diff --git a/include/squirrel.h b/include/squirrel.h
index d936274..37332a9 100644
--- a/include/squirrel.h
+++ b/include/squirrel.h
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #ifndef _SQUIRREL_H_
 #define _SQUIRREL_H_
 
+#ifdef _SQ_CONFIG_INCLUDE
+#include _SQ_CONFIG_INCLUDE
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
diff --git a/squirrel/sqapi.cpp b/squirrel/sqapi.cpp
index 419e218..9c48af9 100644
--- a/squirrel/sqapi.cpp
+++ b/squirrel/sqapi.cpp
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ SQRESULT sq_writeclosure(HSQUIRRELVM v,SQWRITEFUNC w,SQUserPointer up)
     _GETSAFE_OBJ(v, -1, OT_CLOSURE,o);
     unsigned short tag = SQ_BYTECODE_STREAM_TAG;
     if(_closure(*o)->_function->_noutervalues)
-        return sq_throwerror(v,_SC("a closure with free valiables bound it cannot be serialized"));
+        return sq_throwerror(v,_SC("a closure with free variables bound cannot be serialized"));
     if(w(up,&tag,2) != 2)
         return sq_throwerror(v,_SC("io error"));
     if(!_closure(*o)->Save(v,up,w))