diff --git a/books.sh b/books.sh
index 0a01308..bd5d010 100755
--- a/books.sh
+++ b/books.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-IFS=$'\n'
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # Initialize an empty string to hold the list of books in JSON-like format
 books=""
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ echo "Found $filecount files."
 current=0
 
 # Loop over each file found by find
-for file in $(find "/mnt/c/Users/accou/Documents/iDrive/Cloud-Drive_accounts@nhcarrigan.com/Books" -type f -print0 | tr '\0' '\n'); do
+while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' file; do
     current=$((current + 1))
     echo -ne "Processing $current/$filecount\r"
     title=$(exiftool "$file" | grep "^Title\s*:" | cut -d ":" -f 2 | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//')
     author=$(exiftool "$file" | grep "^Creator\s*:" | cut -d ":" -f 2 | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//')
 
     if [ -z "$title" ]; then
-        # remove .mp3 from the title
-        title=$(basename "$file" | sed -e 's/\.*//g')
+        # remove extension from the filename
+        title=$(basename "$file" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$//')
     fi
     if [ -z "$author" ]; then
         author=$(exiftool "$file" | grep "^Author\s*:" | cut -d ":" -f 2 | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//')
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ for file in $(find "/mnt/c/Users/accou/Documents/iDrive/Cloud-Drive_accounts@nhc
 
     # use jq to add the book to the list
     books="$books$(jq -n --arg title "$title" --arg author "$author" '{title: $title, author: $author}'),"
-done
+done < <(find "/mnt/c/Users/accou/Documents/iDrive/Cloud-Drive_accounts@nhcarrigan.com/Books" -type f -print0)
 
 # Remove trailing comma and add square brackets to complete the list
 books="[${books%,}]"
 
 # Write to ./books/books.json
 echo "$books" > ./books/books.json
-echo -ne "Done!\r"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo -ne "Done!\r"
diff --git a/songs.sh b/songs.sh
index 627dae3..cd0ec58 100755
--- a/songs.sh
+++ b/songs.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-IFS=$'\n'
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # Initialize an empty string to hold the list of songs in JSON-like format
 songs=""
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ echo "Found $filecount files."
 current=0
 
 # Loop over each file found by find
-for file in $(find "/mnt/c/Users/accou/Music" -type f -print0 | tr '\0' '\n'); do
+while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' file; do
     current=$((current + 1))
     echo -ne "Processing $current/$filecount\r"
     title=$(mid3v2 -l "$file" | grep "TIT2\|TT2" | cut -d "=" -f 2)
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ for file in $(find "/mnt/c/Users/accou/Music" -type f -print0 | tr '\0' '\n'); d
 
     # use jq to add the song to the list
     songs="$songs$(jq -n --arg title "$title" --arg artist "$artist" '{title: $title, artist: $artist}'),"
-done
+done < <(find "/mnt/c/Users/accou/Music" -type f -print0)
 
 # Remove trailing comma and add square brackets to complete the list
 songs="[${songs%,}]"
 
 # Write to ./music/songs.json
 echo "$songs" > ./music/songs.json
-echo -ne "Done!\r"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo -ne "Done!\r"