diff --git a/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js b/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js
index 9e2206d..52672d4 100644
--- a/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js
+++ b/src/loaders/bitmapFontParser.js
@@ -1,8 +1,63 @@
 var Resource = require('resource-loader').Resource,
     core = require('../core'),
+    utils = require('../core/utils'),
     extras = require('../extras'),
     path = require('path');
 
+
+function parse(resource, texture) {
+    var data = {};
+    var info = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('info')[0];
+    var common = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('common')[0];
+
+    data.font = info.getAttribute('face');
+    data.size = parseInt(info.getAttribute('size'), 10);
+    data.lineHeight = parseInt(common.getAttribute('lineHeight'), 10);
+    data.chars = {};
+
+    //parse letters
+    var letters = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('char');
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < letters.length; i++)
+    {
+        var charCode = parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('id'), 10);
+
+        var textureRect = new core.math.Rectangle(
+            parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('x'), 10) + texture.frame.x,
+            parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('y'), 10) + texture.frame.y,
+            parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('width'), 10),
+            parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('height'), 10)
+        );
+
+        data.chars[charCode] = {
+            xOffset: parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('xoffset'), 10),
+            yOffset: parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('yoffset'), 10),
+            xAdvance: parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('xadvance'), 10),
+            kerning: {},
+            texture: new core.Texture(texture.baseTexture, textureRect)
+
+        };
+    }
+
+    //parse kernings
+    var kernings = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('kerning');
+    for (i = 0; i < kernings.length; i++)
+    {
+        var first = parseInt(kernings[i].getAttribute('first'), 10);
+        var second = parseInt(kernings[i].getAttribute('second'), 10);
+        var amount = parseInt(kernings[i].getAttribute('amount'), 10);
+
+        data.chars[second].kerning[first] = amount;
+    }
+
+    resource.bitmapFont = data;
+
+    // I'm leaving this as a temporary fix so we can test the bitmap fonts in v3
+    // but it's very likely to change
+    extras.BitmapText.fonts[data.font] = data;
+}
+
+
 module.exports = function ()
 {
     return function (resource, next)
@@ -51,68 +106,22 @@
         if (xmlUrl && xmlUrl.charAt(xmlUrl.length - 1) !== '/') {
             xmlUrl += '/';
         }
-
         var textureUrl = xmlUrl + resource.data.getElementsByTagName('page')[0].getAttribute('file');
-        var loadOptions = {
-            crossOrigin: resource.crossOrigin,
-            loadType: Resource.LOAD_TYPE.IMAGE
-        };
-
-        // load the texture for the font
-        this.add(resource.name + '_image', textureUrl, loadOptions, function (res)
-        {
-            var data = {};
-            var info = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('info')[0];
-            var common = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('common')[0];
-
-            data.font = info.getAttribute('face');
-            data.size = parseInt(info.getAttribute('size'), 10);
-            data.lineHeight = parseInt(common.getAttribute('lineHeight'), 10);
-            data.chars = {};
-
-            //parse letters
-            var letters = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('char');
-
-            for (var i = 0; i < letters.length; i++)
-            {
-                var charCode = parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('id'), 10);
-
-                var textureRect = new core.math.Rectangle(
-                    parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('x'), 10),
-                    parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('y'), 10),
-                    parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('width'), 10),
-                    parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('height'), 10)
-                );
-
-                data.chars[charCode] = {
-                    xOffset: parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('xoffset'), 10),
-                    yOffset: parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('yoffset'), 10),
-                    xAdvance: parseInt(letters[i].getAttribute('xadvance'), 10),
-                    kerning: {},
-                    texture: core.utils.TextureCache[charCode] = new core.Texture(res.texture.baseTexture, textureRect)
-
-                };
-            }
-
-            //parse kernings
-            var kernings = resource.data.getElementsByTagName('kerning');
-            for (i = 0; i < kernings.length; i++)
-            {
-                var first = parseInt(kernings[i].getAttribute('first'), 10);
-                var second = parseInt(kernings[i].getAttribute('second'), 10);
-                var amount = parseInt(kernings[i].getAttribute('amount'), 10);
-
-                data.chars[second].kerning[first] = amount;
-
-            }
-
-            resource.bitmapFont = data;
-
-            // I'm leaving this as a temporary fix so we can test the bitmap fonts in v3
-            // but it's very likely to change
-            extras.BitmapText.fonts[data.font] = data;
-
+        if (utils.TextureCache[textureUrl]) {
+            //reuse existing texture
+            parse(resource, utils.TextureCache[textureUrl]);
             next();
-        });
+        }
+        else {
+            var loadOptions = {
+                crossOrigin: resource.crossOrigin,
+                loadType: Resource.LOAD_TYPE.IMAGE
+            };
+            // load the texture for the font
+            this.add(resource.name + '_image', textureUrl, loadOptions, function (res) {
+                parse(resource, res.texture);
+                next();
+            });
+        }
     };
 };