diff --git a/core/os/directory.cpp b/core/os/directory.cpp
index ca9478d..1714a92 100644
--- a/core/os/directory.cpp
+++ b/core/os/directory.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ String Directory::read_file(const String &path) {
 	long fsize = ftell(f);
 	fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET); /* same as rewind(f); */
 
+	fd.resize(fsize);
+
 	fread(fd.dataw(), 1, fsize, f);
 	fclose(f);