diff --git a/data/common/settings/assoc.ini b/data/common/settings/assoc.ini
index f8bf1f9bf..0558ddae4 100644
--- a/data/common/settings/assoc.ini
+++ b/data/common/settings/assoc.ini
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ gbc=/kolibrios/emul/gameboy
 min=/kolibrios/emul/pokemini
 nc=/kolibrios/utils/cnc_editor/cnc_editor
 ch8=/kolibrios/emul/chip8/chip8
-md=/kolibrios/emul/dgen/dgen
-gen=/kolibrios/emul/dgen/dgen
+md=/kolibrios/emul/dgen/dgen_open
+gen=/kolibrios/emul/dgen/dgen_open
 rom=/kolibrios/emul/uxn
 
 zip=$Unz
diff --git a/programs/emulator/dgen-sdl-1.33/Tupfile.lua b/programs/emulator/dgen-sdl-1.33/Tupfile.lua
index e6d5557cd..745e5e68b 100644
--- a/programs/emulator/dgen-sdl-1.33/Tupfile.lua
+++ b/programs/emulator/dgen-sdl-1.33/Tupfile.lua
@@ -65,3 +65,6 @@ tup.append_table(OBJS,
 )
 
 link_gcc("dgen")
+
+tup.include(HELPERDIR .. "/use_fasm.lua")
+tup.rule({"dgen_open.asm", extra_inputs = {"../../quotkinizer.inc"}}, FASM .. " %f %o " .. tup.getconfig("KPACK_CMD"), "dgen_open")
diff --git a/programs/emulator/dgen-sdl-1.33/dgen_open.asm b/programs/emulator/dgen-sdl-1.33/dgen_open.asm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ad9a4dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/emulator/dgen-sdl-1.33/dgen_open.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+; Wrapper for DGEN
+; Wraps command line arguments in quotes and launches dgen.
+
+format binary as ""
+
+TARGET equ '/kolibrios/emul/dgen/dgen'
+
+include '../../quotkinizer.inc'
diff --git a/programs/quotkinizer.inc b/programs/quotkinizer.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ec78cb71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/quotkinizer.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+; wraps command line arguments in quotes and launches a target.
+; TARGET equ 'target_name' must be defined before including this file.
+
+org 0x0
+use32
+
+db 'MENUET01'
+dd 1
+dd start
+dd i_end
+dd m_end
+dd m_end
+dd params
+dd 0
+
+start:
+    cmp byte [params], 0
+    je .launch
+
+    mov esi, params
+    mov edi, new_params
+    mov byte [edi], '"'
+    inc edi
+
+.copy:
+    lodsb
+    test al, al
+    jz .done
+    stosb
+    jmp .copy
+
+.done:
+    mov byte [edi], '"'
+    inc edi
+    mov byte [edi], 0
+
+    mov dword [fi + 8], new_params
+
+.launch:
+    mov eax, 70
+    mov ebx, fi
+    int 0x40
+
+    mov eax, -1
+    int 0x40
+
+fi:
+    dd 7, 0, 0, 0, 0
+    db 0
+    dd target_path
+
+target_path db TARGET, 0
+
+i_end:
+
+params     rb 1024
+new_params rb 1024
+
+m_end: