diff --git a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp
index 774fa1a00..23b316e6b 100644
--- a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void AssetsLoader::addDefaults(AssetsLoader& loader, const Content* content) {
             for (const auto& file : io::directory_iterator(skeletonsDir)) {
                 loader.add(
                     AssetType::SKELETON,
-                    file.string(),
+                    (file.parent() / file.stem()).string(),
                     entry.first + ":" + file.stem()
                 );
             }
diff --git a/src/assets/assetload_funcs.cpp b/src/assets/assetload_funcs.cpp
index 6a301ec62..74a298933 100644
--- a/src/assets/assetload_funcs.cpp
+++ b/src/assets/assetload_funcs.cpp
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ assetload::postfunc assetload::skeleton(
     const std::shared_ptr<AssetCfg>& settings
 ) {
     return [=](auto assets) {
-        std::string text = io::read_string(file);
+        auto path = paths.find(file + ".json");
+        std::string text = io::read_string(path);
         auto skeleton = rigging::SkeletonConfig::parse(text, file, name);
         for (auto& bone : skeleton->getBones()) {
             std::string model = bone->model.name;