diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Scripts.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Scripts.cpp
index 65aac0bd..e35bcd24 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Scripts.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Scripts.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "Script.h"
 
-#include <algorithm>
-
 void scriptclass::load(std::string t)
 {
     //loads script name t into the array
@@ -12,10 +10,9 @@ void scriptclass::load(std::string t)
     commands.clear();
     running = true;
 
-    int maxlength = (std::min(int(t.length()),7));
     std::string customstring="";
-    for(int i=0; i<maxlength; i++){
-      customstring+=t[i];
+    if(t.length()){
+        customstring=t.substr(0, 7);
     }
 
     if (customstring == "custom_"){