diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 209abcd..dce6ae2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := build
 
 VERSION = $(shell git name-rev --name-only --tags --no-undefined HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo git-`git rev-parse --short HEAD`)
-MOD_ID = $(shell awk -F= '/MOD_ID/ { print $$2 }' mod.config)
-ENGINE_DIRECTORY = $(shell awk -F= '/ENGINE_DIRECTORY/ { print $$2 }' mod.config)
-AUTOMATIC_ENGINE_MANAGEMENT = $(shell awk -F= '/AUTOMATIC_ENGINE_MANAGEMENT/ { print $$2 }' mod.config)
-
-INCLUDE_DEFAULT_MODS = $(shell awk -F= '/INCLUDE_DEFAULT_MODS/ { print $$2 }' mod.config)
+MOD_ID = $(shell cat user.config mod.config 2> /dev/null | awk -F= '/MOD_ID/ { print $$2; exit }')
+ENGINE_DIRECTORY = $(shell cat user.config mod.config 2> /dev/null | awk -F= '/ENGINE_DIRECTORY/ { print $$2; exit }')
+INCLUDE_DEFAULT_MODS = $(shell cat user.config mod.config 2> /dev/null | awk -F= '/INCLUDE_DEFAULT_MODS/ { print $$2; exit }')
 
 MOD_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(shell python -c "import os; print(os.path.realpath('.'))")/mods"
 ifeq ($(INCLUDE_DEFAULT_MODS),"True")