diff --git a/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/ProjectionBuilder.cs b/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/ProjectionBuilder.cs
index 7745ee0e..b1228f90 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/ProjectionBuilder.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/ProjectionBuilder.cs
@@ -177,20 +177,24 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Builder.Props
             var slidesCount = slides.Length;
             var slideCollection = new SlideCollection(slidesCount);
 
-
+        
+            var imageLoader = g.AddComponent<AsyncImageLoader>();
             for (int i = 0; i < slidesCount; i++)
             {
                 var slide = new Slide();
                 var slideInfo = slides[i];
 
                 // TODO: do this part asynchronously so that you can load all the slides you want without stalling the game out for 5 days
-                var texture = ImageUtilities.GetTexture(mod, slideInfo.imagePath);
-                slide.textureOverride = texture; //ImageUtilities.Invert(texture);
+                //var texture = ImageUtilities.GetTexture(mod, slideInfo.imagePath);
+                //slide.textureOverride = texture; //ImageUtilities.Invert(texture);
+                imageLoader.pathsToLoad.Add(mod.ModHelper.Manifest.ModFolderPath + slideInfo.imagePath);
 
                 AddModules(slideInfo, ref slide);
 
                 slideCollection.slides[i] = slide;
-            }
+            }
+            imageLoader.imageLoadedEvent.AddListener((Texture2D tex, int index) => { slideCollection.slides[index].textureOverride = tex; });
+
 
             // attatch a component to store all the data for the slides that play when a vision torch scans this target
             var target = g.AddComponent<VisionTorchTarget>();
@@ -236,20 +240,23 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Builder.Props
             var slides = info.slides;
             var slidesCount = slides.Length;
             var slideCollection = new SlideCollection(slidesCount);
-
+
+            var imageLoader = standingTorch.AddComponent<AsyncImageLoader>();
             for (int i = 0; i < slidesCount; i++)
             {
                 var slide = new Slide();
                 var slideInfo = slides[i];
 
                 // TODO: do this part asynchronously so that you can load all the slides you want without stalling the game out for 5 days
-                var texture = ImageUtilities.GetTexture(mod, slideInfo.imagePath);
-                slide.textureOverride = texture; //ImageUtilities.Invert(texture);
+                //var texture = ImageUtilities.GetTexture(mod, slideInfo.imagePath);
+                //slide.textureOverride = texture; //ImageUtilities.Invert(texture);
+                imageLoader.pathsToLoad.Add(mod.ModHelper.Manifest.ModFolderPath + slideInfo.imagePath);
 
                 AddModules(slideInfo, ref slide);
 
                 slideCollection.slides[i] = slide;
-            }
+            }
+            imageLoader.imageLoadedEvent.AddListener((Texture2D tex, int index) => { slideCollection.slides[index].textureOverride = tex; });
 
             // set up the containers for the slides
             var slideCollectionContainer = standingTorch.AddComponent<SlideCollectionContainer>();
diff --git a/NewHorizons/Utility/ImageUtilities.cs b/NewHorizons/Utility/ImageUtilities.cs
index 3a89b7ba..4de79971 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Utility/ImageUtilities.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Utility/ImageUtilities.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 using OWML.Common;
 using System;
+using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.Events;
+using UnityEngine.Networking;
+
 namespace NewHorizons.Utility
 {
     public static class ImageUtilities
@@ -313,5 +317,45 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Utility
             newTexture.Apply();
             return newTexture;
         }
+    }
+
+    // Modified from https://stackoverflow.com/a/69141085/9643841
+    public class AsyncImageLoader : MonoBehaviour
+    {
+        public List<string> pathsToLoad = new List<string>();
+
+        public class ImageLoadedEvent : UnityEvent<Texture2D, int> { }
+        public ImageLoadedEvent imageLoadedEvent = new ImageLoadedEvent();
+
+        void Start()
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < pathsToLoad.Count; i++)
+            {
+                StartCoroutine(DownloadTexture(pathsToLoad[i], i));
+            }
+        }
+
+        IEnumerator DownloadTexture(string url, int index)
+        {
+            Logger.Log("loading img " + url);
+            using (UnityWebRequest uwr = UnityWebRequestTexture.GetTexture(url))
+            {
+                yield return uwr.SendWebRequest();
+
+                var hasError = uwr.error != null && uwr.error != "";
+                
+                if (hasError) // (uwr.result != UnityWebRequest.Result.Success)
+                {
+                    Debug.Log(uwr.error);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // Get downloaded asset bundle
+                    var texture = DownloadHandlerTexture.GetContent(uwr);
+                    Logger.Log("Finished loading image " + url);
+                    imageLoadedEvent.Invoke(texture, index);
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }