diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index 52dcb3994a..3867e9aa15 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 
 		$animations = [];
 		foreach($packet->clientData["AnimatedImageData"] as $animation){
-			$animations[] = new SkinAnimation(new SkinImage($animation["ImageHeight"], $animation["ImageWidth"], $animation["Image"]), $animation["Type"], $animation["Frames"]);
+			$animations[] = new SkinAnimation(new SkinImage($animation["ImageHeight"], $animation["ImageWidth"], base64_decode($animation["Image"], true)), $animation["Type"], $animation["Frames"]);
 		}
 
 		$skinData = new SkinData(