diff --git a/src/core/lib/utils.ts b/src/core/lib/utils.ts
index 7c526950..41ffaa68 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/core/lib/utils.ts
@@ -304,3 +304,7 @@ export function convertUrlToAbsolute(url: string): string {
   const absoluteUrl = new URL(url, self.location.href);
   return absoluteUrl.href;
 }
+
+export function isBase64Image(src: string) {
+  return src.startsWith('data:') === true;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/textures/ImageTexture.ts b/src/core/textures/ImageTexture.ts
index 9f6a2915..7f62adc5 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/ImageTexture.ts
+++ b/src/core/textures/ImageTexture.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   isCompressedTextureContainer,
   loadCompressedTexture,
 } from '../lib/textureCompression.js';
-import { convertUrlToAbsolute } from '../lib/utils.js';
+import { convertUrlToAbsolute, isBase64Image } from '../lib/utils.js';
 import { isSvgImage, loadSvg } from '../lib/textureSvg.js';
 
 /**
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export class ImageTexture extends Texture {
   async loadImageFallback(src: string, hasAlpha: boolean) {
     const img = new Image();
 
-    if (!src.startsWith('data:')) {
+    if (isBase64Image(src) === false) {
       img.crossOrigin = 'anonymous';
     }
 
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ export class ImageTexture extends Texture {
 
     if (this.txManager.hasCreateImageBitmap === true) {
       if (
+        isBase64Image(src) === false &&
         this.txManager.hasWorker === true &&
         this.txManager.imageWorkerManager !== null
       ) {