diff --git a/include/php_setup.inc b/include/php_setup.inc
index be6096dddfcce52130e97608b9882912397b9ac3..e6218174a433b3fac4528edb8103ba958f6f1c3d 100644
--- a/include/php_setup.inc
+++ b/include/php_setup.inc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function gosaRaiseError($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline)
     if(function_exists("prepare4mailbody")){
       $version= "unknown";
       if(function_exists("get_gosa_version")){
-	      $version= get_gosa_version();
+        $version= get_gosa_version();
       }
       $error_collector_mailto .=prepare4mailbody(
                                 "Oups. Seems like you've catched some kind of bug inside FusionDirectory/PHP. You may want to help ".
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ ini_set("register_globals",0);
 ini_set("track_vars",1);
 ini_set("display_errors",1);
 ini_set("report_memleaks",1);
-ini_set("include_path",".:$BASE_DIR/include:$BASE_DIR/include/utils/excel:/usr/share/php");
+ini_set("include_path",".:$BASE_DIR/include:$BASE_DIR/EXCEL:PHP_DIR");
 
 /* Do smarty setup */
 
diff --git a/include/variables.inc b/include/variables.inc
index d8981e3b0beb532482006958f376f0c31670245b..69b7528436def79a3e8021cfb82f2ddf03be3853 100644
--- a/include/variables.inc
+++ b/include/variables.inc
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ define ("FAI_LOG_DIR", "/var/cache/fusiondirectory/fai/");
 /* Directory containing the vacation files */
 define ("VACATION_DIR", "/var/cache/fusiondirectory/vacation/");
 
+/* php library path */
+define ("PHP_DIR", "/usr/share/php");
+
+/* excel library path */
+define ("EXCEL", "/include/utils/excel");
+
 /* fpdf library path */ 
 define("FPDF","/usr/share/php/fpdf/fpdf.php");