diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0436a3b..265b53f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ gzip-menus:
 
 _include-menus:
 	sed -i "s/0,\/\/menuscrc/0x$(shell crc32 data/p1xbraten/menus.cfg),/" src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
-	sed -i "s/0,\/\/menuslen/$(shell stat --printf="%s" data/p1xbraten/menus.cfg.gz),/" src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
+	sed -i "s/embeddedfile<0> menuscfg/embeddedfile<$(shell stat --printf="%s" data/p1xbraten/menus.cfg.gz)> menuscfg/" src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
 	sed -i "s/0,\/\/mastercrc/0x$(shell crc32 data/p1xbraten/master.cfg),/" src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
-	sed -i "s/0,\/\/masterlen/$(shell stat --printf="%s" data/p1xbraten/master.cfg.gz),/" src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
+	sed -i "s/embeddedfile<0> mastercfg/embeddedfile<$(shell stat --printf="%s" data/p1xbraten/master.cfg.gz)> mastercfg/" src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
 	sed -i "s/0,\/\/gamehudcrc/0x$(shell crc32 data/p1xbraten/gamehud.cfg),/" src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
-	sed -i "s/0,\/\/gamehudlen/$(shell stat --printf="%s" data/p1xbraten/gamehud.cfg.gz),/" src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
+	sed -i "s/embeddedfile<0> gamehudcfg/embeddedfile<$(shell stat --printf="%s" data/p1xbraten/gamehud.cfg.gz)> gamehudcfg/" src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
 
 clean-sauer: check-env
 	cd $(SAUER_DIR) && \
diff --git a/patches/include_p1xbraten_menus.patch b/patches/include_p1xbraten_menus.patch
index af1b824..28d8d83 100644
--- a/patches/include_p1xbraten_menus.patch
+++ b/patches/include_p1xbraten_menus.patch
@@ -25,39 +25,37 @@ Index: src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
 ===================================================================
 --- src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp	(nonexistent)
 +++ src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp	(working copy)
-@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
 +#include "cube.h"
 +#include "p1xbraten_menus.h"
 +
 +namespace game {
-+    struct embeddedfile menuscfg = {
++    struct embeddedfile<0> menuscfg = {
 +        "data/p1xbraten/menus.cfg.gz",
 +        0,//menuscrc
-+        0,//menuslen
 +        {
 +            #include "../../data/p1xbraten/menus.cfg.gz.xxd"
 +        }
 +    };
 +
-+    struct embeddedfile mastercfg = {
++    struct embeddedfile<0> mastercfg = {
 +        "data/p1xbraten/master.cfg.gz",
 +        0,//mastercrc
-+        0,//masterlen
 +        {
 +            #include "../../data/p1xbraten/master.cfg.gz.xxd"
 +        }
 +    };
 +
-+    struct embeddedfile gamehudcfg = {
++    struct embeddedfile<0> gamehudcfg = {
 +        "data/p1xbraten/gamehud.cfg.gz",
 +        0,//gamehudcrc
-+        0,//gamehudlen
 +        {
 +            #include "../../data/p1xbraten/gamehud.cfg.gz.xxd"
 +        }
 +    };
 +
-+    int update(embeddedfile *i)
++    template<size_t N>
++    int update(embeddedfile<N> *i)
 +    {
 +        stream *f = opengzfile(path(i->name), "rb");
 +        if(f)
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ Index: src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
 +
 +        f = openrawfile(path(i->name), "wb");
 +        if(!f) return 2;
-+        f->write(i->contents, i->len);
++        f->write(i->contents, N);
 +        delete f;
 +        conoutf("updated %s", i->name);
 +        return 0;
@@ -115,11 +113,11 @@ Index: src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.h
 +#include "cube.h"
 +
 +namespace game {
++    template<size_t N>
 +    struct embeddedfile {
 +        string name;
 +        const uint crc;
-+        const size_t len;
-+        const uchar contents[];
++        const uchar contents[N];
 +    };
 +}
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diff --git a/src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp b/src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
index 055308f..498d6e9 100644
--- a/src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
+++ b/src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.cpp
@@ -2,34 +2,32 @@
 #include "p1xbraten_menus.h"
 
 namespace game {
-    struct embeddedfile menuscfg = {
+    struct embeddedfile<16060> menuscfg = {
         "data/p1xbraten/menus.cfg.gz",
         0x1607c7ba,
-        16060,
         {
             #include "../../data/p1xbraten/menus.cfg.gz.xxd"
         }
     };
 
-    struct embeddedfile mastercfg = {
+    struct embeddedfile<1029> mastercfg = {
         "data/p1xbraten/master.cfg.gz",
         0xe6bf7248,
-        1029,
         {
             #include "../../data/p1xbraten/master.cfg.gz.xxd"
         }
     };
 
-    struct embeddedfile gamehudcfg = {
+    struct embeddedfile<222> gamehudcfg = {
         "data/p1xbraten/gamehud.cfg.gz",
         0xac5cc9fd,
-        222,
         {
             #include "../../data/p1xbraten/gamehud.cfg.gz.xxd"
         }
     };
 
-    int update(embeddedfile *i)
+    template<size_t N>
+    int update(embeddedfile<N> *i)
     {
         stream *f = opengzfile(path(i->name), "rb");
         if(f)
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ namespace game {
 
         f = openrawfile(path(i->name), "wb");
         if(!f) return 2;
-        f->write(i->contents, i->len);
+        f->write(i->contents, N);
         delete f;
         conoutf("updated %s", i->name);
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.h b/src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.h
index bd14f69..c0f193b 100644
--- a/src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.h
+++ b/src/fpsgame/p1xbraten_menus.h
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #include "cube.h"
 
 namespace game {
+    template<size_t N>
     struct embeddedfile {
         string name;
         const uint crc;
-        const size_t len;
-        const uchar contents[];
+        const uchar contents[N];
     };
 }
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