diff --git a/src/LoadImage.js b/src/LoadImage.js
index a1e24f3e..8a71a5b6 100644
--- a/src/LoadImage.js
+++ b/src/LoadImage.js
@@ -8,10 +8,21 @@ function LoadImage(ref, name, src, main_callback) {
   }
   function CImage(src, callback) {
     var datauri;
-    if (src.substring(0,11) == "data:image/") {
+    if (!!src.match(/^data:/i)) {
       datauri = src;
       callback(datauri);
     }
+    else if (!ref.options.inBrowser && !!src.match(/^https?:\/\//i)) {
+      require( src.match(/^(https?):\/\//i)[1] ).get(src,function(res){
+        var data = '';
+        var contentType = res.headers['content-type'];
+        res.setEncoding('base64');
+        res.on('data',function(chunk) {data += chunk;});
+        res.on('end',function() {
+          callback("data:"+contentType+";base64,"+data);
+        });
+      });
+    }
     else if (ref.options.inBrowser) {
       var ext = src.split('.').pop();
       var image = document.createElement('img');
diff --git a/test/image-sequencer.js b/test/image-sequencer.js
index 892db5c3..4e816905 100644
--- a/test/image-sequencer.js
+++ b/test/image-sequencer.js
@@ -40,18 +40,13 @@ test('loadImages loads a DataURL image and creates a step.', function (t){
   t.end();
 });
 
-test('loadImages loads a PATH image and creates a step. (NodeJS)', function (t){
-  if(sequencer.options.inBrowser){
-    t.equal(1,1,"Not applicable for Browser");
-    t.end();
-  }
-  else {
-    sequencer.loadImages(red);
+if(!sequencer.options.inBrowser)
+  test('loadImages loads an image from PATH and creates a step. (NodeJS)', function (t){
+    sequencer.loadImages('examples/red.jpg');
     t.equal(sequencer.images.image1.steps.length, 1, "Initial Step Created");
     t.equal(typeof(sequencer.images.image1.steps[0].output.src), "string", "Initial output exists");
     t.end();
-  }
-});
+  });
 
 test('loadImage works too.', function (t){
   sequencer.loadImage('test2',red);