diff --git a/examples/image.ts b/examples/image.ts
index f0166ea..b76c5d4 100644
--- a/examples/image.ts
+++ b/examples/image.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ const img = await loadImage(
 );
 ctx.drawImage(img, 100 - img.width() / 2, 100 - img.height() / 2);
 
+const img2 = await loadImage('data:image/png;base64,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')
+
+ctx.drawImage(img2, 0, 0);
+
 await Deno.writeFile("image.png", canvas.toBuffer());
diff --git a/src/canvas.ts b/src/canvas.ts
index 92a2588..7a734f1 100644
--- a/src/canvas.ts
+++ b/src/canvas.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ export async function loadImage(url: string | Uint8Array) {
     data = await fetch(url).then((e) => e.arrayBuffer()).then((e) =>
       new Uint8Array(e)
     );
+  } else if (url.startsWith('data')){
+    data = dataURLtoFile(url)
   } else {
     data = await Deno.readFile(url);
   }