diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/FBXLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/FBXLoader.js
index 01e23aa6ccf10388a719ca7aa1e0f0f84d98b582..d765a2c5614865f615cfc726d7eacf01f8467901 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/FBXLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/FBXLoader.js
@@ -3650,11 +3650,15 @@
 
 		getString: function ( size ) {
 
-			var s = THREE.LoaderUtils.decodeText( this.getUint8Array( size ) );
+			var a = new Uint8Array( size );
 
-			this.skip( size );
+			for ( var i = 0; i < size; i ++ ) {
+
+				a[ i ] = this.getUint8();
+
+			}
 
-			return s;
+			return THREE.LoaderUtils.decodeText( a );
 
 		}