diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php b/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php
index c4a4616d..9adc57f9 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ abstract class AbstractDecoder
         
         $context  = stream_context_create($options);
         
-        if ($data = @file_get_contents($url)) {
+
+        if ($data = @file_get_contents($url, false, $context)) {
             return $this->initFromBinary($data);
         }