diff --git a/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.cpp b/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.cpp
index 5e66a59965..80b7a096bc 100644
--- a/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.cpp
+++ b/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ void DataManager::setResourcePath(const std::string &path)
     mResourcePath = path;
 }
 
-DataManager::DataManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs)
-    : mVfs(vfs)
+DataManager::DataManager(const std::string& resourcePath, const VFS::Manager* vfs)
+    : mResourcePath(resourcePath)
+    , mVfs(vfs)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.hpp b/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.hpp
index 0763ac0043..000c3ca1dd 100644
--- a/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.hpp
+++ b/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace osgMyGUI
 class DataManager : public MyGUI::DataManager
 {
 public:
-    DataManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs);
+    explicit DataManager(const std::string& path, const VFS::Manager* vfs);
 
     void setResourcePath(const std::string& path);
 
diff --git a/components/myguiplatform/myguiplatform.cpp b/components/myguiplatform/myguiplatform.cpp
index 54d7cb17d0..203de195f4 100644
--- a/components/myguiplatform/myguiplatform.cpp
+++ b/components/myguiplatform/myguiplatform.cpp
@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@ Platform::Platform(osgViewer::Viewer *viewer, osg::Group* guiRoot, Resource::Ima
     const VFS::Manager* vfs, float uiScalingFactor, const std::string& resourcePath, const std::string& logName)
     : mLogFacility(logName.empty() ? nullptr : std::make_unique<LogFacility>(logName, false))
     , mLogManager(std::make_unique<MyGUI::LogManager>())
-    , mDataManager(std::make_unique<DataManager>(vfs))
+    , mDataManager(std::make_unique<DataManager>(resourcePath, vfs))
     , mRenderManager(std::make_unique<RenderManager>(viewer, guiRoot, imageManager, uiScalingFactor))
 {
     if (mLogFacility != nullptr)
         mLogManager->addLogSource(mLogFacility->getSource());
 
-    mDataManager->setResourcePath(resourcePath);
-
     mRenderManager->initialise();
 }