diff --git a/crow/include/crow/utility.h b/crow/include/crow/utility.h
index 7cae52e..98b6534 100644
--- a/crow/include/crow/utility.h
+++ b/crow/include/crow/utility.h
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include <tuple>
-#include <boost/utility/string_view.hpp>
 #include "nlohmann/json.hpp"
-
-#include "crow/settings.h"
+#include <boost/utility/string_view.hpp>
 
 namespace crow {
 namespace black_magic {
@@ -519,8 +517,7 @@
 
 // TODO this is temporary and should be deleted once base64 is refactored out of
 // crow
-inline bool base64_decode(const boost::string_view input,
-                          std::string& output) {
+inline bool base64_decode(const boost::string_view input, std::string& output) {
   static const char nop = -1;
   // See note on encoding_data[] in above function
   static const char decoding_data[] = {