diff --git a/stepmania/src/NoteSkinManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/NoteSkinManager.cpp
index 3a26add9e8..5d1e50c651 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NoteSkinManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NoteSkinManager.cpp
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ try_again:
 	while( GetExtension(sPath) == "redir" )
 	{
 		CString sNewFileName;
-		GetFileContents( sPath, sNewFileName );
+		GetFileContents( sPath, sNewFileName, true );
 		CString sRealPath;
 
 		FOREACHD_CONST( CString, data.vsDirSearchOrder, iter )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index d70e506e45..1feffa518c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ CString DerefRedir(const CString &_path)
 		}
 
 		CString sNewFileName;
-		GetFileContents( path, sNewFileName );
+		GetFileContents( path, sNewFileName, true );
 
 		/* Empty is invalid. */
 		if( sNewFileName == "" )
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ CString DerefRedir(const CString &_path)
 	RageException::Throw( "Circular redirect '%s'", path.c_str() );
 }
 
-bool GetFileContents( const CString &sPath, CString &sOut )
+bool GetFileContents( const CString &sPath, CString &sOut, bool bOneLine )
 {
 	/* Don't warn if the file doesn't exist, but do warn if it exists and fails to open. */
 	if( !IsAFile(sPath) )
@@ -706,13 +706,21 @@ bool GetFileContents( const CString &sPath, CString &sOut )
 	}
 	
 	CString sData;
-	if( file.GetLine(sData) == -1 )
+	int iGot;
+	if( bOneLine )
+		iGot = file.GetLine( sData );
+	else
+		iGot = file.Read( sData, file.GetFileSize() );
+
+	if( iGot == -1 )
 	{
 		LOG->Warn( "GetFileContents(%s): %s", sPath.c_str(), file.GetError().c_str() );
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	if( bOneLine )
+		StripCrnl( sData );
 	
-	StripCrnl( sData );
 	sOut = sData;
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
index 5fcb97c478..c80402de7a 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void TrimRight(CString &str, const char *s = "\r\n\t ");
 void StripCrnl(CString &s);
 
 CString DerefRedir( const CString &sPath );
-bool GetFileContents( const CString &sPath, CString &sOut );
+bool GetFileContents( const CString &sPath, CString &sOut, bool bOneLine = false );
 
 class Regex {
 	void *reg;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
index 17e7139a73..f68e851a6b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ try_element_again:
 	else	// bIsARedirect
 	{
 		CString sNewFileName;
-		GetFileContents( sPath, sNewFileName );
+		GetFileContents( sPath, sNewFileName, true );
 
 		CString sNewClassName, sNewFile;
 		FileNameToClassAndElement(sNewFileName, sNewClassName, sNewFile);