diff --git a/examples/2d_text.rs b/examples/2d_text.rs
index 4b2e150..77ac242 100644
--- a/examples/2d_text.rs
+++ b/examples/2d_text.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use bevy::prelude::*;
+use bevy_text_mesh::TextMeshPlugin;
 
 fn main() {
     App::new()
-        .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins)
+        .add_plugins((DefaultPlugins, TextMeshPlugin))
         .add_systems(Startup, setup)
         .add_systems(Update, animate_rotation)
         .run();
diff --git a/examples/3d_scene.rs b/examples/3d_scene.rs
index c438a21..903baae 100644
--- a/examples/3d_scene.rs
+++ b/examples/3d_scene.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn main() {
 }
 
 fn setup_text_mesh(mut commands: Commands, asset_server: Res<AssetServer>) {
-    let font: Handle<TextMeshFont> = asset_server.load("fonts/FiraMono-Medium.ttf");
+    let font: Handle<TextMeshFont> = asset_server.load("fonts/FiraMono-Medium.ttf#mesh");
 
     commands.spawn(TextMeshBundle {
         text_mesh: TextMesh {
diff --git a/examples/performance.rs b/examples/performance.rs
index a59c490..ef956b3 100644
--- a/examples/performance.rs
+++ b/examples/performance.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fn setup_text_mesh(
     asset_server: Res<AssetServer>,
 ) {
     let state = SceneState {
-        font: asset_server.load("fonts/FiraMono-Medium.ttf"),
+        font: asset_server.load("fonts/FiraMono-Medium.ttf#mesh"),
         text_count: 0,
         text_update_count: 0,
         material: materials.add(StandardMaterial {
diff --git a/src/font_loader.rs b/src/font_loader.rs
index d7ba904..567b1e4 100644
--- a/src/font_loader.rs
+++ b/src/font_loader.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use bevy::asset::AsyncReadExt;
+use bevy::text::Font;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt::Display;
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ impl Display for FontLoaderError {
 pub struct FontLoader;
 
 impl AssetLoader for FontLoader {
-    type Asset = TextMeshFont;
+    type Asset = Font;
     type Settings = ();
     type Error = FontLoaderError;
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ impl AssetLoader for FontLoader {
         &'a self,
         reader: &'a mut Reader,
         _: &'a Self::Settings,
-        _: &'a mut LoadContext,
+        load_context: &'a mut LoadContext,
     ) -> BoxedFuture<'a, Result<Self::Asset, Self::Error>> {
         Box::pin(async move {
             let mut bytes = Vec::new();
@@ -41,11 +42,15 @@ impl AssetLoader for FontLoader {
 
             // ttf fontloading
             let font = TextMeshFont {
-                ttf_font: ttf2mesh::TTFFile::from_buffer_vec(bytes)
+                ttf_font: ttf2mesh::TTFFile::from_buffer_vec(bytes.clone())
                     .expect("unable to decode asset"),
             };
 
-            Ok(font)
+            load_context.add_labeled_asset("mesh".into(), font);
+
+            let original_font = Font::try_from_bytes(bytes.into()).expect("unable to read font");
+
+            Ok(original_font)
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4a4d779..6f546a5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ pub struct TextMeshPlugin;
 
 impl Plugin for TextMeshPlugin {
     fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
-        app.register_asset_loader(FontLoader)
-            .init_asset::<font_loader::TextMeshFont>()
+        app.init_asset::<TextMeshFont>()
             .add_systems(Update, (mesh_system::text_mesh, mesh_system::font_loaded))
-            .insert_resource(MeshCache::default())
-            .init_asset_loader::<font_loader::FontLoader>();
+            .init_resource::<MeshCache>()
+            .init_asset_loader::<FontLoader>();
     }
 }