diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php b/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php
index 419d5cfc..00cd4f43 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ abstract class AbstractDecoder
             case $this->isFilePath():
                 return $this->initFromPath($this->data);
 
+            // isBase64 has to be after isFilePath to prevent false positives
             case $this->isBase64():
                 return $this->initFromBinary(base64_decode($this->data));