diff --git a/AssetStudioGUI/AssetStudioGUIForm.Designer.cs b/AssetStudioGUI/AssetStudioGUIForm.Designer.cs
index a8c732a5..f928b17b 100644
--- a/AssetStudioGUI/AssetStudioGUIForm.Designer.cs
+++ b/AssetStudioGUI/AssetStudioGUIForm.Designer.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
             this.toolStripMenuItem14 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
             this.specifyUnityVersion = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripTextBox();
             this.showExpOpt = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
+            this.decompileLua = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
             this.modelToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
             this.exportAllObjectssplitToolStripMenuItem1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
             this.exportSelectedObjectsToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
@@ -218,7 +219,8 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
             this.enablePreview,
             this.displayInfo,
             this.toolStripMenuItem14,
-            this.showExpOpt});
+            this.showExpOpt,
+            this.decompileLua});
             this.optionsToolStripMenuItem.Name = "optionsToolStripMenuItem";
             this.optionsToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(66, 21);
             this.optionsToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Options";
@@ -278,6 +280,15 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
             this.showExpOpt.Text = "Export options";
             this.showExpOpt.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.showExpOpt_Click);
             // 
+            // decompileLua
+            // 
+            this.decompileLua.CheckOnClick = true;
+            this.decompileLua.Name = "decompileLua";
+            this.decompileLua.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(223, 22);
+            this.decompileLua.Text = "Decompile Lua";
+            this.decompileLua.ToolTipText = "Toggle decompilation of Lua while preview and export";
+            this.decompileLua.CheckedChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.decompileLua_CheckedChanged);
+            // 
             // modelToolStripMenuItem
             // 
             this.modelToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
@@ -1239,6 +1250,7 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
         private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem aboutToolStripMenuItem;
         private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem aboutAssetStudioToolStripMenuItem;
         private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem donateAssetStudioToolStripMenuItem;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem decompileLua;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/AssetStudioGUI/AssetStudioGUIForm.cs b/AssetStudioGUI/AssetStudioGUIForm.cs
index 56399ac7..f543d49f 100644
--- a/AssetStudioGUI/AssetStudioGUIForm.cs
+++ b/AssetStudioGUI/AssetStudioGUIForm.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ public AssetStudioGUIForm(string[] args)
             displayAll.Checked = Properties.Settings.Default.displayAll;
             displayInfo.Checked = Properties.Settings.Default.displayInfo;
             enablePreview.Checked = Properties.Settings.Default.enablePreview;
+            decompileLua.Checked = Properties.Settings.Default.decompileLua;
             FMODinit();
 
             logger = new GUILogger(StatusStripUpdate);
@@ -405,6 +406,12 @@ private void displayAll_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
             Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
         }
 
+        private void decompileLua_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            Properties.Settings.Default.decompileLua = decompileLua.Checked;
+            Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
+        }
+
         private void enablePreview_Check(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             if (lastSelectedItem != null)
@@ -969,7 +976,8 @@ private void PreviewShader(Shader m_Shader)
 
         private void PreviewTextAsset(TextAsset m_TextAsset)
         {
-            var text = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(m_TextAsset.GetProcessedScript());
+            byte[] textBytes = Properties.Settings.Default.decompileLua ? m_TextAsset.GetProcessedScript() : m_TextAsset.GetRawScript();
+            var text = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(textBytes);
             text = text.Replace("\n", "\r\n").Replace("\0", "");
             PreviewText(text);
         }
diff --git a/AssetStudioGUI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/AssetStudioGUI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index 2ecec40c..f8981e4b 100644
--- a/AssetStudioGUI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/AssetStudioGUI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -274,5 +274,20 @@ public bool exportAllUvsAsDiffuseMaps {
                 this["exportAllUvsAsDiffuseMaps"] = value;
             }
         }
+
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("False")]
+        public bool decompileLua
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return ((bool)(this["decompileLua"]));
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                this["decompileLua"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/AssetStudioGUI/Properties/Settings.settings b/AssetStudioGUI/Properties/Settings.settings
index d6eb751d..8af66196 100644
--- a/AssetStudioGUI/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/AssetStudioGUI/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -65,5 +65,8 @@
     <Setting Name="exportAllUvsAsDiffuseMaps" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">False</Value>
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="decompileLua" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">False</Value>
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
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