diff --git a/arcade/tilemap/tilemap.py b/arcade/tilemap/tilemap.py
index d4762a243..dfa84ffd7 100644
--- a/arcade/tilemap/tilemap.py
+++ b/arcade/tilemap/tilemap.py
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ def _process_image_layer(
         args = {
             "filename": image_file,
             "scale": scaling,
-            "texture": my_texture,
+            "path_or_texture": my_texture,
             "hit_box_algorithm": hit_box_algorithm,
         }
 
@@ -720,7 +720,9 @@ def _process_image_layer(
         my_sprite.center_x = (
             (layer.offset[0] * scaling) + my_sprite.width / 2
         ) + offset[0]
-        my_sprite.center_y = (layer.offset[1]) + offset[1]
+        my_sprite.top = (
+            self.tiled_map.map_size.height * self.tiled_map.tile_size[1]
+            - layer.offset[1]) * scaling + offset[1]
 
         sprite_list.visible = layer.visible
         sprite_list.append(my_sprite)
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/tilemaps/image_layer.json b/tests/fixtures/tilemaps/image_layer.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c295c6b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/tilemaps/image_layer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ "compressionlevel":-1,
+ "height":15,
+ "infinite":false,
+ "layers":[
+        {
+         "id":3,
+         "image":"..\/..\/..\/arcade\/resources\/assets\/images\/backgrounds\/abstract_1.jpg",
+         "name":"img-offset",
+         "offsetx":1280,
+         "offsety":512,
+         "opacity":1,
+         "type":"imagelayer",
+         "visible":true,
+         "x":0,
+         "y":0
+        }, 
+        {
+         "id":4,
+         "image":"..\/..\/..\/arcade\/resources\/assets\/images\/backgrounds\/abstract_1.jpg",
+         "name":"img",
+         "opacity":1,
+         "type":"imagelayer",
+         "visible":true,
+         "x":0,
+         "y":0
+        }, 
+        {
+         "data":[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+         "height":15,
+         "id":1,
+         "name":"Tile Layer 1",
+         "opacity":1,
+         "type":"tilelayer",
+         "visible":true,
+         "width":20,
+         "x":0,
+         "y":0
+        }],
+ "nextlayerid":5,
+ "nextobjectid":21,
+ "orientation":"orthogonal",
+ "renderorder":"left-up",
+ "tiledversion":"1.10.1",
+ "tileheight":128,
+ "tilesets":[
+        {
+         "firstgid":1,
+         "source":"..\/..\/..\/arcade\/resources\/assets\/tiled_maps\/standard_tileset.json"
+        }],
+ "tilewidth":128,
+ "type":"map",
+ "version":"1.10",
+ "width":20
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/tilemap/test_img_layer.py b/tests/unit/tilemap/test_img_layer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c6896ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/tilemap/test_img_layer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import arcade
+
+
+def test_image_layer():
+    # Read in the tiled map
+    tile_map = arcade.load_tilemap(":fixtures:tilemaps/image_layer.json")
+
+    # --- Platforms ---
+    assert "img" in tile_map.sprite_lists
+    assert len(tile_map.sprite_lists["img"]) == 1
+
+    image = tile_map.sprite_lists["img"][0]
+
+    assert image.width == 1024
+    assert image.height == 600
+    assert image.left == 0
+    assert image.top == 1920
+
+    assert "img-offset" in tile_map.sprite_lists
+    assert len(tile_map.sprite_lists["img-offset"]) == 1
+    image = tile_map.sprite_lists["img-offset"][0]
+    
+    assert image.width == 1024
+    assert image.height == 600
+    assert image.left == 1280
+    assert image.top == 1408
+
+
+def test_image_layer_with_scaling():
+    # Read in the tiled map
+    tile_map = arcade.load_tilemap(":fixtures:tilemaps/image_layer.json", 0.5)
+
+    # --- Platforms ---
+    assert "img" in tile_map.sprite_lists
+    assert len(tile_map.sprite_lists["img"]) == 1
+    image = tile_map.sprite_lists["img"][0]
+
+    assert image.width == 512
+    assert image.height == 300
+    assert image.left == 0
+    assert image.top == 960
+
+    assert "img-offset" in tile_map.sprite_lists
+    assert len(tile_map.sprite_lists["img-offset"]) == 1
+    image = tile_map.sprite_lists["img-offset"][0]
+    
+    assert image.width == 512
+    assert image.height == 300
+    assert image.left == 640
+    assert image.top == 704
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