diff --git a/exosphere/loader_stub/loader_stub.mk b/exosphere/loader_stub/loader_stub.mk
index df737a370..7bffe7dc0 100644
--- a/exosphere/loader_stub/loader_stub.mk
+++ b/exosphere/loader_stub/loader_stub.mk
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ ifneq ($(__RECURSIVE__),1)
 export ATMOSPHERE_TOPDIR := $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)
 
 export VPATH	:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(CURDIR)/$(dir)) $(CURDIR)/include \
-			$(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(CURDIR)/$(dir)) \
-            $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)/../program/$(ATMOSPHERE_OUT_DIR)
+			$(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(CURDIR)/$(dir))
 
 CFILES      :=	$(call FIND_SOURCE_FILES,$(SOURCES),c)
 CPPFILES    :=	$(call FIND_SOURCE_FILES,$(SOURCES),cpp)
 SFILES      :=	$(call FIND_SOURCE_FILES,$(SOURCES),s)
-BINFILES    := program.lz4 boot_code.lz4
+BINFILES    :=
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # use CXX for linking C++ projects, CC for standard C
@@ -102,13 +101,7 @@ $(OUTPUT).elf	:	$(OFILES)
 
 $(OFILES)	:	 $(ATMOSPHERE_LIBRARIES_DIR)/libexosphere/$(ATMOSPHERE_LIBRARY_DIR)/libexosphere.a
 
-program.lz4.o: program.lz4
-	@echo $(notdir $<)
-	@$(bin2o)
-
-boot_code.lz4.o: boot_code.lz4
-	@echo $(notdir $<)
-	@$(bin2o)
+secmon_loader_main.o: CXXFLAGS += --embed-dir="$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)/../program/$(ATMOSPHERE_OUT_DIR)/"
 
 %.elf:
 	@echo linking $(notdir $@)
@@ -117,14 +110,6 @@ boot_code.lz4.o: boot_code.lz4
 
 $(OFILES_SRC)	: $(OFILES_BIN)
 
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# you need a rule like this for each extension you use as binary data
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-%.bin.o	%_bin.h:	%.bin
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	@echo $(notdir $<)
-	@$(bin2o)
-
 -include $(DEPENDS)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/exosphere/loader_stub/source/secmon_loader_main.cpp b/exosphere/loader_stub/source/secmon_loader_main.cpp
index 368941eb1..782d7ac11 100644
--- a/exosphere/loader_stub/source/secmon_loader_main.cpp
+++ b/exosphere/loader_stub/source/secmon_loader_main.cpp
@@ -15,21 +15,31 @@
  */
 #include <exosphere.hpp>
 #include "secmon_loader_uncompress.hpp"
-#include "program_lz4.h"
-#include "boot_code_lz4.h"
 
 namespace ams::secmon::loader {
 
-    NORETURN void UncompressAndExecute(const void *program, const void *boot_code) {
+    namespace {
+
+        constexpr const u8 SecmonProgramLz4[] = {
+            #embed <program.lz4>
+        };
+
+        constexpr const u8 SecmonBootCodeLz4[] = {
+            #embed <boot_code.lz4>
+        };
+
+    }
+
+    NORETURN void UncompressAndExecute() {
         /* Uncompress the program image. */
-        Uncompress(secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalTzramFullProgramImage.GetPointer(), secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalTzramFullProgramImage.GetSize(), program, program_lz4_size);
+        Uncompress(secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalTzramFullProgramImage.GetPointer(), secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalTzramFullProgramImage.GetSize(), SecmonProgramLz4, sizeof(SecmonProgramLz4));
 
         /* Copy the boot image to the end of IRAM */
-        u8 *relocated_boot_code = secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalIramBootCodeImage.GetEndPointer<u8>() - boot_code_lz4_size;
-        std::memcpy(relocated_boot_code, boot_code, boot_code_lz4_size);
+        u8 *relocated_boot_code = secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalIramBootCodeImage.GetEndPointer<u8>() - sizeof(SecmonBootCodeLz4);
+        std::memcpy(relocated_boot_code, SecmonBootCodeLz4, sizeof(SecmonBootCodeLz4));
 
         /* Uncompress the boot image. */
-        Uncompress(secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalIramBootCodeImage.GetPointer(), secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalIramBootCodeImage.GetSize(), relocated_boot_code, boot_code_lz4_size);
+        Uncompress(secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalIramBootCodeImage.GetPointer(), secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalIramBootCodeImage.GetSize(), relocated_boot_code, sizeof(SecmonBootCodeLz4));
 
         /* Jump to the boot image. */
         reinterpret_cast<void (*)()>(secmon::MemoryRegionPhysicalIramBootCodeImage.GetAddress())();
diff --git a/exosphere/loader_stub/source/start.s b/exosphere/loader_stub/source/start.s
index 47838e5fa..6640ac2d9 100644
--- a/exosphere/loader_stub/source/start.s
+++ b/exosphere/loader_stub/source/start.s
@@ -98,8 +98,5 @@ _start:
     ldr x20, =0x7C020000
     mov sp, x20
 
-    adr x0, program_lz4
-    adr x1, boot_code_lz4
-
     /* Uncompress the program and iram boot code images. */
-    b _ZN3ams6secmon6loader20UncompressAndExecuteEPKvS3_
+    b _ZN3ams6secmon6loader20UncompressAndExecuteEv