diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index 88e1f2ba1b..0e37156f01 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 		trigger = "embed",
 		description = "Embed scripts in scripts.c; required before release builds",
 		execute = function ()
+			_MAIN_SCRIPT_DIR = os.getcwd()
+			_SCRIPT_DIR = path.join(_MAIN_SCRIPT_DIR, "scripts")
 			include (path.join(corePath, "scripts/embed.lua"))
 		end
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/embed.lua b/scripts/embed.lua
index 90281fd5dd..7940efde21 100644
--- a/scripts/embed.lua
+++ b/scripts/embed.lua
@@ -40,20 +40,24 @@
 		local max = 4096
 		local start = 1
 		local len = contents:len()
-		while start <= len do
-			local n = len - start
-			if n > max then n = max end
-			local finish = start + n
-
-			-- make sure I don't cut an escape sequence
-			while contents:sub(finish, finish) == "\\" do
-				finish = finish - 1
-			end
+		if len > 0 then
+			while start <= len do
+				local n = len - start
+				if n > max then n = max end
+				local finish = start + n
+
+				-- make sure I don't cut an escape sequence
+				while contents:sub(finish, finish) == "\\" do
+					finish = finish - 1
+				end
 
-			local s = contents:sub(start, finish)
-			table.insert(result, "\t\"" .. s .. iif(finish < len, '"', '",'))
+				local s = contents:sub(start, finish)
+				table.insert(result, "\t\"" .. s .. iif(finish < len, '"', '",'))
 
-			start = finish + 1
+				start = finish + 1
+			end
+		else
+			table.insert(result, "\t\"\",")
 		end
 
 		table.insert(result, "")