diff --git a/tools/generator.sh b/tools/generator.sh
index 6b0f784b5..48a2747d5 100755
--- a/tools/generator.sh
+++ b/tools/generator.sh
@@ -17,15 +17,8 @@
 echo "#include \"globals.h\"" > $2
 echo "" >> $2
 echo "static char generated_source [] =" >> $2
-echo "{" >> $2
-  cat $1 | fold -w1 | while read ch
-  do
-   if [ "$ch" == "" ]
-   then
-     ch=" "
-   fi
-   echo "  '$ch'," >> $2
-  done
-echo "  0" >> $2
-echo "};" >> $2
-
+cat $1 | while read line
+do
+  echo "\"$line\n\"" >> $2
+done
+echo ";" >> $2