diff --git a/.github/workflows/compiler-test.yml b/.github/workflows/compiler-test.yml
index 87d950e4b4..5b2fbc6547 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compiler-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compiler-test.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         path: goon
     - name: Compile Goonstation c478a52
       run: |
-        copy NUL goon\+secret\__secret.dme
+        echo. > goon\+secret\__secret.dme
         main\bin\DMCompiler\DMCompiler.exe goon\goonstation.dme --version=514.1584
     - name: Checkout 64-bit Paradise
       uses: actions/checkout@v2