diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 6fa5c6dee..2d63ed8ad 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
 
-project(villas-common CXX)
+project(villas-common
+    DESCRIPTION "VILLAScommon"
+    LANGUAGES C CXX
+)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Werror")
@@ -42,3 +45,8 @@ pkg_check_modules(JANSSON IMPORTED_TARGET jansson)
 
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
+
+configure_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/villas/config.h.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/villas/config.h
+)
diff --git a/common/include/villas/config.h b/common/include/villas/config.h.in
similarity index 92%
rename from common/include/villas/config.h
rename to common/include/villas/config.h.in
index 9254429d8..ffe6d3303 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/config.h
+++ b/common/include/villas/config.h.in
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
   #define V 2
 #endif
 
+#define PROJECT_URL		"@CMAKE_PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@"
+#define PROJECT_NAME	"@CMAKE_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@"
+
 /* Paths */
 #define PLUGIN_PATH		PREFIX "/share/villas/node/plugins"
 #define WEB_PATH		PREFIX "/share/villas/node/web"
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@
 #define IPPROTO_VILLAS		137
 #define ETH_P_VILLAS		0xBABE
 
-#define USER_AGENT		"VILLASfpga (" BUILDID ")"
+#define USER_AGENT		PROJECT_NAME " (" BUILDID ")"
 
 /* Required kernel version */
 #define KERNEL_VERSION_MAJ	3
diff --git a/common/lib/kernel/rt.c b/common/lib/kernel/rt.c
index 01180f297..f72657adc 100644
--- a/common/lib/kernel/rt.c
+++ b/common/lib/kernel/rt.c
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ int rt_init(int priority, int affinity)
 	if (priority)
 		rt_set_priority(priority);
 	else
-		warn("You might want to use the 'priority' setting to increase VILLASnode's process priority");
+		warn("You might want to use the 'priority' setting to increase " PROJECT_NAME "'s process priority");
 
 	if (affinity)
 		rt_set_affinity(affinity);
 	else
-		warn("You might want to use the 'affinity' setting to pin VILLASnode to dedicate CPU cores");
+		warn("You might want to use the 'affinity' setting to pin " PROJECT_NAME " to dedicate CPU cores");
 
 	rt_lock_memory();
 #else
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int rt_set_affinity(int affinity)
 
 	is_isol = kernel_get_cmdline_param("isolcpus", isolcpus, sizeof(isolcpus));
 	if (is_isol) {
-		warn("You should reserve some cores for VILLASnode (see 'isolcpus')");
+		warn("You should reserve some cores for " PROJECT_NAME " (see 'isolcpus')");
 
 		CPU_ZERO(&cset_isol);
 	}
diff --git a/common/lib/log.c b/common/lib/log.c
index ad3d2c694..d35d101e1 100644
--- a/common/lib/log.c
+++ b/common/lib/log.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void log_vprint(struct log *l, const char *lvl, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 
 	/* Output */
 #ifdef ENABLE_OPAL_ASYNC
-	OpalPrint("VILLASnode: %s\n", buf);
+	OpalPrint(PROJECT_NAME ": %s\n", buf);
 #endif
 	if (l->file) {
 		if (l->tty == false)
diff --git a/common/lib/utils.c b/common/lib/utils.c
index 9ce0dff03..50c1bf9d0 100644
--- a/common/lib/utils.c
+++ b/common/lib/utils.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pthread_t main_thread;
 
 void print_copyright()
 {
-	printf("VILLASfpga %s (built on %s %s)\n",
+	printf(PROJECT_NAME " %s (built on %s %s)\n",
 		CLR_BLU(BUILDID), CLR_MAG(__DATE__), CLR_MAG(__TIME__));
 	printf(" Copyright 2014-2017, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC\n");
 	printf(" Steffen Vogel <StVogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>\n");