diff --git a/Builds/QtCreator/Ember/Ember.pro b/Builds/QtCreator/Ember/Ember.pro
index f7e1b17..e783f5a 100644
--- a/Builds/QtCreator/Ember/Ember.pro
+++ b/Builds/QtCreator/Ember/Ember.pro
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ HEADERS += \
     $$PRJ_DIR/Variations05.h \
     $$PRJ_DIR/Variations06.h \
     $$PRJ_DIR/VariationsDC.h \
-	$$PRJ_DIR/VarFuncs.h \
+    $$PRJ_DIR/VarFuncs.h \
     $$PRJ_DIR/Xform.h \
     $$PRJ_DIR/XmlToEmber.h
 
diff --git a/Builds/QtCreator/defaults.pri b/Builds/QtCreator/defaults.pri
index 481b880..77861cd 100644
--- a/Builds/QtCreator/defaults.pri
+++ b/Builds/QtCreator/defaults.pri
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 VERSION = 0.9.9.2
 
-# When this file is included:
-# - $$(PWD) is the project folder, e.g. ./Builds/QtCreator/Ember/
+message(PWD: $$(PWD))
 
 # TODO: win32 install dirs?
 
@@ -11,7 +10,16 @@ unix|macx {
   SHARE_INSTALL_DIR = /usr/share/fractorium
 }
 
-EMBER_ROOT = ./../../../
+# When loaded by QtCreator
+EMBER_ROOT = $$(PWD)/../../..
+
+# When compiling from project root
+autobuild {
+  EMBER_ROOT = $$(PWD)/../..
+}
+
+message(EMBER_ROOT: $$EMBER_ROOT)
+
 SRC_DIR = $$EMBER_ROOT/Source
 SRC_COMMON_DIR = $$EMBER_ROOT/Source/EmberCommon
 ASSETS_DIR = $$EMBER_ROOT/Data
diff --git a/Builds/create-symlinks.sh b/Builds/create-symlinks.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/main.pro b/main.pro
index 77a754a..1a6a1f4 100644
--- a/main.pro
+++ b/main.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
 CONFIG += ordered
+CONFIG += autobuild
+
+# message(PWD: $$(PWD))
 
 LOCAL_LIB_DIR = $$(PWD)/Builds/lib
 LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR = $$(PWD)/Builds/include