diff --git a/src/engine/shared/console.cpp b/src/engine/shared/console.cpp
index c967c5269..da087ee3c 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/console.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/shared/console.cpp
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ void CConsole::ParseArguments(int NumArgs, const char **ppArguments)
 	for(int i = 0; i < NumArgs; i++)
 	{
 		// check for scripts to execute
-		if(ppArguments[i][0] == '-' && ppArguments[i][1] == 'f' && ppArguments[i][2] == 0)
+		if(str_comp("-f", ppArguments[i]) == 0)
 		{
 			if(NumArgs - i > 1)
 				ExecuteFile(ppArguments[i+1]);