diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1a2a3dd..b344a7b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9808,6 +9808,16 @@
         "errno": "~0.1.7"
       }
     },
+    "worker-loader": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/worker-loader/-/worker-loader-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tnvNp4K3KQOpfRnD20m8xltE3eWh89Ye+5oj7wXEEHKac1P4oZ6p9oTj8/8ExqoSBnk9nu5Pr4nKfQ1hn2APJw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "loader-utils": "^1.0.0",
+        "schema-utils": "^0.4.0"
+      }
+    },
     "wrap-ansi": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-2.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d90ee44..5474e33 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
     "wait-on": "^3.2.0",
     "webpack": "^4.26.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^3.1.2",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.4.0"
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.4.0",
+    "worker-loader": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "axios": "^0.18.0",
diff --git a/scripts/webpack.config.common.js b/scripts/webpack.config.common.js
index 7f179bf..a6dd7d5 100644
--- a/scripts/webpack.config.common.js
+++ b/scripts/webpack.config.common.js
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ module.exports = {
       },
     ],
   },
+  node: {
+    fs: 'empty',
+  },
 };
diff --git a/scripts/webpack.config.dev.js b/scripts/webpack.config.dev.js
index 8729674..9efa913 100644
--- a/scripts/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/scripts/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ module.exports = [
     library: 'Tesseract',
     libraryTarget: 'umd',
   }),
-  genConfig({
-    entry: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'browser', 'worker.js'),
-    filename: 'worker.dev.js',
-  }),
+  /*
+   *genConfig({
+   *  entry: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'browser', 'worker.js'),
+   *  filename: 'worker.dev.js',
+   *}),
+   */
 ];
diff --git a/scripts/webpack.config.prod.js b/scripts/webpack.config.prod.js
index 15af617..b088f3f 100644
--- a/scripts/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/scripts/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ module.exports = [
     library: 'Tesseract',
     libraryTarget: 'umd',
   }),
-  genConfig({
-    entry: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'browser', 'worker.js'),
-    filename: 'worker.min.js',
-  }),
+  /*
+   *genConfig({
+   *  entry: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'browser', 'worker.js'),
+   *  filename: 'worker.min.js',
+   *}),
+   */
 ];
diff --git a/src/browser/index.js b/src/browser/index.js
index 1be4ee3..e8b4760 100644
--- a/src/browser/index.js
+++ b/src/browser/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 const check = require('check-types');
 const resolveURL = require('resolve-url');
 const axios = require('axios');
+// eslint-disable-next-line
+const TessWorker = require('worker-loader?inline=true&fallback=false!./worker');
 const { defaultOptions } = require('../common/options');
 const { version } = require('../../package.json');
 
@@ -119,15 +121,17 @@ exports.defaultOptions = {
  * @param {string} options.workerPath - worker script path
  */
 exports.spawnWorker = (instance, { workerPath }) => {
-  let worker;
-  if (Blob && URL) {
-    const blob = new Blob([`importScripts("${workerPath}");`], {
-      type: 'application/javascript',
-    });
-    worker = new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(blob));
-  } else {
-    worker = new Worker(workerPath);
-  }
+  const worker = new TessWorker();
+  /*
+   *if (Blob && URL) {
+   *  const blob = new Blob([`importScripts("${workerPath}");`], {
+   *    type: 'application/javascript',
+   *  });
+   *  worker = new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(blob));
+   *} else {
+   *  worker = new Worker(workerPath);
+   *}
+   */
 
   worker.onmessage = ({ data }) => {
     if (data.jobId.startsWith('Job')) {
diff --git a/src/browser/worker.js b/src/browser/worker.js
index 55a6cbe..624342c 100644
--- a/src/browser/worker.js
+++ b/src/browser/worker.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 const check = require('check-types');
 const workerUtils = require('../common/workerUtils');
 
+let TesseractCore = null;
+
 /*
  * register message handler
  */
@@ -26,21 +28,24 @@ workerUtils.setAdapter({
   getCore: (corePath, res) => {
     if (check.undefined(global.TesseractCore)) {
       res.progress({ status: 'loading tesseract core', progress: 0 });
-      global.importScripts(corePath);
+      // global.importScripts(corePath);
       /*
        * Depending on whether the browser supports WebAssembly,
        * the version of the TesseractCore will be different.
        */
-      if (check.not.undefined(global.TesseractCoreWASM) && typeof WebAssembly === 'object') {
-        global.TesseractCore = global.TesseractCoreWASM;
-      } else if (check.not.undefined(global.TesseractCoreASM)) {
-        global.TesseractCore = global.TesseractCoreASM;
-      } else {
-        throw Error('Failed to load TesseractCore');
-      }
+      /*
+       *if (check.not.undefined(global.TesseractCoreWASM) && typeof WebAssembly === 'object') {
+       *  global.TesseractCore = global.TesseractCoreWASM;
+       *} else if (check.not.undefined(global.TesseractCoreASM)) {
+       *  global.TesseractCore = global.TesseractCoreASM;
+       *} else {
+       *  throw Error('Failed to load TesseractCore');
+       *}
+       */
+      TesseractCore = require('tesseract.js-core/tesseract-core.wasm.js');
       res.progress({ status: 'loading tesseract core', progress: 1 });
     }
-    return global.TesseractCore;
+    return TesseractCore;
   },
   b64toU8Array: s => new Uint8Array(atob(s).split('').map(c => c.charCodeAt(0))),
   writeFile: (path, data, type) => {