diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a74748d5..5fb9d864 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ else()
   link_directories(/usr/local/lib)
 endif()
 
+set(PERSIST_SOURCES
+    src/persist/persist.c
+    src/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.c)
 aux_source_directory(src/parser NEURON_SRC_PARSE)
 set(NEURON_BASE_SOURCES
     src/base/tag.c
@@ -78,7 +81,8 @@ set(NEURON_BASE_SOURCES
     src/utils/neu_jwt.c
     src/utils/base64.c
     src/utils/async_queue.c
-    src/utils/mem_cache.c)
+    src/utils/mem_cache.c
+    ${PERSIST_SOURCES})
 
 add_library(neuron-base SHARED)
 target_sources(neuron-base PRIVATE ${NEURON_BASE_SOURCES} ${NEURON_SRC_PARSE}) 
@@ -93,9 +97,6 @@ add_dependencies(neuron-base neuron-version)
 #find_package(MbedTLS)
 target_link_libraries(neuron-base mbedtls mbedx509 mbedcrypto)
 
-set(PERSIST_SOURCES
-    src/persist/persist.c
-    src/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.c)
 set(NEURON_SOURCES
     src/main.c
     src/argparse.c
@@ -120,8 +121,7 @@ set(NEURON_SOURCES
     plugins/restful/plugin_handle.c
     plugins/restful/version_handle.c
     plugins/restful/rest.c
-    plugins/restful/user.c
-    ${PERSIST_SOURCES})
+    plugins/restful/user.c)
 
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH ./)
 add_executable(neuron)
diff --git a/src/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.h b/include/neuron/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.h
rename to include/neuron/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.h
diff --git a/src/persist/persist.h b/include/neuron/persist/persist.h
similarity index 99%
rename from src/persist/persist.h
rename to include/neuron/persist/persist.h
index 7588d568..15931698 100644
--- a/src/persist/persist.h
+++ b/include/neuron/persist/persist.h
@@ -310,4 +310,4 @@ int neu_persister_delete_user(const char *user_name);
 }
 #endif
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/src/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.c b/src/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.c
index 40be1bd3..0c33eea2 100644
--- a/src/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.c
+++ b/src/persist/json/persist_json_plugin.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "json/json.h"
 
-#include "persist_json_plugin.h"
+#include "persist/json/persist_json_plugin.h"
 
 int neu_json_decode_plugin_req(char *buf, neu_json_plugin_req_t **result)
 {