.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/mathlib.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/mathlib.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/preprocessor.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/preprocessor.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/settings.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/settings.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/threadexecutor.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/threadexecutor.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/token.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/token.h" />
-		<Unit filename="src/tokenize.cpp" />
-		<Unit filename="src/tokenize.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/check.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkautovariables.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkautovariables.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkbufferoverrun.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkclass.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkclass.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkdangerousfunctions.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkdangerousfunctions.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkheaders.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkheaders.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkmemoryleak.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkother.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkother.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checksecurity.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checksecurity.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkstl.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkstl.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/checkunusedfunctions.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/classinfo.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/cppcheck.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/cppcheck.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/cppcheckexecutor.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/cppcheckexecutor.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/errorlogger.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/errorlogger.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/filelister.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/filelister.h" />
+		<Unit filename="cli/main.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/mathlib.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/mathlib.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/preprocessor.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/preprocessor.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/settings.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/settings.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/threadexecutor.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/threadexecutor.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/token.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/token.h" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/tokenize.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="lib/tokenize.h" />
 		<Unit filename="test/testautovariables.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="test/testbufferoverrun.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="test/testcharvar.cpp" />
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 238328592..0028a0316 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "projectfile.h"
 #include "report.h"
 #include "../lib/filelister.h"
-#include "../lib/cppcheckexecutor.h"
 
 MainWindow::MainWindow() :
         mSettings(new QSettings("Cppcheck", "Cppcheck-GUI", this)),
@@ -501,10 +500,7 @@ void MainWindow::ToggleAllChecked(bool checked)
 
 void MainWindow::About()
 {
-    //TODO make a "GetVersionNumber" function to core cppcheck
-    CppCheckExecutor exec;
-    const CppCheck check(exec);
-    AboutDialog *dlg = new AboutDialog(check.version(), this);
+    AboutDialog *dlg = new AboutDialog(CppCheck::version(), this);
     dlg->exec();
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 15d1e1263..a81d7023e 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ void CppCheck::clearFiles()
     _fileContents.clear();
 }
 
-
-
-const char * CppCheck::version() const
+const char * CppCheck::version()
 {
     return "1.38";
 }
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.h b/lib/cppcheck.h
index aee059b92..1e1326ec0 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.h
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.h
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ public:
      */
     void parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[]);
 
-    const char * version() const;
+    /**
+     * Returns current version number as a string.
+     * @return version, e.g. "1.38"
+     */
+    static const char * version();
 
     const std::vector<std::string> &filenames() const;