diff --git a/tools/build.gradle b/tools/build.gradle
index b029266302..6701a24f5f 100644
--- a/tools/build.gradle
+++ b/tools/build.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import arc.func.Func2
 import arc.graphics.Color
 import arc.graphics.Pixmap
 import arc.packer.TexturePacker
+import arc.struct.IntMap
 import arc.struct.ObjectMap
 import arc.struct.OrderedMap
 import arc.struct.Seq
@@ -283,36 +284,31 @@ task updateBundles{
 
         OrderedMap<String, String> base = new OrderedMap<>()
         PropertiesUtils.load(base, Fi.get("core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties").reader())
-        Seq<String> removals = new Seq<>()
+
+        //map of line number to comment (or just empty string for blank line) content
+        IntMap<String> commentAndBlankLines = new IntMap<>()
+        var lines = Fi.get("core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties").reader().readLines()
+        int offset = 0
+        for(int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++){
+            var line = lines.get(i)
+            if(i > 0 && lines.get(i - 1).endsWith("\\")) offset++ //multiline value escaped with \\ at end of line
+            else if(line.isEmpty() || line.startsWith("#")) commentAndBlankLines.put(i - offset, line)
+        }
 
         Log.info("Updating bundles...")
 
         Fi.get("core/assets/bundles").walk(child -> {
-            if(child.name().equals("bundle.properties") || child.toString().contains("output")) return
+            if(child.name() == "bundle.properties" || child.toString().contains("output")) return
+            if(project.hasProperty("bundle") && child.name() != project.property("bundle")) return
 
             Log.info("| @", child.nameWithoutExtension())
 
             OrderedMap<String, String> other = new OrderedMap<>()
 
-            //find the last known comment of each line
-            ObjectMap<String, String> comments = new ObjectMap<>()
-            StringBuilder curComment = new StringBuilder()
-
-            for(String line : Seq.with(child.readString().split("\n", -1))){
-                if(line.startsWith("#") || line.isEmpty()){
-                    curComment.append(line).append("\n")
-                }else if(line.contains("=")){
-                    String lastKey = line.substring(0, line.indexOf("=")).trim()
-                    if(curComment.length() != 0){
-                        comments.put(lastKey, curComment.toString())
-                        curComment.setLength(0)
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
             ObjectMap<String, String> extras = new OrderedMap<>()
+            Seq<String> removals = new Seq<>()
+
             PropertiesUtils.load(other, child.reader())
-            removals.clear()
 
             for(String key : other.orderedKeys()){
                 if(!base.containsKey(key) && key.contains(".details") && false){
@@ -338,16 +334,18 @@ task updateBundles{
             }
 
             Func2<String, String, String> processor = (key, value) ->
-                    (comments.containsKey(key) ? comments.get(key) : "") + //append last known comment if present
-                            (key + " =" + (value.trim().isEmpty() ? "" : " ") + uniEscape(value)).replace("\n", "\\n") + "\n"
+                    (key + " =" + (value.trim().isEmpty() ? "" : " ") + uniEscape(value)).replace("\n", "\\n") + "\n"
             Fi output = child.sibling("output/" + child.name())
 
             if(added > 0) Log.info("&lc@ keys added.", added)
             if(removals.size + added > 0) Log.info("Writing bundle to @", output)
             StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder()
 
+            int i = 0
             //add everything ordered
             for(String key : base.orderedKeys().copy().add(extras.keys().toSeq())){
+                //append any comments or blank lines as needed to match the english bundle
+                while(commentAndBlankLines.containsKey(i++)) result.append(commentAndBlankLines.get(i - 1) + "\n")
                 if(other.get(key) == null) continue
 
                 result.append(processor.get(key, other.get(key)))
@@ -357,4 +355,4 @@ task updateBundles{
             child.writeString(result.toString())
         })
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}