diff --git a/examples/files/opencv.png b/examples/files/opencv.png
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..521a0dce
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/files/opencv.png differ
diff --git a/examples/files/over_text.png b/examples/files/over_text.png
index 1e21d42b..06a3819c 100755
Binary files a/examples/files/over_text.png and b/examples/files/over_text.png differ
diff --git a/src/OpenCV.cc b/src/OpenCV.cc
index 62007a45..14a498da 100755
--- a/src/OpenCV.cc
+++ b/src/OpenCV.cc
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ NAN_METHOD(OpenCV::ReadImage) {
 
     } else if (info[0]->IsString()) {
       std::string filename = std::string(*Nan::Utf8String(info[0]->ToString()));
-      mat = cv::imread(filename);
+      mat = cv::imread(filename, CV_LOAD_IMAGE_UNCHANGED);
 
     } else if (Buffer::HasInstance(info[0])) {
       uint8_t *buf = (uint8_t *) Buffer::Data(info[0]->ToObject());
       unsigned len = Buffer::Length(info[0]->ToObject());
 
       cv::Mat *mbuf = new cv::Mat(len, 1, CV_64FC1, buf);
-      mat = cv::imdecode(*mbuf, -1);
+      mat = cv::imdecode(*mbuf, CV_LOAD_IMAGE_UNCHANGED);
 
       if (mat.empty()) {
         argv[0] = Nan::Error("Error loading file");
diff --git a/test/unit.js b/test/unit.js
index 309cf628..c13191cf 100755
--- a/test/unit.js
+++ b/test/unit.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ test(".norm", function(assert){
 
       var errorL2 = im.norm(im2, cv.Constants.NORM_L2);
       assert.equal(errorL2, 7295.591339980605);
-      
+
       errorL2 = im.norm(im, cv.Constants.NORM_L2);
       assert.equal(errorL2, 0);
       assert.end();
@@ -205,23 +205,25 @@ test(".bitwiseXor", function(assert){
 
 
 test("Image read from file", function(assert){
-  cv.readImage("./examples/files/mona.png", function(err, im){
+  cv.readImage("./examples/files/opencv.png", function(err, im){
     assert.ok(im);
-    assert.equal(im.width(), 500);
-    assert.equal(im.height(), 756)
-    assert.equal(im.empty(), false)
-    assert.end()
+    assert.equal(im.width(), 82);
+    assert.equal(im.height(), 99);
+    assert.equal(im.channels(), 4);
+    assert.equal(im.empty(), false);
+    assert.end();
   })
 })
 
 
 test("read Image from buffer", function(assert){
-  cv.readImage(fs.readFileSync('./examples/files/mona.png'), function(err, im){
+  cv.readImage(fs.readFileSync('./examples/files/opencv.png'), function(err, im){
     assert.ok(im);
-    assert.equal(im.width(), 500);
-    assert.equal(im.height(), 756)
-    assert.equal(im.empty(), false)
-    assert.end()
+    assert.equal(im.width(), 82);
+    assert.equal(im.height(), 99);
+    assert.equal(im.channels(), 4);
+    assert.equal(im.empty(), false);
+    assert.end();
   })
 })
 
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ test("Cascade Classifier", function(assert){
 
 test("ImageDataStream", function(assert){
   var s = new cv.ImageDataStream()
-  s.on('load', function(im){ 
+  s.on('load', function(im){
     assert.ok(im)
     assert.equal(im.empty(), false);
     assert.end()