diff --git a/assets.sh b/assets.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 76cfea21e..000000000
--- a/assets.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-cat <<EOT
-package auto
-
-import "compress/gzip"
-import "bytes"
-import "io/ioutil"
-
-var Assets = make(map[string][]byte)
-
-func init() {
-	var data []byte
-	var gr *gzip.Reader
-EOT
-
-cd gui
-for f in $(find . -type f) ; do 
-	f="${f#./}"
-	echo "gr, _ = gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{"
-	gzip -n -c $f | od -vt x1 | sed 's/^[0-9a-f]*//' | sed 's/\([0-9a-f][0-9a-f]\)/0x\1,/g'
-	echo "}))"
-	echo "data, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(gr)"
-	echo "Assets[\"$f\"] = data"
-done
-echo "}"
-
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 0f5dcd761..e4fb9cf6c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ build() {
 }
 
 prepare() {
-	./assets.sh | gofmt > auto/gui.files.go
+	go run cmd/assets/assets.go gui > auto/gui.files.go
 	go get -d
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/assets/assets.go b/cmd/assets/assets.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..081a11216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/assets/assets.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"go/format"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"text/template"
+)
+
+var tpl = template.Must(template.New("assets").Parse(`package auto
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"io/ioutil"
+)
+
+var Assets = make(map[string][]byte)
+
+func init() {
+	var bs []byte
+	var gr *gzip.Reader
+{{range $asset := .assets}}
+	bs, _ = hex.DecodeString("{{$asset.HexData}}")
+	gr, _ = gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewBuffer(bs))
+	bs, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(gr)
+	Assets["{{$asset.Name}}"] = bs
+{{end}}
+}
+`))
+
+type asset struct {
+	Name    string
+	HexData string
+}
+
+var assets []asset
+
+func walkerFor(basePath string) filepath.WalkFunc {
+	return func(name string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if info.Mode().IsRegular() {
+			fd, err := os.Open(name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			var buf bytes.Buffer
+			gw := gzip.NewWriter(&buf)
+			io.Copy(gw, fd)
+			fd.Close()
+			gw.Flush()
+			gw.Close()
+
+			name, _ = filepath.Rel(basePath, name)
+			assets = append(assets, asset{
+				Name:    name,
+				HexData: fmt.Sprintf("%x", buf.Bytes()),
+			})
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	filepath.Walk(flag.Arg(0), walkerFor(flag.Arg(0)))
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	tpl.Execute(&buf, map[string][]asset{"assets": assets})
+	bs, err := format.Source(buf.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	os.Stdout.Write(bs)
+}