diff --git a/RecrownedGTK/Graphics/Render/Shaders/Shader.cs b/RecrownedGTK/Graphics/Render/Shaders/Shader.cs
index 731f4b1..449091f 100644
--- a/RecrownedGTK/Graphics/Render/Shaders/Shader.cs
+++ b/RecrownedGTK/Graphics/Render/Shaders/Shader.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Text;
+using System.Reflection;
 using OpenTK.Graphics.OpenGL;
+
 namespace RecrownedGTK.Graphics.Render.Shaders {
     public class Shader : IDisposable {
         int handle;
@@ -9,21 +10,30 @@ namespace RecrownedGTK.Graphics.Render.Shaders {
             get;
             private set;
         }
-        public Shader(string vertexPath, string fragmentPath) {
-            IsDisposed = false;
-            
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a shader program using the given paths.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="pathToVertexFile">The relative path to the vertex shader file.</param>
+        /// <param name="pathToFragmentFile">The relative path to the fragment shader file.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public Shader(string pathToVertexFile, string pathToFragmentFile) : this(new StreamReader(pathToVertexFile), new StreamReader(pathToFragmentFile)) {
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a shader program using the given streams.
+        /// Automatically disposes of streams immediately after use.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="vertexFileStream">The vertex shader file stream.</param>
+        /// <param name="fragmentFileStream">The fragment shader file stream.</param>
+        public Shader(StreamReader vertexFileStream, StreamReader fragmentFileStream) {
             int vertShader = 0;
             int fragShader = 0;
 
-            string vertShaderSource;
-            string fragShaderSource;
-
-            using (StreamReader stream = new StreamReader(vertexPath, Encoding.UTF8)) {
-                vertShaderSource = stream.ReadToEnd();
-            }
-            using (StreamReader stream = new StreamReader(fragmentPath, Encoding.UTF8)) {
-                fragShaderSource = stream.ReadToEnd();
-            }
+            string vertShaderSource = vertexFileStream.ReadToEnd();
+            string fragShaderSource = fragmentFileStream.ReadToEnd();
+            fragmentFileStream.Dispose();
+            vertexFileStream.Dispose();
 
             vertShader = GL.CreateShader(ShaderType.VertexShader);
             GL.ShaderSource(vertShader, vertShaderSource);
@@ -32,11 +42,11 @@ namespace RecrownedGTK.Graphics.Render.Shaders {
 
             string log;
             GL.CompileShader(vertShader);
-            if ((log = GL.GetShaderInfoLog(vertShader)) == "") {
+            if ((log = GL.GetShaderInfoLog(vertShader)) != "") {
                 throw new ArgumentException("Error while compiling vertex shader: " + log, "vertexPath");
             }
             GL.CompileShader(fragShader);
-            if ((log = GL.GetShaderInfoLog(fragShader)) == "") {
+            if ((log = GL.GetShaderInfoLog(fragShader)) != "") {
                 throw new ArgumentException("Error while compiling fragment shader: " + log, "fragmentPath");
             }
 
@@ -82,7 +92,10 @@ namespace RecrownedGTK.Graphics.Render.Shaders {
             Dispose(false);
         }
         public static Shader CreateBasicShader() {
-            Shader shader = new Shader("Graphics/Render/Shader/default.vert", "Graphics/Render/Shader/default.frag");
+            Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
+            string resourceLoc = "RecrownedGTK.Graphics.Render.Shaders.{0}";
+            Shader shader = new Shader(new StreamReader(assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(String.Format(resourceLoc, "default.vert"))), 
+                                       new StreamReader(assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(String.Format(resourceLoc, "default.frag"))));
             return shader;
         }
     }
diff --git a/RecrownedGTK/RecrownedGTK.csproj b/RecrownedGTK/RecrownedGTK.csproj
index adeaf77..3645316 100644
--- a/RecrownedGTK/RecrownedGTK.csproj
+++ b/RecrownedGTK/RecrownedGTK.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@
     <TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="OpenTK" Version="3.1.0"/>
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTK" Version="3.1.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Remove="Graphics/Render/Shaders/default.vert" />
+    <Content Remove="Graphics/Render/Shaders/default.frag" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Graphics/Render/Shaders/default.vert">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Graphics/Render/Shaders/default.frag">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Properties\" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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