diff --git a/bioformats/tests/test_formatreader.py b/bioformats/tests/test_formatreader.py
index 43109bb..61b9c1e 100644
--- a/bioformats/tests/test_formatreader.py
+++ b/bioformats/tests/test_formatreader.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import os
 import re
+import urllib
 import unittest
 
 import javabridge as J
@@ -154,24 +155,20 @@ def test_03_03_read_subimage_tif(self):
         self.assertTrue(np.all(expected_0_10_0_10 == data_0_10_0_10))
         # self.assertTrue(np.all(expected_n10_n10 == data[-10:,-10:]))
         
-    # def test_03_03_load_using_bioformats_url(self):
-    #     data = F.load_using_bioformats_url(
-    #         "http://www.cellprofiler.org/linked_files/broad-logo.gif",
-    #         rescale=False)
-    #     self.assertSequenceEqual(data.shape, (38, 150, 3))
-    #     expected_0_10_0_10 = np.array([
-    #         [181, 176, 185, 185, 175, 175, 176, 195, 187, 185],
-    #         [ 25,   7,   7,   7,   2,   2,  13,  13,   0,   1],
-    #         [ 21,   1,   1,   0,   0,   1,   0,   1,   0,   0],
-    #         [ 64,  13,   1,   1,  12,  12,   2,   1,   1,   1],
-    #         [ 22,  56,  26,  13,   1,   1,   6,   0,   0,   0],
-    #         [ 12,  13,  82,  57,   9,  12,   2,   6,   6,   6],
-    #         [ 12,  13,  20,  89,  89,  21,  11,  12,   1,   0],
-    #         [  6,   1,   7,  21,  89, 102,  26,   0,  10,   1],
-    #         [ 26,   0,   0,   1,  20,  84, 151,  58,  12,   1],
-    #         [ 23,   6,   1,   1,   0,   1,  55, 166, 100,  12]],
-    #                                   dtype=np.uint8)
-    #     self.assertTrue(np.all(expected_0_10_0_10 == data[:10,:10, 0]))
+    def test_03_03_load_using_bioformats_url(self):
+        url = "https://github.com/CellProfiler/python-bioformats/raw/1.0.5/bioformats/tests/Channel1-01-A-01.tif"
+        try:
+            fd = urllib.urlopen(url)
+            if fd.code < 200 or fd.code >= 300:
+                raise IOError("Http error %d" % fd.code)
+        except IOError, e:
+            def bad_url(e=e):
+                print "bad url"
+                raise e
+            unittest.expectedFailure(bad_url)()
+        
+        data = F.load_using_bioformats_url(url, rescale=False)
+        self.assertSequenceEqual(data.shape, (640, 640))
         
     def test_04_01_read_omexml_metadata(self):
         path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Channel1-01-A-01.tif')