diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 3868c2e..f59ea11 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ PenaltyExcessCharacter: 1000000
 PenaltyReturnTypeOnItsOwnLine: 100
 PointerAlignment: Right
 ReflowComments:  true
-SortIncludes:    true
+SortIncludes:    false
 SortUsingDeclarations: true
 SpaceAfterCStyleCast: true
 SpaceAfterTemplateKeyword: true
diff --git a/src/reader.cpp b/src/reader.cpp
index c6baf7e..03e9ba8 100644
--- a/src/reader.cpp
+++ b/src/reader.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#include "reader.h"
 #include "general.h"
+#include "reader.h"
 
 #include "H5Cpp.h"
 #include "fftw3-mpi.h"