diff --git a/Examples/AdvancedEffects/src/index.js b/Examples/AdvancedEffects/src/index.js
index c06a26291d33251d19fa925313cf3c20182b76dc..3bc33dcac4d3d5c5833db82c8e21af630524e502 100644
--- a/Examples/AdvancedEffects/src/index.js
+++ b/Examples/AdvancedEffects/src/index.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class AdvancedEffects extends React.Component {
        //"MQtLWbD,N8a9CkZ,adCmISK,AedZQ4N,y9qRJR3,brzKTYZ,NSyk07l,EaZiWfn,I1KZdnl,DoQBdzT,slIt2Ww,DA12puU,IYLdRFW,oqmO4Po,T6NaLyI,6XAPrAY,thYzbif,4qmqo3o,8xT2J96,ZCa2pWq,loQfDN2,oabfA68,uOXqDRY,MyyS4vK,fhNYTX4"
         "wxqlQkh,G2Whuq3,0bUSEBX,giP58XN,iKdXwVm,IvpoR40,zJIxPEo,CKlmtPs,fnMylHI,vGXYiYy,MnOB9Le,YqsZKgc,0BJobQo,Otbz312"
           .split(",")
-          .map(id => ({ uri: `http://imgur.com/${id}.jpg` }))
+          .map(id => `http://imgur.com/${id}.jpg`)
     };
 
     StatusBarIOS.setHidden(true);
diff --git a/RNGL/GLView.m b/RNGL/GLView.m
index acf8355a2becbd2bf7f4da2503f5cc878cfa22d7..71d42f6d6ca2bcbe1c1fbca8e7237d1ba3862795 100644
--- a/RNGL/GLView.m
+++ b/RNGL/GLView.m
@@ -76,9 +76,14 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-init)
 
 NSString* srcResource (id res)
 {
-  BOOL isStatic = [RCTConvert BOOL:res[@"isStatic"]];
-  NSString *src = [RCTConvert NSString:res[@"path"]];
-  if (!src || isStatic) src = [RCTConvert NSString:res[@"uri"]];
+  NSString *src;
+  if ([res isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
+    src = [RCTConvert NSString:res];
+  } else {
+    BOOL isStatic = [RCTConvert BOOL:res[@"isStatic"]];
+    src = [RCTConvert NSString:res[@"path"]];
+    if (!src || isStatic) src = [RCTConvert NSString:res[@"uri"]];
+  }
   return src;
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/api/View.md b/docs/api/View.md
index e14d37576c3c0306fe09b69784927dd4c46f482b..99959191f5a71dcb435cd30db37967314869638d 100644
--- a/docs/api/View.md
+++ b/docs/api/View.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ render () {
 Here is the correspondance of GLSL and JavaScript types.
 
 - `int`, `float`, `bool` : Number (e.g: `42`).
-- `sampler2D` : an object with an `uri` (`require("image!id")` is also supported), exactly like the `source` prop of `React.Image`.
+- `sampler2D` : either the image URL (String) OR an Object with an `uri` (`require("image!id")` is also supported), exactly like the `source` prop of `React.Image`.
 - `vecN`,`ivecN`,`bvecN` where N is {2,3,4} : an array of N Number (e.g: `[1, 2, 3.5]` for a `vec3`)
 
 Complex struct types and uniform array **are not** currently supported.