diff --git a/include/bittorrent_announce.php b/include/bittorrent_announce.php
index ea6cf1ca..03069721 100644
--- a/include/bittorrent_announce.php
+++ b/include/bittorrent_announce.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ $rootpath= dirname(__DIR__) . '/';
 require_once $rootpath . 'include/constants.php';
 require_once $rootpath . 'include/globalfunctions.php';
 require_once $rootpath . 'include/functions_announce.php';
+require_once $rootpath . 'include/functions.php';
 require_once $rootpath . 'vendor/autoload.php';
 \Nexus\Nexus::boot();