diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Behaviours/Loader.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Behaviours/Loader.cs
index 4e8afa51..0738b677 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Behaviours/Loader.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Behaviours/Loader.cs
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ namespace SanAndreasUnity.Behaviours
 		private static void StepLoadConfig ()
 		{
 			Config.Load ();
+
+			TextureDictionary.DontLoadTextures = Config.Get<bool>("dontLoadTextures");
 		}
 
 		private static IEnumerator StepSelectGTAPath ()
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Importing/Conversion/TextureDictionary.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Importing/Conversion/TextureDictionary.cs
index e0940d77..c8e7c2e4 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Importing/Conversion/TextureDictionary.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Importing/Conversion/TextureDictionary.cs
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ namespace SanAndreasUnity.Importing.Conversion
 		private static readonly Utilities.AsyncLoader<string, TextureDictionary> s_asyncLoader = 
 			new Utilities.AsyncLoader<string, TextureDictionary> (StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
 
-        private static bool DontLoadTextures => true;
+        public static bool DontLoadTextures { get; set; } = false;
 
         private static Texture2D s_dummyTexture;
         private static Texture2D DummyTexture {
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ namespace SanAndreasUnity.Importing.Conversion
         {
             if (DontLoadTextures)
                 return new LoadedTexture(DummyTexture, false);
-            
+
             if (!_alpha.ContainsKey(name))
             {
                 return ParentName != null ? Parent.GetAlpha(name) : null;
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 56761c04..1461ebe0 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     "${game_dir}/data/animgrp.dat",
     "${data_dir}/auxanimgrp.dat"
   ],
-  "weapons_path": "${game_dir}/data/weapon.dat"
+  "weapons_path": "${game_dir}/data/weapon.dat",
+
+  "dontLoadTextures": false,
   
 }
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