diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e05044e..d0b9632 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,9 +89,18 @@ if (APPLE)
     list(APPEND GLSLC_DEFINE "-DAPPLE")
 endif ()
 
+add_executable(embedfile cmake/embedfile.c)
+
 set(SHADER_HEADER "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/shaders/shaders.h")
 message(STATUS "Shader header file: ${SHADER_HEADER}")
 
+# Delete old header file
+add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${SHADER_HEADER}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${SHADER_HEADER}
+        DEPENDS ${GLSL_SOURCE_FILES}
+)
+
 foreach (GLSL ${GLSL_SOURCE_FILES})
     get_filename_component(FILE_NAME ${GLSL} NAME_WE)
     string(TOUPPER ${FILE_NAME} FILE_NAME_UPPER)
@@ -106,19 +115,14 @@ foreach (GLSL ${GLSL_SOURCE_FILES})
     list(APPEND SPIRV_BINARY_FILES ${SPIRV})
 
     add_custom_command(
-            OUTPUT ${TEMP_HEADER}
-            COMMAND xxd -i -n ${FILE_NAME_UPPER} ${SPIRV} > ${TEMP_HEADER}
-            DEPENDS ${SPIRV})
+            OUTPUT ${SHADER_HEADER}
+            COMMAND embedfile ${FILE_NAME_UPPER} ${SPIRV} ${SHADER_HEADER}
+            DEPENDS ${SPIRV}
+            APPEND)
 
     list(APPEND TEMP_HEADERS ${TEMP_HEADER})
 endforeach (GLSL)
 
-add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT ${SHADER_HEADER}
-        COMMAND cat ${TEMP_HEADERS} > ${SHADER_HEADER}
-        DEPENDS ${TEMP_HEADERS}
-)
-
 add_custom_target(
         Shaders
         DEPENDS ${SPIRV_BINARY_FILES} ${SHADER_HEADER}
diff --git a/cmake/embedfile.c b/cmake/embedfile.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad6b3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/embedfile.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+FILE* open_or_exit(const char* fname, const char* mode)
+{
+    FILE* f = fopen(fname, mode);
+    if (f == NULL) {
+        perror(fname);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    return f;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    if (argc < 3) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "USAGE: %s {sym} {rsrc}\n\n"
+            "  Creates {sym}.c from the contents of {rsrc}\n",
+            argv[0]);
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    const char* sym = argv[1];
+    FILE* in = open_or_exit(argv[2], "r");
+    FILE* out = open_or_exit(argv[3], "a");
+    fprintf(out, "static const unsigned char %s[] = {\n", sym);
+
+    unsigned char buf[256];
+    size_t nread = 0;
+    size_t linecount = 0;
+    do {
+        nread = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), in);
+        size_t i;
+        for (i=0; i < nread; i++) {
+            fprintf(out, "0x%02x, ", buf[i]);
+            if (++linecount == 10) { fprintf(out, "\n"); linecount = 0; }
+        }
+    } while (nread > 0);
+    if (linecount > 0) fprintf(out, "\n");
+    fprintf(out, "};\n");
+    fprintf(out, "static const size_t %s_len = sizeof(%s);\n\n",sym,sym);
+
+    fclose(in);
+    fclose(out);
+
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/vulkan/Shader.h b/vulkan/Shader.h
index 9508420..883d678 100644
--- a/vulkan/Shader.h
+++ b/vulkan/Shader.h
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ class Shader {
           filename(std::move(filename)) {
     }
 
-    Shader(const std::shared_ptr<VulkanContext>& _context, unsigned char *data, size_t size)
+    Shader(const std::shared_ptr<VulkanContext>& _context, const unsigned char * data, size_t size)
         : context(_context),
           filename(""),
           data(data),
           size(size) {
     }
 
-    Shader(const std::shared_ptr<VulkanContext>& context, const std::string& filename, unsigned char* data, size_t size)
+    Shader(const std::shared_ptr<VulkanContext>& context, const std::string& filename, const unsigned char * data, size_t size)
         : filename(filename),
           context(context),
           data(data),
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Shader {
 private:
     const std::string filename;
     std::shared_ptr<VulkanContext> context;
-    unsigned char* data;
+    const unsigned char* data = nullptr;
     size_t size;
 };
 
diff --git a/vulkan/pipelines/ComputePipeline.cpp b/vulkan/pipelines/ComputePipeline.cpp
index 83cad78..48cac70 100644
--- a/vulkan/pipelines/ComputePipeline.cpp
+++ b/vulkan/pipelines/ComputePipeline.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "ComputePipeline.h"
 
 ComputePipeline::ComputePipeline(const std::shared_ptr<VulkanContext>& context, std::shared_ptr<Shader> shader): Pipeline(context), shader(std::move(shader)) {
-    shader->load();
+    this->shader->load();
 }
 
 void ComputePipeline::build() {