diff --git a/src/FEsolving.f90 b/src/FEsolving.f90
index f81110414..fc04499fa 100644
--- a/src/FEsolving.f90
+++ b/src/FEsolving.f90
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 !> @brief global variables for flow control
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module FEsolving
-  use prec
    
   implicit none
- 
+  public
+
   logical :: &
     terminallyIll = .false.                                                                         !< at least one material point is terminally ill
 
diff --git a/src/config.f90 b/src/config.f90
index bcf9b4b3d..58b0d69a1 100644
--- a/src/config.f90
+++ b/src/config.f90
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module config
     config_numerics, &
     config_debug
  
-  character(len=pStringLen), dimension(:), allocatable, public, protected :: &
+  character(len=pStringLen),    public, protected, allocatable, dimension(:) :: &
     config_name_phase, &                                                                            !< name of each phase
     config_name_homogenization, &                                                                   !< name of each homogenization
     config_name_crystallite, &                                                                      !< name of each crystallite setting
diff --git a/src/element.f90 b/src/element.f90
index a38036f93..de4000700 100644
--- a/src/element.f90
+++ b/src/element.f90
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 !> @author Christoph Koords, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module element
-  use prec
   use IO
  
   implicit none