diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ecbfdf..82cc39f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ images/*
 frames
 frames/*
 *.mp4
+audio_generator
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d5f0624..2f78ce4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ logos.c: scripts/gen_logos.sh
 	mkdir -p logos/
 	bash ./scripts/gen_logos.sh >logos.c
 
-audio.c: audio.ogg scripts/gen_audio.sh
-	bash ./scripts/gen_audio.sh >audio.c
+audio.c: audio.ogg scripts/gen_audio.c
+	$(CC) -o audio_generator scripts/gen_audio.c -Ofast
+	./audio_generator >audio.c
 
 $(OBJ_DIR):
 	mkdir -p $(OBJ_DIR)
diff --git a/scripts/gen_audio.c b/scripts/gen_audio.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f85fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gen_audio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+int main(void) {
+    int fd;
+    off_t size, idx;
+    unsigned char *buf;
+
+    fd   = open("audio.ogg", O_RDONLY);
+    size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+    lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+    buf = malloc(size);
+
+    read(fd, buf, size);
+
+    puts("#include <stdint.h>\nconst unsigned char audio[]={");
+
+    for (idx = 0; idx < size; ++idx)
+        printf("%u,", buf[idx]);
+
+    puts("};const uint64_t audio_size=sizeof(audio);");
+
+    free(buf);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/gen_audio.sh b/scripts/gen_audio.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 13425db..0000000
--- a/scripts/gen_audio.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-set -eu
-
-main() {
-    echo "#include <stdint.h>"
-    echo "const unsigned char audio[] = {"
-    od -An -vtu1 <audio.ogg | awk '{for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) printf "0x%s, ", $i}'
-    echo "};"
-    echo "const uint64_t audio_size = sizeof(audio);"
-}
-
-main