diff --git a/src/loaders/loader.js b/src/loaders/loader.js
index bbd1198..b1d9c1d 100644
--- a/src/loaders/loader.js
+++ b/src/loaders/loader.js
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
     loader = new Loader();
 
 loader
-    // parse any json strings into json
-    .after(Loader.middleware.parsing.json())
-    // parse any image objects into textures
-    .after(textureParser())
+    // parse any json strings into objects
+    .use(Loader.middleware.parsing.json())
+    // parse any blob into more usable objects (e.g. Image)
+    .use(Loader.middleware.parsing.json())
+    // parse any Image objects into textures
+    .use(textureParser())
     // parse any spritesheet data into multiple textures
-    .after(spritesheetParser())
+    .use(spritesheetParser())
 
 module.exports = loader;

diff --git a/src/loaders/loader.js b/src/loaders/loader.js
index bbd1198..b1d9c1d 100644
--- a/src/loaders/loader.js
+++ b/src/loaders/loader.js
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
     loader = new Loader();
 
 loader
-    // parse any json strings into json
-    .after(Loader.middleware.parsing.json())
-    // parse any image objects into textures
-    .after(textureParser())
+    // parse any json strings into objects
+    .use(Loader.middleware.parsing.json())
+    // parse any blob into more usable objects (e.g. Image)
+    .use(Loader.middleware.parsing.json())
+    // parse any Image objects into textures
+    .use(textureParser())
     // parse any spritesheet data into multiple textures
-    .after(spritesheetParser())
+    .use(spritesheetParser())
 
 module.exports = loader;
diff --git a/src/loaders/textureParser.js b/src/loaders/textureParser.js
index b953c4c..53d034a 100644
--- a/src/loaders/textureParser.js
+++ b/src/loaders/textureParser.js
@@ -5,25 +5,8 @@
 {
     return function (resource, next)
     {
-        // if no data, skip
-        if (!resource.data) {
-            next();
-        }
-
-        // if loaded with xhr as a blob, we need to transform the blob into an Image object
-        // TODO: Need an 'affinity' property on the Resource that says 'image' 'binary' 'xml' etc...
-        if (resource.loadType === Resource.LOAD_TYPE.XHR && resource.xhrType === Resource.XHR_RESPONSE_TYPE.BLOB) {
-            resource.data = new Image();
-            resource.data.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(request.data);
-
-            // cleanup the no longer used blob after the image loads
-            resource.data.onload = function () {
-                window.URL.revokeObjectURL(resource.data.src);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // if this is an image object
-        if (resource.data.nodeName && resource.data.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'img')
+        // create a new texture if the data is an Image object
+        if (resource.data && resource.data.nodeName && resource.data.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'img')
         {
             resource.texture = new core.Texture(new core.BaseTexture(resource.data));
         }