diff --git a/crates/egui/src/context.rs b/crates/egui/src/context.rs
index aca9d2baa48..4cf69f69259 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/context.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/context.rs
@@ -2018,7 +2018,10 @@ impl Context {
     pub fn try_load_bytes(&self, uri: &str) -> load::BytesLoadResult {
         crate::profile_function!();
 
-        for loader in self.loaders().bytes.lock().iter() {
+        let loaders = self.loaders();
+        let loaders = loaders.bytes.lock();
+
+        for loader in loaders.iter() {
             match loader.load(self, uri) {
                 Err(load::LoadError::NotSupported) => continue,
                 result => return result,
@@ -2103,7 +2106,8 @@ impl Context {
         Err(load::LoadError::NotSupported)
     }
 
-    fn loaders(&self) -> Arc<Loaders> {
+    /// The loaders of bytes, images, and textures.
+    pub fn loaders(&self) -> Arc<Loaders> {
         crate::profile_function!();
         self.read(|this| this.loaders.clone())
     }
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/load.rs b/crates/egui/src/load.rs
index 8e77d15c897..9e0933b031d 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/load.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/load.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub enum LoadError {
     /// There are no image loaders installed.
     NoImageLoaders,
 
-    /// This loader does not support this protocol or image format.
+    /// This loader does not support this schema, protocol or image format.
     NotSupported,
 
     /// A custom error message (e.g. "File not found: foo.png").
@@ -487,7 +487,8 @@ type ImageLoaderImpl = Arc<dyn ImageLoader + Send + Sync + 'static>;
 type TextureLoaderImpl = Arc<dyn TextureLoader + Send + Sync + 'static>;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct Loaders {
+/// The loaders of bytes, images, and textures.
+pub struct Loaders {
     pub include: Arc<DefaultBytesLoader>,
     pub bytes: Mutex<Vec<BytesLoaderImpl>>,
     pub image: Mutex<Vec<ImageLoaderImpl>>,