diff --git a/addons/frag/functions/fnc_getMaterialInfo.sqf b/addons/frag/functions/fnc_getMaterialInfo.sqf
index f225124bbf..72851b295b 100644
--- a/addons/frag/functions/fnc_getMaterialInfo.sqf
+++ b/addons/frag/functions/fnc_getMaterialInfo.sqf
@@ -28,16 +28,17 @@ if !(isNil "_material") exitWith {
 if (isClass (configFile >> "CfgSurfaces" >> _surfType)) then {
     _material = getText (configFile >> "CfgSurfaces" >> _surfType >> "soundEnviron");
 } else { // Messy way when a surface isn't added to cfgSurfaces
-    private _surfFileText = loadFile _surfType;
-    _surfFileText = (tolower _surfFileText) splitString " "";="+ endl;
-    private _idx = _surfFileText find "soundenviron";
-    _material = _surfFileText#(_idx+1);
-    if (_material isEqualTo "empty") then {
-        _idx = _surfFileText find "soundhit";
-        _material = _surfFileText#(_idx+1);
-    };
+    private _surfFileText = tolower preprocessFile _surfType;
+	_surfFileText = _surfFileText regexReplace ["[^A-Za-z0-9]", ""];
+	private _idx =  12 + (_surfFileText find "soundenviron");
+	if (_surfFileText select [_idx, 5] isEqualTo "empty") then {
+	    _idx = 8 + (_surfFileText find "soundhit");
+	    _material = _surfFileText select [_idx, 10];
+	} else {
+		_material = _surfFileText select [_idx, 10];
+	};
 };
-TRACE_1("soundFound",_material);
+TRACE_1("materialSubString",_material);
 
 
 _material = switch (true) do {