diff --git a/src/u_dubproject.pas b/src/u_dubproject.pas
index 7b5af5d3..b9b93527 100644
--- a/src/u_dubproject.pas
+++ b/src/u_dubproject.pas
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ end;
 
 procedure TDubProject.loadFromFile(const fname: string);
 var
-  loader: TStringStream;
+  loader: TMemoryStream;
   parser : TJSONParser;
   ext: string;
   s: string = '';