diff --git a/src/gpu_formats/texture_decode.nim b/src/gpu_formats/texture_decode.nim
index 183aa53..ef81b31 100644
--- a/src/gpu_formats/texture_decode.nim
+++ b/src/gpu_formats/texture_decode.nim
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ proc loadFileFromSlices*(tex: Texture, slices: seq[SliceMem[byte]],
             tex.format
         else:
             tex.format.resize(min_channels)
+        # TODO: Don't do this!!
+        # Change the format when the decoder has detected less channels!!
+        let min_channels = format.channel_count
+
         let layer_stride = tex.width * tex.height * format.stride
         var multilayer_buffer: ArrRef[byte]
         assert tex.depth == slices.len
@@ -197,8 +201,10 @@ proc loadFileFromSlices*(tex: Texture, slices: seq[SliceMem[byte]],
                         image = loadFromMemory(slice.toOpenArrayByte, w,h,c, min_channels)
                         pixels_ptr = image.data
                         pixels_len = image.len
-            assert layer_stride == pixels_len,
-                &"Image '{tex.name}' has a length of {pixels_len}, expected {layer_stride}"
+            if layer_stride != pixels_len:
+                echo "Format: ", format
+                raise Defect.newException &"Image '{tex.name}' has a length" &
+                                    &" of {pixels_len}, expected {layer_stride}"
             if flip:
                 swap_lines(pixels_ptr, tex.width * format.stride, tex.height)
             if tex.depth == 1: