diff --git a/Source/Engine/Engine/NativeInterop.Unmanaged.cs b/Source/Engine/Engine/NativeInterop.Unmanaged.cs
index 3ebe0742a..9fb9d02fe 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Engine/NativeInterop.Unmanaged.cs
+++ b/Source/Engine/Engine/NativeInterop.Unmanaged.cs
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ namespace FlaxEngine.Interop
         }
 
         [UnmanagedCallersOnly]
-        internal static ManagedHandle LoadAssemblyImage(IntPtr data, int len, IntPtr assemblyPathPtr, IntPtr* assemblyName, IntPtr* assemblyFullName)
+        internal static ManagedHandle LoadAssemblyImage(IntPtr assemblyPathPtr, IntPtr* assemblyName, IntPtr* assemblyFullName)
         {
             if (!firstAssemblyLoaded)
             {
@@ -786,24 +786,27 @@ namespace FlaxEngine.Interop
             }
 
             string assemblyPath = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(assemblyPathPtr);
-
-            byte[] raw = new byte[len];
-            Marshal.Copy(data, raw, 0, len);
-
-            using MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(raw);
+            
             Assembly assembly;
-#if !BUILD_RELEASE
+#if FLAX_EDITOR
+            // Load assembly from loaded bytes to prevent file locking in Editor
+            var assemblyBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(assemblyPath);
+            using MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(assemblyBytes);
             var pdbPath = Path.ChangeExtension(assemblyPath, "pdb");
             if (File.Exists(pdbPath))
             {
+                // Load including debug symbols
                 using FileStream pdbStream = new FileStream(Path.ChangeExtension(assemblyPath, "pdb"), FileMode.Open);
                 assembly = scriptingAssemblyLoadContext.LoadFromStream(stream, pdbStream);
             }
             else
-#endif
             {
                 assembly = scriptingAssemblyLoadContext.LoadFromStream(stream);
             }
+#else
+            // Load assembly from file
+            assembly = scriptingAssemblyLoadContext.LoadFromAssemblyPath(assemblyPath);
+#endif
             if (assembly == null)
                 return new ManagedHandle();
             NativeLibrary.SetDllImportResolver(assembly, NativeLibraryImportResolver);
diff --git a/Source/Engine/Scripting/Runtime/DotNet.cpp b/Source/Engine/Scripting/Runtime/DotNet.cpp
index 1330ad446..e6a7dfeb7 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Scripting/Runtime/DotNet.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Scripting/Runtime/DotNet.cpp
@@ -662,16 +662,12 @@ bool MAssembly::LoadCorlib()
 
 bool MAssembly::LoadImage(const String& assemblyPath, const StringView& nativePath)
 {
-    // Load assembly file data
-    Array<byte> data;
-    File::ReadAllBytes(assemblyPath, data);
-
     // Open .Net assembly
     const StringAnsi assemblyPathAnsi = assemblyPath.ToStringAnsi();
     const char* name;
     const char* fullname;
     static void* LoadAssemblyImagePtr = GetStaticMethodPointer(TEXT("LoadAssemblyImage"));
-    _handle = CallStaticMethod<void*, char*, int, const char*, const char**, const char**>(LoadAssemblyImagePtr, (char*)data.Get(), data.Count(), assemblyPathAnsi.Get(), &name, &fullname);
+    _handle = CallStaticMethod<void*, const char*, const char**, const char**>(LoadAssemblyImagePtr, assemblyPathAnsi.Get(), &name, &fullname);
     _name = name;
     _fullname = fullname;
     MCore::GC::FreeMemory((void*)name);