diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a4b64e7..b62fd97 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Change Log
 ==========
 
+### 2.2.0 ???
+
+* Fixed handling of `usemtl` when appearing before an `o` or `g` token. [#121](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/obj2gltf/pull/121)
+
 ### 2.1.0 2017-12-28
 
 * Fixed loading faces that contain less than 3 vertices. [#120](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/obj2gltf/pull/120)
diff --git a/lib/loadObj.js b/lib/loadObj.js
index 70f8380..1ba9842 100644
--- a/lib/loadObj.js
+++ b/lib/loadObj.js
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ function loadObj(objPath, options) {
     var node;
     var mesh;
     var primitive;
+    var activeMaterial;
 
     // All nodes seen in the obj
     var nodes = [];
@@ -120,12 +121,15 @@ function loadObj(objPath, options) {
 
     function addPrimitive() {
         primitive = new Primitive();
+        primitive.material = activeMaterial;
         mesh.primitives.push(primitive);
     }
 
     function useMaterial(name) {
-        // Look to see if this material has already been used by a primitive in the mesh
         var material = getName(name);
+        activeMaterial = material;
+
+        // Look to see if this material has already been used by a primitive in the mesh
         var primitives = mesh.primitives;
         var primitivesLength = primitives.length;
         for (var i = 0; i < primitivesLength; ++i) {
@@ -136,7 +140,6 @@ function loadObj(objPath, options) {
         }
         // Add a new primitive with this material
         addPrimitive();
-        primitive.material = getName(name);
     }
 
     function getOffset(a, attributeData, components) {
@@ -533,6 +536,12 @@ function finishLoading(nodes, mtlPaths, objPath, options) {
 function loadMtls(mtlPaths, objPath, options) {
     var objDirectory = path.dirname(objPath);
     var materials = [];
+
+    // Remove duplicates
+    mtlPaths = mtlPaths.filter(function(value, index, self) {
+        return self.indexOf(value) === index;
+    });
+
     return Promise.map(mtlPaths, function(mtlPath) {
         mtlPath = path.resolve(objDirectory, mtlPath);
         var shallowPath = path.resolve(path.join(objDirectory, path.basename(mtlPath)));
diff --git a/specs/data/box-objects-groups-materials-2/box-objects-groups-materials-2.mtl b/specs/data/box-objects-groups-materials-2/box-objects-groups-materials-2.mtl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f9b11a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/data/box-objects-groups-materials-2/box-objects-groups-materials-2.mtl
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Blender MTL File: 'box-objects.blend'
+# Material Count: 3
+
+newmtl Blue
+Ns 96.078431
+Ka 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
+Kd 0.000000 0.000000 0.640000
+Ks 0.500000 0.500000 0.500000
+Ke 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
+Ni 1.000000
+d 1.000000
+illum 2
+
+newmtl Green
+Ns 96.078431
+Ka 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
+Kd 0.000000 0.640000 0.000000
+Ks 0.500000 0.500000 0.500000
+Ke 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
+Ni 1.000000
+d 1.000000
+illum 2
+
+newmtl Red
+Ns 96.078431
+Ka 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
+Kd 0.640000 0.000000 0.000000
+Ks 0.500000 0.500000 0.500000
+Ke 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
+Ni 1.000000
+d 1.000000
+illum 2
diff --git a/specs/data/box-objects-groups-materials-2/box-objects-groups-materials-2.obj b/specs/data/box-objects-groups-materials-2/box-objects-groups-materials-2.obj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aed6a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/data/box-objects-groups-materials-2/box-objects-groups-materials-2.obj
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+# Blender v2.78 (sub 0) OBJ File: 'box-objects.blend'
+# www.blender.org
+mtllib box-objects-groups-materials-2.mtl
+usemtl Blue
+o Cube
+v -1.000000 -1.000000 -4.000000
+v -1.000000 1.000000 -4.000000
+v -1.000000 -1.000000 -6.000000
+v -1.000000 1.000000 -6.000000
+v 1.000000 -1.000000 -4.000000
+v 1.000000 1.000000 -4.000000
+v 1.000000 -1.000000 -6.000000
+v 1.000000 1.000000 -6.000000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vn -1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 0.0000 -1.0000
+vn 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
+vn 0.0000 -1.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
+g Blue
+f 1/1/1 2/2/1 4/3/1 3/4/1
+f 3/5/2 4/6/2 8/7/2 7/8/2
+f 7/9/3 8/10/3 6/11/3 5/12/3
+usemtl Green
+f 5/13/4 6/14/4 2/15/4 1/16/4
+f 3/5/5 7/17/5 5/18/5 1/16/5
+f 8/19/6 4/6/6 2/15/6 6/20/6
+v 4.000000 -1.000000 1.000000
+v 4.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+v 4.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
+v 4.000000 1.000000 -1.000000
+v 6.000000 -1.000000 1.000000
+v 6.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+v 6.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
+v 6.000000 1.000000 -1.000000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vn -1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 0.0000 -1.0000
+vn 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
+vn 0.0000 -1.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
+usemtl Green
+g Green
+f 9/21/7 10/22/7 12/23/7 11/24/7
+f 11/25/8 12/26/8 16/27/8 15/28/8
+f 15/29/9 16/30/9 14/31/9 13/32/9
+usemtl Red
+f 13/33/10 14/34/10 10/35/10 9/36/10
+f 11/25/11 15/37/11 13/38/11 9/36/11
+f 16/39/12 12/26/12 10/35/12 14/40/12
+usemtl Red
+v -1.000000 -1.000000 1.000000
+v -1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+v -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
+v -1.000000 1.000000 -1.000000
+v 1.000000 -1.000000 1.000000
+v 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+v 1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
+v 1.000000 1.000000 -1.000000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vn -1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 0.0000 -1.0000
+vn 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
+vn 0.0000 -1.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
+g Red
+f 21/53/16 22/54/16 18/55/16 17/56/16
+f 19/45/17 23/57/17 21/58/17 17/56/17
+f 24/59/18 20/46/18 18/55/18 22/60/18
+usemtl Blue
+f 17/41/13 18/42/13 20/43/13 19/44/13
+f 19/45/14 20/46/14 24/47/14 23/48/14
+f 23/49/15 24/50/15 22/51/15 21/52/15
diff --git a/specs/lib/loadObjSpec.js b/specs/lib/loadObjSpec.js
index ea6004b..572ae3d 100644
--- a/specs/lib/loadObjSpec.js
+++ b/specs/lib/loadObjSpec.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ var objTrianglesPath = 'specs/data/box-triangles/box-triangles.obj';
 var objObjectsPath = 'specs/data/box-objects/box-objects.obj';
 var objGroupsPath = 'specs/data/box-groups/box-groups.obj';
 var objObjectsGroupsPath = 'specs/data/box-objects-groups/box-objects-groups.obj';
+var objObjectsGroupsMaterialsPath = 'specs/data/box-objects-groups-materials/box-objects-groups-materials.obj';
+var objObjectsGroupsMaterialsPath2 = 'specs/data/box-objects-groups-materials-2/box-objects-groups-materials-2.obj';
 var objUsemtlPath = 'specs/data/box-usemtl/box-usemtl.obj';
 var objNoMaterialsPath = 'specs/data/box-no-materials/box-no-materials.obj';
 var objMultipleMaterialsPath = 'specs/data/box-multiple-materials/box-multiple-materials.obj';
@@ -194,6 +196,41 @@ describe('loadObj', function() {
             }), done).toResolve();
     });
 
+    function loadsObjWithObjectsGroupsAndMaterials(data) {
+        var nodes = data.nodes;
+        expect(nodes.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(nodes[0].name).toBe('Cube');
+        var meshes = getMeshes(data);
+        expect(meshes.length).toBe(3);
+        expect(meshes[0].name).toBe('Blue');
+        expect(meshes[1].name).toBe('Green');
+        expect(meshes[2].name).toBe('Red');
+        var primitives = getPrimitives(data);
+        expect(primitives.length).toBe(6);
+        expect(primitives[0].material).toBe('Blue');
+        expect(primitives[1].material).toBe('Green');
+        expect(primitives[2].material).toBe('Green');
+        expect(primitives[3].material).toBe('Red');
+        expect(primitives[4].material).toBe('Red');
+        expect(primitives[5].material).toBe('Blue');
+    }
+
+    it('loads obj with objects, groups, and materials', function(done) {
+        expect(loadObj(objObjectsGroupsMaterialsPath, options)
+            .then(function(data) {
+                loadsObjWithObjectsGroupsAndMaterials(data);
+            }), done).toResolve();
+    });
+
+    it('loads obj with objects, groups, and materials (2)', function(done) {
+        // The usemtl lines are placed in an unordered fashion but
+        // should produce the same result as the previous test
+        expect(loadObj(objObjectsGroupsMaterialsPath2, options)
+            .then(function(data) {
+                loadsObjWithObjectsGroupsAndMaterials(data);
+            }), done).toResolve();
+    });
+
     it('loads obj with concave face containing 5 vertices', function(done) {
         expect(loadObj(objConcavePath, options)
             .then(function(data) {