diff --git a/examples/resources/common.js b/examples/resources/common.js
index 3b2ce82c5b..893fe51c1a 100644
--- a/examples/resources/common.js
+++ b/examples/resources/common.js
@@ -20,31 +20,78 @@
     e.clearSelection();
   });
 
+  function fetchResource(resource) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const isImage = /\.(png|jpe?g|gif|tiff)$/.test(resource);
+      const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+      xhr.open('GET', resource);
+      if (isImage) {
+        xhr.responseType = 'blob';
+      } else {
+        xhr.responseType = 'text';
+      }
+      xhr.addEventListener('load', () => {
+        if (isImage) {
+          const a = new FileReader();
+          a.addEventListener('load', e => {
+            resolve ({
+              isBinary: true,
+              content: e.target.result
+            })
+          });
+          a.readAsDataURL(xhr.response);
+        } else {
+          resolve ({
+            content: xhr.response
+          })
+        }
+      });
+      xhr.addEventListener('error', reject);
+      xhr.send();
+    })
+  }
+
   var codepenButton = document.getElementsByClassName('codepen-button')[0];
   if (codepenButton) {
     codepenButton.onclick = function(event) {
       event.preventDefault();
-      var form = document.getElementById('codepen-form');
       const html = document.getElementById('example-html-source').innerText;
       const js = document.getElementById('example-js-source').innerText;
       const pkgJson = document.getElementById('example-pkg-source').innerText;
-      form.parameters.value = compress({
-        files: {
-          'index.html': {
-            content: html
-          },
-          'index.js': {
-            content: js
-          },
-          "package.json": {
-            content: pkgJson
-          },
-          'sandbox.config.json': {
-            content: '{"template": "parcel"}'
+      const form = document.getElementById('codepen-form');
+
+      const localResources = (js.match(/'data\/[^']*/g) || [])
+        .concat(js.match(/'resources\/[^']*/g) || [])
+        .map(f => f.slice(1));
+
+      const promises = localResources.map(resource => fetchResource(resource));
+
+      Promise.all(promises)
+        .then(results => {
+          const data = {
+            files: {
+              'index.html': {
+                content: html
+              },
+              'index.js': {
+                content: js
+              },
+              "package.json": {
+                content: pkgJson
+              },
+              'sandbox.config.json': {
+                content: '{"template": "parcel"}'
+              }
+            }
+          };
+
+          for (let i = 0; i < localResources.length; i++) {
+            data.files[localResources[i]] = results[i];
           }
-        }
-      });
-      form.submit();
+
+          form.parameters.value = compress(data);
+          form.submit();
+        });
     };
   }
 })();