diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 2a69e462..6538bb8a 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
 
 import pathlib
 import subprocess
@@ -54,9 +55,24 @@ def get_inspect_offset():
 
 def require_original():
   if not pathlib.Path("original/LEGO1.DLL").exists():
-    print("Could not find original/LEGO1.DLL to compare results against. "
-      "Please obtain a copy the game and place its LEGO1.dll into the `original` folder.")
-    exit(1)
+    print("Couldn't find original/LEGO1.DLL. Downloading a copy...")
+    url1 = "https://legoisland.org/download/ISLE.EXE"
+    r1 = requests.get(url1, stream=True)
+    if r1.status_code == 200:
+      with open("original/ISLE.EXE", 'wb') as f:
+        for chunk in r1.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
+            f.write(chunk)
+    url2 = "https://legoisland.org/download/LEGO1.DLL"
+    r2 = requests.get(url2, stream=True)
+    if r2.status_code == 200:
+      with open("original/LEGO1.DLL", 'wb') as f:
+        for chunk in r2.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
+            f.write(chunk)
+    else:
+        print("Failed to find or download LEGO1.DLL.")
+        print("Please obtain a copy from the original game and place it in `original/`")
+        exit(1)
+    print("Downloaded LEGO1.DLL to `original/`.")
 
 # If the build succeeded, run the decompiler
 if result.returncode == 0:
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index bd13e3c4..8c5444ba 100644
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
 
 import pathlib
 import subprocess
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
 # Create a folder for the original binaries
 if not pathlib.Path("original/LEGO1.DLL").exists():
   pathlib.Path("original").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-  print("Please obtain a copy of the original game and place its "
-       "ISLE.EXE and LEGO1.DLL into the `original` folder if you plan "
-     "on contributing so that the assembly diff tools can compare against them.")
+  print("\nIf you plan on contributing, place a copy of the original game's "
+    "ISLE.EXE and LEGO1.DLL into the `original/` folder so that the assembly "
+    "diff tools can compare against them. If you do not, build.py will download "
+    "a copy of these files for you.")