diff --git a/base16.m4 b/base16.m4
index 9abe78a..a3e3b08 100644
--- a/base16.m4
+++ b/base16.m4
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 dnl base16 default
-defcolor(base00,181818)
-defcolor(base01,282828)
-defcolor(base02,383838)
-defcolor(base03,585858)
-defcolor(base04,b8b8b8)
-defcolor(base05,d8d8d8)
-defcolor(base06,e8e8e8)
-defcolor(base07,f8f8f8)
-defcolor(base08,ab4642)
-defcolor(base09,dc9656)
-defcolor(base0A,f7ca88)
-defcolor(base0B,a1b56c)
-defcolor(base0C,86c1b9)
-defcolor(base0D,7cafc2)
-defcolor(base0E,ba8baf)
-defcolor(base0F,a16946)
+defcolor(00,181818)
+defcolor(01,282828)
+defcolor(02,383838)
+defcolor(03,585858)
+defcolor(04,b8b8b8)
+defcolor(05,d8d8d8)
+defcolor(06,e8e8e8)
+defcolor(07,f8f8f8)
+defcolor(08,ab4642)
+defcolor(09,dc9656)
+defcolor(0A,f7ca88)
+defcolor(0B,a1b56c)
+defcolor(0C,86c1b9)
+defcolor(0D,7cafc2)
+defcolor(0E,ba8baf)
+defcolor(0F,a16946)
diff --git a/i3/config.m4 b/i3/config.m4
index 17c5d02..7cd48da 100644
--- a/i3/config.m4
+++ b/i3/config.m4
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ mode "resize" {
 
 bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"
 
-define([defcolor], [define($1, ["[#]$2"])])
+define([defcolor], [define(base$1, ["[#]$2"])])
 include([base16.m4])
 
 client.focused base0D base0D base00 base01
diff --git a/i3status.conf.m4 b/i3status.conf.m4
index 231dbfd..aacaeb7 100644
--- a/i3status.conf.m4
+++ b/i3status.conf.m4
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # If the above line is not correctly displayed, fix your editor first!
 
 changequote([,])
-define([defcolor], [define($1, ["[#]$2"])])
+define([defcolor], [define(base$1, ["[#]$2"])])
 include([base16.m4])
 
 general {