diff --git a/kaffe/tensorflow/network.py b/kaffe/tensorflow/network.py
index 3f7f023..62cba51 100644
--- a/kaffe/tensorflow/network.py
+++ b/kaffe/tensorflow/network.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def load(self, data_path, session, ignore_missing=False):
         session: The current TensorFlow session
         ignore_missing: If true, serialized weights for missing layers are ignored.
         '''
-        data_dict = np.load(data_path).item()
+        data_dict = np.load(data_path, allow_pickle=True).item()
         for op_name in data_dict:
             with tf.variable_scope(op_name, reuse=True):
                 for param_name, data in data_dict[op_name].iteritems():