diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 99d9707..8623669 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="res"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="module" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="res"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.JUNIT_CONTAINER/5"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/src/dev/kske/chess/ui/TextureUtil.java b/src/dev/kske/chess/ui/TextureUtil.java
index 7a37f39..5597032 100644
--- a/src/dev/kske/chess/ui/TextureUtil.java
+++ b/src/dev/kske/chess/ui/TextureUtil.java
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package dev.kske.chess.ui;
 
 import java.awt.Image;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ import dev.kske.chess.board.Piece;
  */
 public class TextureUtil {
 
-	private static Map<String, Image> textures;
+	private static Map<String, Image> textures, scaledTextures;
 
 	static {
 		textures = new HashMap<>();
+		scaledTextures	= new HashMap<>();
 		loadPieceTextures();
+		scaledTextures.putAll(textures);
 	}
 
 	private TextureUtil() {}
@@ -36,26 +38,28 @@ public class TextureUtil {
 	 */
 	public static Image getPieceTexture(Piece piece) {
 		String key = piece.getType().toString().toLowerCase() + "_" + piece.getColor().toString().toLowerCase();
-		return textures.get(key);
+		return scaledTextures.get(key);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Scales all piece textures to fit the current tile size
 	 */
 	public static void scalePieceTextures(int scale) {
-		textures.replaceAll((key, img) -> img.getScaledInstance(scale, scale, Image.SCALE_SMOOTH));
+		scaledTextures.clear();
+		textures
+			.forEach((key, img) -> scaledTextures.put(key, img.getScaledInstance(scale, scale, Image.SCALE_SMOOTH)));
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Loads an image from a file.
+	 * Loads an image from a file in the resource folder.
 	 * 
-	 * @param file The image file
+	 * @param fileName The name of the image resource
 	 * @return The loaded image
 	 */
-	private static Image loadImage(File file) {
+	private static Image loadImage(String fileName) {
 		BufferedImage in = null;
 		try {
-			in = ImageIO.read(file);
+			in = ImageIO.read(TextureUtil.class.getResourceAsStream(fileName));
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
@@ -67,10 +71,20 @@ public class TextureUtil {
 	 * The filenames without extensions are used as keys in the map textures.
 	 */
 	private static void loadPieceTextures() {
-		File	dir		= new File("res/pieces");
-		File[]	files	= dir.listFiles((File parentDir, String name) -> name.toLowerCase().endsWith(".png"));
-		for (File file : files)
-			textures.put(file.getName().replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", ""), TextureUtil.loadImage(file));
+		Arrays
+			.asList("king_white",
+					"king_black",
+					"queen_white",
+					"queen_black",
+					"rook_white",
+					"rook_black",
+					"knight_white",
+					"knight_black",
+					"bishop_white",
+					"bishop_black",
+					"pawn_white",
+					"pawn_black")
+			.forEach(name -> textures.put(name, loadImage("/pieces/" + name + ".png")));
 	}
 
 }