diff --git a/toys/checkextensions b/toys/checkextensions
index 6c8d874..6a59119 100755
--- a/toys/checkextensions
+++ b/toys/checkextensions
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ getdstfiles() {
 			;
 			SELECT	"AtOM:NoMoreFiles";
 		'>&3
-		while read -u4 line
+		while read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 		do
 			if [[ $line == AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
 			then
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ renameFile() {
 	fi
 }
 
-while read -u4 line
+while read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 do
 	if [[ $line == AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
 	then
diff --git a/toys/checkmissing b/toys/checkmissing
index 13215f0..8fd8010 100755
--- a/toys/checkmissing
+++ b/toys/checkmissing
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ echo 'SELECT "AtOM:NoMoreFiles";' >&3
 declare -a 			\
 	destination_names	\
 	files
-read -u4 line
+read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 until [[ $line == AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
 do
 	id=${line%%::AtOM:SQL:Sep::*}
diff --git a/toys/createindex b/toys/createindex
index d1a01dd..e934599 100755
--- a/toys/createindex
+++ b/toys/createindex
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ fi
 echo 'SELECT IFNULL(
 	(SELECT last_seen FROM source_files ORDER BY last_seen DESC LIMIT 1),
 	0);' >&3
-read -u4 lastupdate
+read -u4 -d$'\0' lastupdate
 
 if ! [[ "$output" == - ]]
 then
@@ -369,11 +369,11 @@ COLLATE NOCASE;
 
 SELECT	"AtOM:NoMoreFiles";' >&3
 
-read -u4 line
+read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 until [[ $line == AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
 do
 	files+=("$line")
-	read -u4 line
+	read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 done
 
 for line in "${files[@]}"
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ echo '
 	
 SELECT	"AtOM:NoMoreFiles";' >&3
 
-read -u4 line
+read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 until [[ $line == AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
 do
 	artist="${line%%::AtOM:SQL:Sep::*}"
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ do
 	artists+=( "$artist" )
 	maxcountlen=$(( ${#count} > maxcountlen ? ${#count} : maxcountlen ))
 	maxartistlen=$(( ${#artist} > maxartistlen ? ${#artist} : maxartistlen ))
-	read -u4 line
+	read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 done
 head=$(
 	printf "|  # | %'${maxcoutlen}s | %-${maxartistlen}s |"	\
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ echo '
 	FROM		source_files
 	INNER JOIN	mime_types
 		ON	source_files.mime_type=mime_types.id;' >&3
-read -u4 line
+read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 totalcount="${line%%::AtOM:SQL:Sep::*}"
 maxcountlen=$(printf "%'i" $totalcount)
 maxcountlen=${#maxcountlen}
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ do
 		INNER JOIN	mime_types
 			ON	source_files.mime_type=mime_types.id
 		WHERE		mime_text LIKE "'"$format"'";' >&3
-	read -u4 line
+	read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 	count="${line%%::AtOM:SQL:Sep::*}"
 	rest="${line#*::AtOM:SQL:Sep::}::AtOM:SQL:Sep::"
 	size="${rest%%::AtOM:SQL:Sep::*}"
diff --git a/toys/lowquality b/toys/lowquality
index 665b30d..f194997 100755
--- a/toys/lowquality
+++ b/toys/lowquality
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ echo ') ORDER BY bitrate;' >&3
 
 echo 'SELECT "AtOM:NoMoreFiles";' >&3
 
-read -u4 line
+read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 until [[ $line == AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
 do
 	echo "${line//::AtOM:SQL:Sep::/$'\t'}"
-	read -u4 line
+	read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 done
 
 closeDatabase
diff --git a/toys/missingtags b/toys/missingtags
index f523ff2..743d020 100755
--- a/toys/missingtags
+++ b/toys/missingtags
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ cat >&3 <<-EOSelect
 	SELECT	"AtOM:NoMoreFiles";
 EOSelect
 
-read -u4 line
+read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 until [[ $line == AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
 do
 	lines+=( "$line" )
-	read -u4 line
+	read -u4 -d$'\0' line
 done
 
 for line in "${lines[@]}"