diff --git a/application/main.cpp b/application/main.cpp
index b41b5c4..648ea7e 100644
--- a/application/main.cpp
+++ b/application/main.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <c++utilities/application/failure.h>
+#include <qtutilities/resources/resources.h>
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 
@@ -41,10 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         cout << "Unable to parse arguments. " << ex.what() << "\nSee --help for available commands." << endl;
     }
     // set meta info for application
-    QCoreApplication::setOrganizationName(QStringLiteral("Martchus"));
-    QCoreApplication::setOrganizationDomain(QStringLiteral("http://martchus.netai.net/"));
-    QCoreApplication::setApplicationName(QStringLiteral("Video Downloader"));
-    QCoreApplication::setApplicationVersion(QStringLiteral("1.0.7"));
+    SET_APPLICATION_INFO;
     if(qtConfigArgs.areQtGuiArgsPresent()) {
         return QtGui::runWidgetsGui(argc, argv);
     }
diff --git a/general.pri b/general.pri
index 81b63cd..89889a6 100644
--- a/general.pri
+++ b/general.pri
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
 } else {
     TARGET = $${targetprefix}$${projectname}
 }
+# add defines
+DEFINES += "'PROJECT_NAME=\"$${projectname}\"'"
+DEFINES += "'APP_NAME=\"$${appname}\"'"
+DEFINES += "'APP_AUTHOR=\"$${appauthor}\"'"
+DEFINES += "'APP_URL=\"$${appurl}\"'"
+DEFINES += "'APP_VERSION=\"$${VERSION}\"'"
 # variables to check target architecture
 win32-g++:QMAKE_TARGET.arch = $$QMAKE_HOST.arch
 win32-g++-32:QMAKE_TARGET.arch = x86
diff --git a/videodownloader.pro b/videodownloader.pro
index 9faa9d0..2881613 100644
--- a/videodownloader.pro
+++ b/videodownloader.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 projectname = videodownloader
+appname = "Video Downloader"
+appauthor = Martchus
+appurl = "https://github.com/$${appauthor}/$${projectname}"
 VERSION = 1.0.7
 
 # include ../../common.pri when building as part of a subdirs project; otherwise include general.pri