diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 276c1b2a..72305d3f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1363,7 +1363,8 @@ endif
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/%.table: %.aiff
 	$(call print,Extracting codebook:,$<,$@)
-	$(V)$(AIFF_EXTRACT_CODEBOOK) $< >$@
+	$(V)$(shell while ! test -s $@.tmp ; do $(AIFF_EXTRACT_CODEBOOK) $< >$@.tmp ; done)
+	$(V)$(shell mv $@.tmp $@ )
 	$(call print,Piping:,$<,$@.inc.c)
 	$(V)hexdump -v -e '1/1 "0x%X,"' $< > $@.inc.c
 	$(V)echo >> $@.inc.c
diff --git a/src/pc/chat_commands.c b/src/pc/chat_commands.c
index becb4b2d..f843f5b0 100644
--- a/src/pc/chat_commands.c
+++ b/src/pc/chat_commands.c
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ bool exec_chat_command(char* command) {
         smlua_exec_str(&command[5]);
         return true;
     }
+
+    if (str_starts_with("/luaf ", command)) {
+        smlua_exec_file(&command[6]);
+        return true;
+    }
 #endif
 
     return smlua_call_chat_command_hook(command);
@@ -333,6 +338,7 @@ void display_chat_commands(void) {
 #if defined(DEVELOPMENT)
     djui_chat_message_create("/warp [LEVEL] [AREA] [ACT] - Level can be either a numeric value or a shorthand name");
     djui_chat_message_create("/lua [LUA] - Execute Lua code from a string");
+    djui_chat_message_create("/luaf [FILENAME] - Execute Lua code from a file");
 #endif
     if (sConfirming != CCC_NONE) { djui_chat_message_create("/confirm"); }
     smlua_display_chat_commands();
diff --git a/src/pc/lua/smlua.c b/src/pc/lua/smlua.c
index 6063d5af..7c0836d0 100644
--- a/src/pc/lua/smlua.c
+++ b/src/pc/lua/smlua.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int smlua_pcall(lua_State* L, int nargs, int nresults, UNUSED int errfunc) {
     return rc;
 }
 
-static void smlua_exec_file(char* path) {
+void smlua_exec_file(char* path) {
     lua_State* L = gLuaState;
     if (luaL_dofile(L, path) != LUA_OK) {
         LOG_LUA("Failed to load lua file '%s'.", path);
diff --git a/src/pc/lua/smlua.h b/src/pc/lua/smlua.h
index 49a4517e..38ee4911 100644
--- a/src/pc/lua/smlua.h
+++ b/src/pc/lua/smlua.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ extern struct Mod* gLuaLastHookMod;
 void smlua_mod_error(void);
 int smlua_error_handler(UNUSED lua_State* L);
 int smlua_pcall(lua_State* L, int nargs, int nresults, int errfunc);
+void smlua_exec_file(char* path);
 void smlua_exec_str(char* str);
 
 void smlua_init(void);