diff --git a/packages/autoupdate/package.js b/packages/autoupdate/package.js
index e56b7ff3f3..d1a847dc4d 100644
--- a/packages/autoupdate/package.js
+++ b/packages/autoupdate/package.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Package.describe({
 });
 
 Cordova.depends({
-  'org.apache.cordova.file': '1.2.0',
+  'org.apache.cordova.file': '1.3.0',
   'org.apache.cordova.file-transfer': '0.4.4'
 });
 
diff --git a/tools/client/meteor_cordova_loader.js b/tools/client/meteor_cordova_loader.js
index 40854e061c..6fa4829c66 100644
--- a/tools/client/meteor_cordova_loader.js
+++ b/tools/client/meteor_cordova_loader.js
@@ -63,14 +63,11 @@
   };
 
   var loadStyle = function (url) {
-    var oReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    oReq.onload = function () {
-      var styleTag = document.createElement('style');
-      styleTag.innerHTML = this.responseText;
-      document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleTag);
-    };
-    oReq.open("get", url, true);
-    oReq.send();
+    var styleTag = document.createElement('link');
+    styleTag.rel = "stylesheet";
+    styleTag.type = "text/css";
+    styleTag.href = url;
+    document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleTag);
   };
 
   var loadAssetsFromManifest = function (manifest, urlPrefix) {