diff --git a/core/art.js b/core/art.js
index d709d366..38594985 100644
--- a/core/art.js
+++ b/core/art.js
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ function sliceAtEOF(data, eofMarker) {
             break;
         }
     }
+    if(eof === data.length || eof < 128) {
+        return data;
+    }
     return data.slice(0, eof);
 }
 
@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ function getArt(name, options, cb) {
 
     //  If an extension is provided, just read the file now
     if('' !== ext) {
-        const directPath = paths.join(options.basePath, name);
+        const directPath = paths.isAbsolute(name) ? name : paths.join(options.basePath, name);
         return getArtFromPath(directPath, options, cb);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/theme.js b/core/theme.js
index 9978fde3..8460cf24 100644
--- a/core/theme.js
+++ b/core/theme.js
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ function getThemeArt(options, cb) {
     //  :TODO: replace asAnsi stuff with something like retrieveAs = 'ansi' | 'pipe' | ...
     //  :TODO: Some of these options should only be set if not provided!
     options.asAnsi      = true; //  always convert to ANSI
-    options.readSauce   = true; //  read SAUCE, if avail
+    options.readSauce   = _.get(options, 'readSauce', true); //  read SAUCE, if avail
     options.random      = _.get(options, 'random', true);   //  FILENAME<n>.EXT support
 
     //