diff --git a/app/ecs-components/inventory.js b/app/ecs-components/inventory.js
index 52c0128..1aaa4d3 100644
--- a/app/ecs-components/inventory.js
+++ b/app/ecs-components/inventory.js
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ export default class Inventory extends Component {
       if (!(slot in slots)) {
         return undefined;
       }
+      const {Engine: {readAsset}} = Component.ecs.get(1);
       const json = await (
-        fetch([slots[slot].source, 'item.json'].join('/'))
+        readAsset([slots[slot].source, 'item.json'].join('/'))
           .then((response) => (response.ok ? response.json() : {}))
       );
       const item = {
diff --git a/app/engine.js b/app/engine.js
index 2ae6729..e2cc752 100644
--- a/app/engine.js
+++ b/app/engine.js
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@ export default class Engine {
   }
 
   async loadEcs(path) {
-    this.ecses[path] = Ecs.deserialize(
+    const ecs = this.ecses[path] = await Ecs.deserialize(
       this.createEcs(),
       await this.server.readData(path),
     );
-    this.ecses[path].get(1).Engine.engine = this;
+    ecs.get(1).Engine.readAsset = (uri) => this.server.readAsset(uri);
   }
 
   async loadPlayer(id) {
diff --git a/app/react-components/ui.jsx b/app/react-components/ui.jsx
index 6b77bda..6a41954 100644
--- a/app/react-components/ui.jsx
+++ b/app/react-components/ui.jsx
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ export default function Ui({disconnected}) {
       return;
     }
     await ecs.apply(payload.ecs);
+    if (payload.ecs[1]) {
+      ecs.get(1).Engine.readAsset = (uri) => fetch(new URL(uri, window.location.origin));
+    }
     for (const listener of client.listeners[':Ecs'] ?? []) {
       listener(payload.ecs);
     }
diff --git a/app/websocket.js b/app/websocket.js
index 4c2a4d6..9544bac 100644
--- a/app/websocket.js
+++ b/app/websocket.js
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ class SocketServer extends Server {
   static qualify(path) {
     return join(import.meta.dirname, 'data', 'remote', 'UNIVERSE', path);
   }
+  async readAsset(path) {
+    const url = new URL(path, 'https://localhost:3000')
+    console.log({url});
+    if ('production' === process.env.NODE_ENV) {
+      url.protocol = 'http:';
+    }
+    return fetch(url.href);
+  }
   async readData(path) {
     const qualified = this.constructor.qualify(path);
     await this.ensurePath(dirname(qualified));