diff --git a/lib/fontello_rails_converter/railtie.rb b/lib/fontello_rails_converter/railtie.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/fontello_rails_converter/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/fontello_rails_converter/railtie.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module FontelloRailsConverter
   class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
     rake_tasks do
-      require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../tasks/fontello_rails_converter.rake')
+      load File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../tasks/fontello_rails_converter.rake')
     end
   end
 end
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fix loading of the rake task.  turns out require will try to add an .rb extension to the loaded file