diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js
index 126516a7436739d21c8f74ac2f601060243eda9b..f4cfa5f896656aa9bb9040ed4c1c0613c34e5f78 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ THREE.SVGLoader.prototype = {
 
 	load: function ( url, onLoad, onProgress, onError ) {
 
+		var scope = this;
+
 		var parser = new DOMParser();
 
-		var loader = new THREE.XHRLoader();
+		var loader = new THREE.XHRLoader( scope.manager );
 		loader.setCrossOrigin( this.crossOrigin );
 		loader.load( url, function ( svgString ) {