diff --git a/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-lib/mrlib/image-core-wxme.rkt b/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-lib/mrlib/image-core-wxme.rkt
index b2ce8655..630878b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-lib/mrlib/image-core-wxme.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/gui-pkgs/gui-lib/mrlib/image-core-wxme.rkt
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@
    (class* object% (snip-reader<%>)
      (define/public (read-header vers stream) (void))
      (define/public (read-snip text? cvers stream)
-       (snipclass-bytes->image (send stream read-raw-bytes '2htdp/image)))
+       (define bytes (send stream read-raw-bytes '2htdp/image))
+       (if text?
+           #"."
+           (snipclass-bytes->image bytes)))
      (super-new))))