diff --git a/scripts/diff.jl b/scripts/diff.jl
index 225ecc4f..baa3ce16 100644
--- a/scripts/diff.jl
+++ b/scripts/diff.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import YAML
+import OrderedCollections
 
 if length(ARGS) != 3
 	println("Usage: madsjl.jl diff file1.mads file2.mads")
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ function printdiff(prefix, thing1, thing2, depth)
 	end
 end
 
-f1 = YAML.load_file(ARGS[2])
-f2 = YAML.load_file(ARGS[3])
+f1 = YAML.load_file(ARGS[2]; dicttype=OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String,Any})
+f2 = YAML.load_file(ARGS[3]; dicttype=OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String,Any})
 
 printdiff("", f1, f2, 6)
diff --git a/src/MadsIO.jl b/src/MadsIO.jl
index 2ff0899a..780796fd 100644
--- a/src/MadsIO.jl
+++ b/src/MadsIO.jl
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ function loadbigyamlfile(filename::AbstractString)
 	end
 	if yamlflag
 		io = IOBuffer(join(lines[parseindeces], '\n'))
-		madsdata = YAML.load(io)
+		madsdata = YAML.load(io; dicttype=OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String,Any})
 	else
 		madsdata = OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String,Any}()
 	end
diff --git a/src/MadsYAML.jl b/src/MadsYAML.jl
index b2b8f57c..e7f7c91e 100644
--- a/src/MadsYAML.jl
+++ b/src/MadsYAML.jl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Returns:
 - data in the yaml input file
 """
 function loadyamlfile(filename::AbstractString)
-	yamldata = YAML.load_file(filename)
+	yamldata = YAML.load_file(filename; dicttype=OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String,Any})
 	return yamldata
 end