5 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/resources/imagehelper.cpp b/src/resources/imagehelper.cpp
index 5b7797cbb..eea15d29c 100644
--- a/src/resources/imagehelper.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/imagehelper.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ bool ImageHelper::mEnableAlpha = true;
 
 Image *ImageHelper::load(SDL_RWops *const rw)
 {
-    SDL_Surface *const tmpImage = IMG_Load_RW(rw, 1);
-
+    SDL_Surface *const tmpImage = loadPng(rw);
     if (!tmpImage)
     {
         logger->log("Error, image load failed: %s", IMG_GetError());
@@ -115,3 +114,15 @@ void ImageHelper::dumpSurfaceFormat(const SDL_Surface *const image) const
             format->Gmask, format->Bmask, format->Amask);
     }
 }
+
+SDL_Surface *ImageHelper::loadPng(SDL_RWops *const rw)
+{
+    if (!rw || !IMG_isPNG(rw))
+    {
+        logger->log("Error, image missing or not png");
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    SDL_Surface *const tmpImage = IMG_LoadPNG_RW(rw);
+    SDL_RWclose(rw);
+    return tmpImage;
+}
diff --git a/src/resources/imagehelper.h b/src/resources/imagehelper.h
index 19500f15a..e894bc66b 100644
--- a/src/resources/imagehelper.h
+++ b/src/resources/imagehelper.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class ImageHelper
         static void setEnableAlpha(const bool n)
         { mEnableAlpha = n; }
 
+        static SDL_Surface *loadPng(SDL_RWops *const rw);
+
     protected:
         static bool mEnableAlpha;
 };
diff --git a/src/resources/openglimagehelper.cpp b/src/resources/openglimagehelper.cpp
index 6fc800e4e..073835626 100644
--- a/src/resources/openglimagehelper.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/openglimagehelper.cpp
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ bool OpenGLImageHelper::mUseTextureSampler = false;
 
 Image *OpenGLImageHelper::load(SDL_RWops *const rw, Dye const &dye)
 {
-    SDL_Surface *const tmpImage = IMG_Load_RW(rw, 1);
-
+    SDL_Surface *const tmpImage = loadPng(rw);
     if (!tmpImage)
     {
         logger->log("Error, image load failed: %s", IMG_GetError());
diff --git a/src/resources/resourcemanager.cpp b/src/resources/resourcemanager.cpp
index 542a96a9e..bd739644c 100644
--- a/src/resources/resourcemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/resourcemanager.cpp
@@ -1012,7 +1012,15 @@ SDL_Surface *ResourceManager::loadSDLSurface(const std::string &filename) const
 {
     SDL_Surface *surface = nullptr;
     if (SDL_RWops *const rw = PHYSFSRWOPS_openRead(filename.c_str()))
-        surface = IMG_Load_RW(rw, 1);
+    {
+        if (!IMG_isPNG(rw))
+        {
+            logger->log("Error, image is not png: " + filename);
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        surface = IMG_LoadPNG_RW(rw);
+        SDL_RWclose(rw);
+    }
     return surface;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.cpp b/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.cpp
index 40f3a4a53..b21f76b7f 100644
--- a/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ bool SDLImageHelper::mEnableAlphaCache = false;
 
 Image *SDLImageHelper::load(SDL_RWops *const rw, Dye const &dye)
 {
-    SDL_Surface *const tmpImage = IMG_Load_RW(rw, 1);
-
+    SDL_Surface *const tmpImage = loadPng(rw);
     if (!tmpImage)
     {
         logger->log("Error, image load failed: %s", IMG_GetError());