diff --git a/modern/src/Actions.ts b/modern/src/Actions.ts
index eb20a086..c18e65a6 100644
--- a/modern/src/Actions.ts
+++ b/modern/src/Actions.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function gotSkinZip(zip: JSZip, store: ModernStore) {
 
     const makiTree = await initialize(zip, xmlTree, store);
     // Execute scripts
-    await Utils.asyncTreeFlatMap(makiTree, node => {
+    await Utils.asyncTreeFlatMap(makiTree, async node => {
       switch (node.name) {
         case "groupdef": {
           // removes groupdefs from consideration (only run scripts when actually referenced by group)
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ export function gotSkinZip(zip: JSZip, store: ModernStore) {
             new Set(["group", "WinampAbstractionLayer", "WasabiXML"])
           );
           const system = new System(scriptGroup, store);
+          const script = await Utils.readUint8array(zip, node.attributes.file);
           run({
             runtime,
-            data: node.js_annotations.script,
+            data: script,
             system,
             log: false,
           });
diff --git a/modern/src/initialize.js b/modern/src/initialize.js
index 91557660..623628f8 100644
--- a/modern/src/initialize.js
+++ b/modern/src/initialize.js
@@ -121,10 +121,7 @@ const parsers = {
   menu: noop,
   albumart: noop,
   playlistplus: noop,
-  async script(node, parent, zip, store) {
-    const script = await Utils.readUint8array(zip, node.attributes.file);
-    return new MakiObject(node, parent, { script }, store);
-  },
+  script: noop,
 };
 
 async function parseChildren(node, children, zip, store) {