diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.cpp
index 99224f7dce..5ac89f5a7e 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.cpp
@@ -43,28 +43,27 @@ Animation::Animation(const QUrl& url) : Resource(url) {}
 class AnimationReader : public QRunnable {
 public:
 
-    AnimationReader(const QWeakPointer<Resource>& animation, QNetworkReply* reply);
+    AnimationReader(const QWeakPointer<Resource>& animation, QByteArray data);
     
     virtual void run();
 
 private:
     
     QWeakPointer<Resource> _animation;
-    QNetworkReply* _reply;
+    QByteArray _data;
 };
 
-AnimationReader::AnimationReader(const QWeakPointer<Resource>& animation, QNetworkReply* reply) :
+AnimationReader::AnimationReader(const QWeakPointer<Resource>& animation, QByteArray data) :
     _animation(animation),
-    _reply(reply) {
+    _data(data) {
 }
 
 void AnimationReader::run() {
     QSharedPointer<Resource> animation = _animation.toStrongRef();
     if (!animation.isNull()) {
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(animation.data(), "setGeometry",
-            Q_ARG(const FBXGeometry&, readFBX(_reply->readAll(), QVariantHash())));
+            Q_ARG(const FBXGeometry&, readFBX(QByteArray(_data), QVariantHash())));
     }
-    _reply->deleteLater();
 }
 
 QStringList Animation::getJointNames() const {
@@ -96,9 +95,9 @@ void Animation::setGeometry(const FBXGeometry& geometry) {
     finishedLoading(true);
 }
 
-void Animation::downloadFinished(QNetworkReply* reply) {
+void Animation::downloadFinished(const QByteArray& data) {
     // send the reader off to the thread pool
-    QThreadPool::globalInstance()->start(new AnimationReader(_self, reply));
+    QThreadPool::globalInstance()->start(new AnimationReader(_self, data));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.h b/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.h
index c90c4c9225..2509585fb0 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.h
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ protected:
 
     Q_INVOKABLE void setGeometry(const FBXGeometry& geometry);
     
-    virtual void downloadFinished(QNetworkReply* reply);
+    virtual void downloadFinished(const QByteArray& data) override;
 
 private: