diff --git a/lib/exe.js b/lib/exe.js
index d0b3a2c..17c519b 100644
--- a/lib/exe.js
+++ b/lib/exe.js
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ exports.compile = function (options, complete) {
 			bundlePath = path.join(nodeCompiler.dir, "lib", "nexe.js");
 			_log("bundle -> %s", bundlePath);
 
+			//Remove all non-ascii code from sources
+			source = source.replace(/[^\x00-\x7F]/g, "");
 			// same path as all the other JS files
 			fs.writeFile(bundlePath, source, next);
 		},