diff --git a/nifty/dobj.py b/nifty/dobj.py
index 286422ab559b96da0e9b6f212383b4e01d3b9d12..53144015be2260e5e566e66454d2d7db9b6ac8f8 100644
--- a/nifty/dobj.py
+++ b/nifty/dobj.py
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Copyright(C) 2013-2017 Max-Planck-Society
+#
+# NIFTy is being developed at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik
+# and financially supported by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
+
 try:
     from mpi4py import MPI
     if MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size() == 1:
diff --git a/nifty/field.py b/nifty/field.py
index d078d158c5b6fa6de79c03b70bdb9eaf27676cec..0b72a6e9de6302aece0e9cadf3dfb27ed5a45627 100644
--- a/nifty/field.py
+++ b/nifty/field.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-# Copyright(C) 2013-2017 Max-Planck-Society
+# Copyright(C) 2013-2018 Max-Planck-Society
 #
 # NIFTy is being developed at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik
 # and financially supported by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
diff --git a/nifty/sugar.py b/nifty/sugar.py
index 61a2f206019d74f231cef3af71163298d53706e2..411315ba9dd713260b9384e571d8ead5afb6dfc1 100644
--- a/nifty/sugar.py
+++ b/nifty/sugar.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-# Copyright(C) 2013-2017 Max-Planck-Society
+# Copyright(C) 2013-2018 Max-Planck-Society
 #
 # NIFTy is being developed at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik
 # and financially supported by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
diff --git a/nifty/utilities.py b/nifty/utilities.py
index 327a7d26362fdeddb03ba465d298fe8105f61d94..1383b710d86400194e3dcd8d27a62c9df6abfe68 100644
--- a/nifty/utilities.py
+++ b/nifty/utilities.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-# Copyright(C) 2013-2017 Max-Planck-Society
+# Copyright(C) 2013-2018 Max-Planck-Society
 #
 # NIFTy is being developed at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik
 # and financially supported by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
diff --git a/nifty/version.py b/nifty/version.py
index 906d8f569d2ea3ea7e3577923974e0ec60ae8db2..cad3da52626ea8c1d5dc67ddea3fbab3e93cbb72 100644
--- a/nifty/version.py
+++ b/nifty/version.py
@@ -1,21 +1,3 @@
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Copyright(C) 2013-2017 Max-Planck-Society
-#
-# NIFTy is being developed at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik
-# and financially supported by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
-
 # Store the version here so:
 # 1) we don't load dependencies by storing it in __init__.py
 # 2) we can import it in setup.py for the same reason