diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f7731f0af4..e32e77d68d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 0.5.0+1
+* [bug] fixed an issue running dartdoc as a pub global activated snapshot
+
 ## 0.5.0
 * [health] remove calls to deprecated methods
 * [health] remove workaround when sorting empty iterable
diff --git a/lib/dartdoc.dart b/lib/dartdoc.dart
index cb213015cb..d4e29957e0 100644
--- a/lib/dartdoc.dart
+++ b/lib/dartdoc.dart
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export 'src/package_meta.dart';
 
 const String name = 'dartdoc';
 // Update when pubspec version changes.
-const String version = '0.5.0';
+const String version = '0.5.0+1';
 
 final String defaultOutDir = 'doc${Platform.pathSeparator}api';
 
diff --git a/lib/resource_loader.dart b/lib/resource_loader.dart
index 345c03a51d..38175765a3 100644
--- a/lib/resource_loader.dart
+++ b/lib/resource_loader.dart
@@ -26,11 +26,15 @@ Future<String> loadAsString(String path) {
   if (!path.startsWith('package:')) {
     throw new ArgumentError('path must begin with package:');
   }
-  return new Resource(path).readAsString().catchError((_) async {
-    // TODO: Remove once https://github.com/dart-lang/pub/issues/22 is fixed.
-    var bytes = await _doLoad(path);
-    return new String.fromCharCodes(bytes);
-  });
+
+  try {
+    return new Resource(path).readAsString().catchError((_) {
+      // TODO: Remove once https://github.com/dart-lang/pub/issues/22 is fixed.
+      return _doLoad(path).then((bytes) => new String.fromCharCodes(bytes));
+    });
+  } catch (_) {
+    return _doLoad(path).then((bytes) => new String.fromCharCodes(bytes));
+  }
 }
 
 /// Loads a `package:` resource as an [List<int>].
@@ -39,10 +43,12 @@ Future<List<int>> loadAsBytes(String path) {
     throw new ArgumentError('path must begin with package:');
   }
 
-  return new Resource(path).readAsBytes().catchError((_) {
+  try {
     // TODO: Remove once https://github.com/dart-lang/pub/issues/22 is fixed.
+    return new Resource(path).readAsBytes().catchError((_) => _doLoad(path));
+  } catch (_) {
     return _doLoad(path);
-  });
+  }
 }
 
 /// Determine how to do the load. HTTP? Snapshotted? From source?
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 4fbcb081c9..929756d5ac 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: dartdoc
 # Also update the `version` field in lib/dartdoc.dart.
-version: 0.5.0
+version: 0.5.0+1
 author: Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>
 description: A documentation generator for Dart.
 homepage: https://github.com/dart-lang/dartdoc