diff --git a/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/KTX.cpp b/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/KTX.cpp
index cc9c1069b1..bee31e3200 100644
--- a/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/KTX.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/KTX.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ KTX::KTX() {
 KTX::~KTX() {
 }
 
-void KTX::resetStorage(StoragePointer& storage) {
+void KTX::resetStorage(const StoragePointer& storage) {
     _storage = storage;
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/KTX.h b/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/KTX.h
index 7aef33704e..76920717bf 100644
--- a/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/KTX.h
+++ b/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/KTX.h
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ namespace ktx {
     using Images = std::vector<Image>;
 
     class KTX {
-        void resetStorage(StoragePointer& src);
+        void resetStorage(const StoragePointer& src);
 
         KTX();
     public:
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ namespace ktx {
         static Images writeImages(Byte* destBytes, size_t destByteSize, const Images& images);
 
         // Parse a block of memory and create a KTX object from it
-        static std::unique_ptr<KTX> create(StoragePointer& src);
+        static std::unique_ptr<KTX> create(const StoragePointer& src);
 
         static bool checkHeaderFromStorage(size_t srcSize, const Byte* srcBytes);
         static Images parseImages(const Header& header, size_t srcSize, const Byte* srcBytes);
diff --git a/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/Reader.cpp b/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/Reader.cpp
index d74b45c01c..7321686de8 100644
--- a/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/Reader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ktx/src/ktx/Reader.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ namespace ktx {
         return images;
     }
 
-    std::unique_ptr<KTX> KTX::create(StoragePointer& src) {
+    std::unique_ptr<KTX> KTX::create(const StoragePointer& src) {
         if (!src) {
             return nullptr;
         }