diff --git a/src/caosdb/entity.cpp b/src/caosdb/entity.cpp
index d7d957d7ab65c8bbdb2095df56a71efb0affd428..21ad8af8da006b14fb13860278758aec15376fe4 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/entity.cpp
+++ b/src/caosdb/entity.cpp
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
  *
  */
 #include "caosdb/entity.h"
-#include "caosdb/exceptions.h"
 #include "caosdb/data_type.h"               // for DataType
 #include "caosdb/entity/v1alpha1/main.pb.h" // for Messages
+#include "caosdb/exceptions.h"
 #include "caosdb/protobuf_helper.h"         // for get_arena
 #include "caosdb/value.h"                   // for Value
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>