diff --git a/src/stratagus/script.cpp b/src/stratagus/script.cpp
index 4a8fa7ccc..f005200a5 100644
--- a/src/stratagus/script.cpp
+++ b/src/stratagus/script.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ int LuaLoadFile(const std::string &file, const std::string &strArg)
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (file.rfind("stratagus.lua") != -1 && file.find("scripts/") != -1) {
+		// First, remove '\r' characters from the input. These are added, for example, by Windows Git, and should be ignored
+		content.erase(std::remove(content.begin(), content.end(), '\r'), content.end());
 		FileChecksums ^= fletcher32(content);
 	}
 	const int status = luaL_loadbuffer(Lua, content.c_str(), content.size(), file.c_str());