diff --git a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/ResourcePack.java b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/ResourcePack.java
index ab643059..bdc13a30 100644
--- a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/ResourcePack.java
+++ b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/ResourcePack.java
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public class ResourcePack {
                         if (!usedTextures.contains(resourcePath)) return null; // don't load unused textures
 
                         try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(file)) {
-                            return Texture.from(resourcePath, ImageIO.read(in));
+                            return Texture.from(resourcePath, ImageIO.read(in), Files.exists(file.resolveSibling(file.getFileName() + ".mcmeta")));
                         }
                     }, textures));
 
diff --git a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/texture/Texture.java b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/texture/Texture.java
index 40b5f9f7..5061ff05 100644
--- a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/texture/Texture.java
+++ b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/texture/Texture.java
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@ public class Texture {
     }
 
     public static Texture from(ResourcePath<Texture> resourcePath, BufferedImage image) throws IOException {
+        return from(resourcePath, image, true);
+    }
+
+    public static Texture from(ResourcePath<Texture> resourcePath, BufferedImage image, boolean animated) throws IOException {
         //crop off animation frames
-        if (image.getHeight() > image.getWidth()){
+        if (animated && image.getHeight() > image.getWidth()){
             image = image.getSubimage(0, 0, image.getWidth(), image.getWidth());
         }