diff --git a/spine-corona/spine-corona/spine.lua b/spine-corona/spine-corona/spine.lua
index 36c9b684c..bc565e2e8 100644
--- a/spine-corona/spine-corona/spine.lua
+++ b/spine-corona/spine-corona/spine.lua
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 
 spine = {}
 
+if (system.getInfo("environment") == "simulator") then
+	package.path = package.path .. ";".. system.pathForFile("../") .. "/?.lua"
+end
+
 spine.utils = require "spine-lua.utils"
 spine.SkeletonJson = require "spine-lua.SkeletonJson"
 spine.SkeletonData = require "spine-lua.SkeletonData"
@@ -108,8 +112,18 @@ function spine.Skeleton.new (skeletonData, group)
 					image.x = slot.bone.worldX + attachment.x * slot.bone.m00 + attachment.y * slot.bone.m01
 					image.y = -(slot.bone.worldY + attachment.x * slot.bone.m10 + attachment.y * slot.bone.m11)
 					image.rotation = -(slot.bone.worldRotation + attachment.rotation)
-					image.xScale = slot.bone.worldScaleX + attachment.scaleX - 1
-					image.yScale = slot.bone.worldScaleY + attachment.scaleY - 1
+
+					-- fix scaling when attachment is rotated 90 degrees
+					local rot = math.abs(attachment.rotation) % 180
+					if (rot == 90) then
+					    image.xScale = slot.bone.worldScaleY * attachment.scaleX
+					    image.yScale = slot.bone.worldScaleX * attachment.scaleY
+					else
+					    --if (rot ~= 0 and (slot.bone.worldScaleX ~= 1 or slot.bone.worldScaleY ~= 1)) then print("WARNING: Scaling bones with attachments not rotated to the cardinal angles will not work as expected in Corona!") end
+					    image.xScale = slot.bone.worldScaleX * attachment.scaleX
+					    image.yScale = slot.bone.worldScaleY * attachment.scaleY
+					end
+
 					if self.flipX then
 						image.xScale = -image.xScale
 						image.rotation = -image.rotation