diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JseBaseLib.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JseBaseLib.java
index f460905b..8ade2f3c 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JseBaseLib.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JseBaseLib.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 ******************************************************************************/
 package org.luaj.vm2.lib.jse;
 
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -106,9 +107,10 @@ public class JseBaseLib extends org.luaj.vm2.lib.BaseLib {
 		if ( ! f.exists() )
 			return super.findResource(filename);
 		try {
-			return new FileInputStream(f);
+			return new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(f));
 		} catch ( IOException ioe ) {
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
 }
+