diff --git a/code/AssetLib/3MF/D3MFOpcPackage.cpp b/code/AssetLib/3MF/D3MFOpcPackage.cpp
index d3b667583..5a8c9a2bf 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/3MF/D3MFOpcPackage.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/3MF/D3MFOpcPackage.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "contrib/stb/stb_image.h"
+
 namespace Assimp {
 
 namespace D3MF {
@@ -119,8 +121,11 @@ public:
 
 static bool IsEmbeddedTexture( const std::string &filename ) {
     const std::string extension = BaseImporter::GetExtension(filename);
-
     if (extension == "jpg" || extension == "png") {
+        std::string::size_type pos = filename.find("thumbnail");
+        if (pos == std::string::npos) {
+            return false;
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -232,12 +237,17 @@ void D3MFOpcPackage::LoadEmbeddedTextures(IOStream *fileStream, const std::strin
         return;
     }
 
-    char *data = new char[size];
+    unsigned char *data = new unsigned char[size];
     fileStream->Read(data, 1, size);
     aiTexture *texture = new aiTexture;
-    texture->mFilename.Set(filename.c_str());
+    std::string embName = "*" + filename;
+    texture->mFilename.Set(embName.c_str());
     texture->mWidth = static_cast<unsigned int>(size);
     texture->mHeight = 0;
+    texture->achFormatHint[0] = 'p';
+    texture->achFormatHint[1] = 'n';
+    texture->achFormatHint[2] = 'g';
+    texture->achFormatHint[3] = '\0';
     texture->pcData = (aiTexel*) data;
     mEmbeddedTextures.emplace_back(texture);
 }
diff --git a/code/AssetLib/3MF/XmlSerializer.cpp b/code/AssetLib/3MF/XmlSerializer.cpp
index d93c7b121..a86f4901b 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/3MF/XmlSerializer.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/3MF/XmlSerializer.cpp
@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ void XmlSerializer::StoreEmbeddedTexture(EmbeddedTexture *tex) {
     aiString s;
     s.Set(ai_to_string(tex->mId).c_str());
     mat->AddProperty(&s, AI_MATKEY_NAME);
-    s.Set(tex->mPath);
+    const std::string name = "*" + tex->mPath;
+    s.Set(name);
     mat->AddProperty(&s, AI_MATKEY_TEXTURE_DIFFUSE(0));
 
     aiColor3D col;
diff --git a/tools/assimp_view/Material.cpp b/tools/assimp_view/Material.cpp
index bcc93011e..100074445 100644
--- a/tools/assimp_view/Material.cpp
+++ b/tools/assimp_view/Material.cpp
@@ -325,9 +325,10 @@ int CMaterialManager::FindValidPath(aiString* p_szString)
 
     // first check whether we can directly load the file
     FILE* pFile = fopen(p_szString->data,"rb");
-    if (pFile)fclose(pFile);
-    else
-    {
+    if (pFile) {
+        fclose(pFile);
+    }
+    else {
         // check whether we can use the directory of  the asset as relative base
         char szTemp[MAX_PATH*2], tmp2[MAX_PATH*2];
         strcpy(szTemp, g_szFileName);