diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 1e405a4..85a14ff 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject cc.artifice/propertea "1.4.0"
+(defproject cc.artifice/propertea "1.4.1"
   :description "load, coerce, and validate property files"
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]
                  [expectations "2.0.13"]]
diff --git a/src/propertea/core.clj b/src/propertea/core.clj
index a28a890..f6e383d 100644
--- a/src/propertea/core.clj
+++ b/src/propertea/core.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (ns propertea.core
   (:require clojure.walk clojure.set clojure.string)
-  (:import [java.io FileReader InputStream]
+  (:import [java.io FileReader BufferedInputStream]
            [java.util Properties]))
 
 (defn keywordize-keys-unless [m b]
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     (validate required)
     (dump dump-fn)))
 
-(defmethod read-properties InputStream [stream & x]
+(defmethod read-properties BufferedInputStream [stream & x]
   (let [props (input-stream->properties stream)]
     (apply read-properties props x)))