diff --git a/YACReader/YACReader.pro b/YACReader/YACReader.pro
index 771ef583..d1996afd 100644
--- a/YACReader/YACReader.pro
+++ b/YACReader/YACReader.pro
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ QMAKE_TARGET_BUNDLE_PREFIX = "com.yacreader"
 DEPENDPATH += . \
     release
 
-DEFINES += NOMINMAX YACREADER
+DEFINES += YACREADER
 
 #load default build flags
 include (../config.pri)
diff --git a/YACReaderLibrary/YACReaderLibrary.pro b/YACReaderLibrary/YACReaderLibrary.pro
index 3160ac8e..0ba002d6 100644
--- a/YACReaderLibrary/YACReaderLibrary.pro
+++ b/YACReaderLibrary/YACReaderLibrary.pro
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH += . \
               ./comic_vine \
               ./comic_vine/model
 
-DEFINES += SERVER_RELEASE NOMINMAX YACREADER_LIBRARY
+DEFINES += SERVER_RELEASE YACREADER_LIBRARY
 
 # load default build flags
 include (../config.pri)
diff --git a/YACReaderLibraryServer/YACReaderLibraryServer.pro b/YACReaderLibraryServer/YACReaderLibraryServer.pro
index fd892f1d..67aedd06 100644
--- a/YACReaderLibraryServer/YACReaderLibraryServer.pro
+++ b/YACReaderLibraryServer/YACReaderLibraryServer.pro
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH += ../YACReaderLibrary \
                 ../YACReaderLibrary/server \
                 ../YACReaderLibrary/db
 
-DEFINES += SERVER_RELEASE NOMINMAX YACREADER_LIBRARY
+DEFINES += SERVER_RELEASE YACREADER_LIBRARY
 # load default build flags
 # do a basic dependency check
 include(headless_config.pri)
diff --git a/config.pri b/config.pri
index 14af1b2e..660f80c0 100644
--- a/config.pri
+++ b/config.pri
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 CONFIG += c++17
 win32:QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += /std:c++17 #enable c++17 explicitly in msvc
 
+DEFINES += NOMINMAX
+
 if(unix|mingw):QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += -DNDEBUG
 win32:msvc:QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += /DNDEBUG