diff --git a/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp b/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp
index 91dcc99d..1160f63f 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp
@@ -325,25 +325,12 @@ void FILESYSTEM_loadZip(const char* filename)
 
 void FILESYSTEM_mountAssets(const char* path)
 {
-	const size_t path_size = SDL_strlen(path);
 	char filename[MAX_PATH];
 	char zip_data[MAX_PATH];
 	const char* zip_normal;
 	char dir[MAX_PATH];
 
-	/* path is going to look like "levels/LEVELNAME.vvvvvv".
-	 * We want LEVELNAME, which entails starting from index 7
-	 * (which is how long "levels/" is)
-	 * and then grabbing path_size-14 characters
-	 * (14 chars because "levels/" and ".vvvvvv" are both 7 chars).
-	 * We also add 1 when calculating the amount of bytes to grab
-	 * to account for the null terminator.
-	 */
-	SDL_strlcpy(
-		filename,
-		&path[7],
-		VVV_min((path_size - 14) + 1, sizeof(filename))
-	);
+	VVV_between(path, "levels/", filename, ".vvvvvv");
 
 	SDL_snprintf(
 		zip_data,
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/UtilityClass.cpp b/desktop_version/src/UtilityClass.cpp
index 315533c0..e060283d 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/UtilityClass.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/UtilityClass.cpp
@@ -344,3 +344,18 @@ void VVV_fillstring(
 	SDL_memset(buffer, fillchar, buffer_size - 1);
 	buffer[buffer_size - 1] = '\0';
 }
+void _VVV_between(
+	const char* original,
+	const size_t left_length,
+	char* middle,
+	const size_t right_length,
+	const size_t middle_size
+) {
+	size_t middle_length = SDL_strlen(original);
+	middle_length -= left_length + right_length;
+	SDL_strlcpy(
+		middle,
+		&original[left_length],
+		VVV_min(middle_length + 1, middle_size)
+	);
+}
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/UtilityClass.h b/desktop_version/src/UtilityClass.h
index e099e09b..b2d22b6e 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/UtilityClass.h
+++ b/desktop_version/src/UtilityClass.h
@@ -45,6 +45,28 @@ void VVV_fillstring(
         puts(message); \
     }
 
+/* Don't call this directly; use the VVV_between macro. */
+void _VVV_between(
+    const char* original,
+    const size_t left_length,
+    char* middle,
+    const size_t right_length,
+    const size_t middle_size
+);
+
+/* If original is "LEFTMIDDLERIGHT", VVV_between(original, "LEFT", buffer, "RIGHT")
+ * will put "MIDDLE" into buffer - assuming that sizeof(buffer) refers to length
+ * of buffer and not length of pointer to buffer.
+ */
+#define VVV_between(original, left, middle, right) \
+    _VVV_between( \
+        original, \
+        SDL_arraysize(left) - 1, \
+        middle, \
+        SDL_arraysize(right) - 1, \
+        sizeof(middle) \
+    )
+
 
 //helperClass
 class UtilityClass