diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9ea268..5015d36 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^0.9.0",
-    "resource-loader": "^1.1.2",
+    "resource-loader": "^1.1.3",
     "webgl-enabled": "^1.0.3"
   },
   "browserify": {

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9ea268..5015d36 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^0.9.0",
-    "resource-loader": "^1.1.2",
+    "resource-loader": "^1.1.3",
     "webgl-enabled": "^1.0.3"
   },
   "browserify": {
diff --git a/src/loaders/loader.js b/src/loaders/loader.js
index bbba3d0..00f7473 100644
--- a/src/loaders/loader.js
+++ b/src/loaders/loader.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     .use(Loader.middleware.parsing.json())
 
     // parse any blob into more usable objects (e.g. Image)
-    .use(Loader.middleware.parsing.json())
+    .use(Loader.middleware.parsing.blob())
 
     // parse any Image objects into textures
     .use(textureParser())