diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimNodeLoader.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimNodeLoader.cpp
index f5d9215253..df39c55e5d 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimNodeLoader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimNodeLoader.cpp
@@ -570,19 +570,11 @@ bool processStateMachineNode(AnimNode::Pointer node, const QJsonObject& jsonObj,
 AnimNodeLoader::AnimNodeLoader(const QUrl& url) :
     _url(url)
 {
-    auto request = ResourceManager::createResourceRequest(this, url);
-    if (request) {
-        connect(request, &ResourceRequest::finished, this, [this, request]() {
-            if (request->getResult() == ResourceRequest::Success) {
-                onRequestDone(request->getData());
-            } else {
-                onRequestError(request->getResult());
-            }
-            request->deleteLater();
-        });
-
-        request->send();
-    }
+    _resource = QSharedPointer<Resource>::create(url);
+    _resource->setSelf(_resource);
+    connect(_resource.data(), &Resource::loaded, this, &AnimNodeLoader::onRequestDone);
+    connect(_resource.data(), &Resource::failed, this, &AnimNodeLoader::onRequestError);
+    _resource->ensureLoading();
 }
 
 AnimNode::Pointer AnimNodeLoader::load(const QByteArray& contents, const QUrl& jsonUrl) {
@@ -629,6 +621,6 @@ void AnimNodeLoader::onRequestDone(const QByteArray data) {
     }
 }
 
-void AnimNodeLoader::onRequestError(ResourceRequest::Result netError) {
+void AnimNodeLoader::onRequestError(QNetworkReply::NetworkError netError) {
     emit error((int)netError, "Resource download error");
 }
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimNodeLoader.h b/libraries/animation/src/AnimNodeLoader.h
index edb4729753..6db001c261 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimNodeLoader.h
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimNodeLoader.h
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
+#include <QNetworkReply>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QUrl>
 
 #include "AnimNode.h"
 
-#include <ResourceManager.h>
-
+class Resource;
 
 class AnimNodeLoader : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ protected:
 
 protected slots:
     void onRequestDone(const QByteArray data);
-    void onRequestError(ResourceRequest::Result error);
+    void onRequestError(QNetworkReply::NetworkError error);
 
 protected:
     QUrl _url;
-    
+    QSharedPointer<Resource> _resource;
+
 private:
 
     // no copies
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.cpp
index 6c74da749c..2f90f36670 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ QList<QSharedPointer<Resource>> ResourceCacheSharedItems::getPendingRequests() {
                 result.append(resource);
             }
         }
-        _pendingRequests.removeAll(QWeakPointer<Resource>());
     }
     return result;
 }
@@ -238,7 +237,6 @@ QList<QSharedPointer<Resource>> ResourceCacheSharedItems::getLoadingRequests() {
                 result.append(resource);
             }
         }
-        _loadingRequests.removeAll(QWeakPointer<Resource>());
     }
     return result;
 }