diff --git a/bin/buildhelp.sh b/bin/buildhelp.sh
index bc9ba9150..3adc5b97f 100755
--- a/bin/buildhelp.sh
+++ b/bin/buildhelp.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ games=$(grep "," res/GAMES.CONF | grep -v "^#" | cut -d"," -f2 | cut -d"=" -f1 |
 cp res/GAMEHELP/STANDARD "$1"
 for c in {A..Z}; do
     echo "group$c"
-    echo "$games" | grep "^$c" | while read -r game; do
+    for game in $(echo "$games" | grep "^$c"); do
         echo "!byte ${#game}"
         echo "!text \"$game\""
         if [ -f "res/GAMEHELP/$game" ]; then