diff --git a/src/olympic/keel/include/keel/media.hpp b/src/olympic/keel/include/keel/media.hpp
index 728ee973..11a672f9 100644
--- a/src/olympic/keel/include/keel/media.hpp
+++ b/src/olympic/keel/include/keel/media.hpp
@@ -63,10 +63,8 @@ namespace detail {
 template<typename T>
 constexpr auto makeLoader(Context &ctx) {
 	return [&ctx](ox::StringView assetId) -> ox::Result<T> {
-		ox::StringView path;
 		oxRequire(p, ctx.uuidToPath.at(assetId));
-		path = *p;
-		oxRequire(buff, ctx.rom->read(path));
+		oxRequire(buff, ctx.rom->read(*p));
 		auto [obj, err] = readAsset<T>(buff);
 		if (err) {
 			if (err != ox::Error_ClawTypeVersionMismatch && err != ox::Error_ClawTypeMismatch) {
@@ -84,21 +82,17 @@ ox::Result<keel::AssetRef<T>> readObjFile(
 		keel::Context &ctx,
 		ox::StringView assetId,
 		bool forceLoad) noexcept {
-	ox::UUIDStr uuidStr;
 	if (beginsWith(assetId, "uuid://")) {
 		assetId = substr(assetId, 7);
-		oxRequire(p, keel::uuidToPath(ctx, assetId));
 	} else {
 		auto const [uuid, uuidErr] = getUuid(ctx, assetId);
 		if (!uuidErr) {
-			uuidStr = uuid.toString();
-			assetId = uuidStr;
+			assetId = uuid.toString();
 		}
 	}
 	if (forceLoad) {
 		ctx.assetManager.initTypeManager<T>(detail::makeLoader<T>, ctx);
-		oxRequire(cached, ctx.assetManager.loadAsset<T>(assetId));
-		return cached;
+		return ctx.assetManager.loadAsset<T>(assetId);
 	} else {
 		auto [cached, err] = ctx.assetManager.getAsset<T>(assetId);
 		if (err) {