diff --git a/src/bin/generate_readme.rs b/src/bin/generate_readme.rs
index a482fc5..a502fea 100644
--- a/src/bin/generate_readme.rs
+++ b/src/bin/generate_readme.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 fn main() {
-    let template = include_str!("../../README-template.hbs");
+    let mut template_file = File::open("README-template.hbs").unwrap();
+    let mut template = String::new();
+    template_file.read_to_string(&mut template).unwrap();
+
     let autogenerated_notice = "This file was autogenerated by the script in src/bin/generate_readme.rs.
 Please edit either the script or the template in README-template.md in
 order to make changes here rather than committing the changes directly.";
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ order to make changes here rather than committing the changes directly.";
         generated_readme,
         "{}",
         hbs.render_template(
-            template,
+            &template,
             &json!({ "autogenerated_notice": autogenerated_notice }),
         ).unwrap()
     ).unwrap();