diff --git a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/media/ImageLoadingSpeed.java b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/media/ImageLoadingSpeed.java
index ba89216cb..9d0e5dad6 100644
--- a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/media/ImageLoadingSpeed.java
+++ b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/media/ImageLoadingSpeed.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ImageLoadingSpeed.java,v 1.3 2003/04/25 15:52:39 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ImageLoadingSpeed.java,v 1.4 2003/04/27 06:38:48 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import javax.imageio.stream.FileImageInputStream;
 
 import java.io.*;
 
-import com.threerings.resource.ResourceManager;
+import com.threerings.media.image.FastImageIO;
 import com.threerings.media.image.ImageManager;
+import com.threerings.resource.ResourceManager;
 
 /**
  * Tests our image loading speed.
@@ -21,20 +22,25 @@ public class ImageLoadingSpeed
     public static void main (String[] args)
     {
         if (args.length < 1) {
-            System.err.println("Usage: ImageLoadingTest image [image ...]");
+            System.err.println("Usage: ImageLoadingTest image");
+            System.exit(-1);
+        }
+
+        File file = new File(args[0]);
+        File ffile = new File(args[0] + FastImageIO.FILE_SUFFIX);
+        try {
+            BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(file);
+            FastImageIO.write(image, new FileOutputStream(ffile));
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            ioe.printStackTrace(System.err);
             System.exit(-1);
         }
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         int iter = 0;
         while (true) {
-            String path = args[iter%args.length];
-
             try {
-                FileImageInputStream fis =
-                    new FileImageInputStream(new File(path));
-                BufferedImage image =  ImageIO.read(fis);
-                int width = image.getWidth();
+                FastImageIO.read(ffile).getWidth();
             } catch (IOException ioe) {
                 ioe.printStackTrace(System.err);
                 System.exit(-1);