diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CGLTFMeshFileLoader.cpp b/source/Irrlicht/CGLTFMeshFileLoader.cpp
index 46dfc197..6b1397d9 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CGLTFMeshFileLoader.cpp
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CGLTFMeshFileLoader.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "IAnimatedMesh.h"
 #include "IReadFile.h"
 #include "path.h"
+#include "SAnimatedMesh.h"
 
 namespace irr
 {
@@ -22,7 +23,14 @@ bool CGLTFMeshFileLoader::isALoadableFileExtension(
 
 IAnimatedMesh* CGLTFMeshFileLoader::createMesh(io::IReadFile* file)
 {
-	return nullptr;
+	if (file->getSize() == 0) {
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	// sorry Bjarne
+	SAnimatedMesh* mesh { new SAnimatedMesh {} };
+
+	return mesh;
 }
 
 } // namespace irr
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/tests/assets/minimal_triangle.gltf b/source/Irrlicht/tests/assets/minimal_triangle.gltf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..412dbac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/tests/assets/minimal_triangle.gltf
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{
+  "scene": 0,
+  "scenes" : [
+    {
+      "nodes" : [ 0 ]
+    }
+  ],
+  
+  "nodes" : [
+    {
+      "mesh" : 0
+    }
+  ],
+  
+  "meshes" : [
+    {
+      "primitives" : [ {
+        "attributes" : {
+          "POSITION" : 1
+        },
+        "indices" : 0
+      } ]
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "buffers" : [
+    {
+      "uri" : "data:application/octet-stream;base64,AAABAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAPwAAAAA=",
+      "byteLength" : 44
+    }
+  ],
+  "bufferViews" : [
+    {
+      "buffer" : 0,
+      "byteOffset" : 0,
+      "byteLength" : 6,
+      "target" : 34963
+    },
+    {
+      "buffer" : 0,
+      "byteOffset" : 8,
+      "byteLength" : 36,
+      "target" : 34962
+    }
+  ],
+  "accessors" : [
+    {
+      "bufferView" : 0,
+      "byteOffset" : 0,
+      "componentType" : 5123,
+      "count" : 3,
+      "type" : "SCALAR",
+      "max" : [ 2 ],
+      "min" : [ 0 ]
+    },
+    {
+      "bufferView" : 1,
+      "byteOffset" : 0,
+      "componentType" : 5126,
+      "count" : 3,
+      "type" : "VEC3",
+      "max" : [ 1.0, 1.0, 0.0 ],
+      "min" : [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ]
+    }
+  ],
+  
+  "asset" : {
+    "version" : "2.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/tests/testCGLTFMeshFileLoader.cpp b/source/Irrlicht/tests/testCGLTFMeshFileLoader.cpp
index 179777f4..7dacf2f4 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/tests/testCGLTFMeshFileLoader.cpp
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/tests/testCGLTFMeshFileLoader.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,21 @@ TEST_CASE("load empty gltf file") {
 	irr::IrrlichtDevice* device { irr::createDevice(irr::video::EDT_NULL) };
 	irr::scene::ISceneManager* smgr { device->getSceneManager() };
 
-	irr::io::InMemoryFile filebuf{"test.gltf", ""};
+	irr::io::InMemoryFile filebuf {"test.gltf", ""};
 
 	auto* mesh { smgr->getMesh(&filebuf) };
-	REQUIRE(mesh == nullptr);
+	CHECK(mesh == nullptr);
+
+	device->drop();
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("load minimal triangle") {
+	irr::IrrlichtDevice* device { irr::createDevice(irr::video::EDT_NULL) };
+	irr::scene::ISceneManager* smgr { device->getSceneManager() };
+
+	auto* mesh { smgr->getMesh(
+		"source/Irrlicht/tests/assets/minimal_triangle.gltf", "") };
+	REQUIRE(mesh != nullptr);
 
 	device->drop();
 }