diff --git a/RecastDemo/Include/MeshLoaderObj.h b/RecastDemo/Include/MeshLoaderObj.h
index d32db484..2d388d5f 100644
--- a/RecastDemo/Include/MeshLoaderObj.h
+++ b/RecastDemo/Include/MeshLoaderObj.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 class MeshLoaderObj
 {
 public:
-	bool load(const std::string& fileName);
 	void load(char* buf, size_t bufLen);
 
 	[[nodiscard]] const float* getVerts() const { return verts.data(); }
diff --git a/RecastDemo/Source/InputGeom.cpp b/RecastDemo/Source/InputGeom.cpp
index fce2d963..af837dfe 100644
--- a/RecastDemo/Source/InputGeom.cpp
+++ b/RecastDemo/Source/InputGeom.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "ChunkyTriMesh.h"
 #include "DebugDraw.h"
+#include "Filelist.h"
 #include "MeshLoaderObj.h"
 #include "Recast.h"
 #include "Sample.h"
@@ -135,6 +136,14 @@ static char* parseRow(char* buf, char* bufEnd, char* row, int len)
 
 bool InputGeom::loadMesh(rcContext* ctx, const std::string& filepath)
 {
+	char* buffer;
+	size_t bufferLen;
+	if (!tryReadFile(filepath, &buffer, &bufferLen))
+	{
+		ctx->log(RC_LOG_ERROR, "buildTiledNavigation: Could not load '%s'", filepath.c_str());
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	if (meshLoader)
 	{
 		delete chunkyMesh;
@@ -146,16 +155,7 @@ bool InputGeom::loadMesh(rcContext* ctx, const std::string& filepath)
 	volumeCount = 0;
 
 	meshLoader = new MeshLoaderObj;
-	if (!meshLoader)
-	{
-		ctx->log(RC_LOG_ERROR, "loadMesh: Out of memory 'm_mesh'.");
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (!meshLoader->load(filepath))
-	{
-		ctx->log(RC_LOG_ERROR, "buildTiledNavigation: Could not load '%s'", filepath.c_str());
-		return false;
-	}
+	meshLoader->load(buffer, bufferLen);
 
 	rcCalcBounds(meshLoader->getVerts(), meshLoader->getVertCount(), meshBMin, meshBMax);
 
diff --git a/RecastDemo/Source/MeshLoaderObj.cpp b/RecastDemo/Source/MeshLoaderObj.cpp
index 8efc3519..f704045d 100644
--- a/RecastDemo/Source/MeshLoaderObj.cpp
+++ b/RecastDemo/Source/MeshLoaderObj.cpp
@@ -102,51 +102,6 @@ int readFace(char* row, int* data, int maxDataLen, int vertCount)
 }
 }
 
-bool MeshLoaderObj::load(const std::string& newFilename)
-{
-	char* buf = 0;
-	FILE* fp = fopen(newFilename.c_str(), "rb");
-	if (!fp)
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END) != 0)
-	{
-		fclose(fp);
-		return false;
-	}
-	long bufSize = ftell(fp);
-	if (bufSize < 0)
-	{
-		fclose(fp);
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
-	{
-		fclose(fp);
-		return false;
-	}
-	buf = new char[bufSize];
-	if (!buf)
-	{
-		fclose(fp);
-		return false;
-	}
-	size_t readLen = fread(buf, bufSize, 1, fp);
-	fclose(fp);
-
-	if (readLen != 1)
-	{
-		delete[] buf;
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	load(buf, bufSize);
-	delete[] buf;
-	filename = newFilename;
-	return true;
-}
-
 void MeshLoaderObj::load(char* buf, size_t bufLen)
 {
 	char* src = buf;