diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/ProfileTextureUtil.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/ProfileTextureUtil.java
index 42293459..6ce74e56 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/ProfileTextureUtil.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/ProfileTextureUtil.java
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 package com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.util;
 
 import com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.MinecraftProfileTexture;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.DynamicTexture;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.FieldUtils;
 
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.DataBufferInt;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -26,4 +31,16 @@ public class ProfileTextureUtil {
             throw new RuntimeException("Unable to write metadata field", e);
         }
     }
+
+    public static BufferedImage getDynamicBufferedImage(int width, int height, DynamicTexture texture) {
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(16, 16, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
+
+        final int[] src = texture.getTextureData();
+
+        final int[] dst = ((DataBufferInt)image.getRaster().getDataBuffer()).getData();
+
+        System.arraycopy(src, 0, dst, 0, src.length);
+
+        return image;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/pony/data/Pony.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/pony/data/Pony.java
index a7ba02be..3201d5cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/pony/data/Pony.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/pony/data/Pony.java
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package com.minelittlepony.pony.data;
 
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.minelittlepony.MineLittlePony;
 import com.minelittlepony.ducks.IRenderPony;
+import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.resources.texture.DynamicTextureImage;
 import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.resources.texture.IBufferedTexture;
+import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.util.ProfileTextureUtil;
 
 import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
@@ -52,16 +53,25 @@ public class Pony implements IPony {
             return data;
         }
 
-        BufferedImage skinImage = Preconditions.checkNotNull(getBufferedImage(resource), "bufferedImage: " + resource);
-        return this.checkSkin(skinImage);
+        BufferedImage ponyTexture = getBufferedImage(resource);
+
+        if (ponyTexture == null) {
+            ponyTexture = ProfileTextureUtil.getDynamicBufferedImage(16, 16, TextureUtil.MISSING_TEXTURE);
+
+            Minecraft.getMinecraft().getTextureManager().loadTexture(resource, new DynamicTextureImage(ponyTexture));
+        }
+
+        return checkSkin(ponyTexture);
     }
 
     @Nullable
     private IPonyData checkPonyMeta(ResourceLocation resource) {
         try {
             IResource res = Minecraft.getMinecraft().getResourceManager().getResource(resource);
+
             if (res.hasMetadata()) {
                 PonyData data = res.getMetadata(PonyDataSerialiser.NAME);
+
                 if (data != null) {
                     return data;
                 }
@@ -71,6 +81,7 @@ public class Pony implements IPony {
         } catch (IOException e) {
             MineLittlePony.logger.warn("Unable to read {} metadata", resource, e);
         }
+
         return null;
     }