diff --git a/examples/webgl_loader_vrml.html b/examples/webgl_loader_vrml.html
index 7d8ce9c57ef7f19f26cd40be7fdb0501f33863cc..4eb5ff0613fd780918ecb42831fd277affc79e9f 100644
--- a/examples/webgl_loader_vrml.html
+++ b/examples/webgl_loader_vrml.html
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 				var loader = new THREE.VRMLLoader();
 				loader.addEventListener( 'load', function ( event ) {
 
-					scene = event.content;
+					scene.add(event.content);
 
 				} );
 				loader.load( "models/vrml/simple.wrl" );