diff --git a/vgg16.py b/vgg16.py
index 5792ce5..1b5a21b 100644
--- a/vgg16.py
+++ b/vgg16.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def __init__(self, vgg16_npy_path=None):
             vgg16_npy_path = path
             print(path)
 
-        self.data_dict = np.load(vgg16_npy_path, encoding='latin1').item()
+        self.data_dict = np.load(vgg16_npy_path, encoding='latin1', allow_pickle=True).item()
         print("npy file loaded")
 
     def build(self, rgb):
diff --git a/vgg19.py b/vgg19.py
index 1fb0d44..0f78183 100644
--- a/vgg19.py
+++ b/vgg19.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def __init__(self, vgg19_npy_path=None):
             vgg19_npy_path = path
             print(vgg19_npy_path)
 
-        self.data_dict = np.load(vgg19_npy_path, encoding='latin1').item()
+        self.data_dict = np.load(vgg19_npy_path, encoding='latin1', allow_pickle=True).item()
         print("npy file loaded")
 
     def build(self, rgb):
diff --git a/vgg19_trainable.py b/vgg19_trainable.py
index bf7ed02..3bf6c76 100644
--- a/vgg19_trainable.py
+++ b/vgg19_trainable.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Vgg19:
 
     def __init__(self, vgg19_npy_path=None, trainable=True, dropout=0.5):
         if vgg19_npy_path is not None:
-            self.data_dict = np.load(vgg19_npy_path, encoding='latin1').item()
+            self.data_dict = np.load(vgg19_npy_path, encoding='latin1', allow_pickle=True).item()
         else:
             self.data_dict = None