diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
index 3319e975cc..716612f745 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 namespace MWLua
 {
 
-    LuaManager::LuaManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs, const std::string& libsDir) : mLua(vfs, &mConfiguration), mI18n(vfs, &mLua)
+    LuaManager::LuaManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs, const std::string& libsDir)
+        : mLua(vfs, &mConfiguration)
+        , mUiResourceManager(vfs)
+        , mI18n(vfs, &mLua)
     {
         Log(Debug::Info) << "Lua version: " << LuaUtil::getLuaVersion();
         mLua.addInternalLibSearchPath(libsDir);
@@ -37,8 +40,6 @@ namespace MWLua
         mLocalLoader = createUserdataSerializer(true, mWorldView.getObjectRegistry(), &mContentFileMapping);
 
         mGlobalScripts.setSerializer(mGlobalSerializer.get());
-
-        mUiResourceManager = std::make_unique<LuaUi::ResourceManager>(vfs);
     }
 
     void LuaManager::initConfiguration()
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ namespace MWLua
     void LuaManager::clear()
     {
         LuaUi::clearUserInterface();
+        mUiResourceManager.clear();
         mActiveLocalScripts.clear();
         mLocalEvents.clear();
         mGlobalEvents.clear();
@@ -472,7 +474,8 @@ namespace MWLua
     {
         Log(Debug::Info) << "Reload Lua";
 
-        LuaUi::clearUserInterface(); 
+        LuaUi::clearUserInterface();
+        mUiResourceManager.clear();
         mLua.dropScriptCache();
         initConfiguration();
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
index fecb9478e0..fed6dc9dc7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
@@ -91,18 +91,17 @@ namespace MWLua
             return [this, c](Arg arg) { this->queueCallback(c, sol::make_object(c.mFunc.lua_state(), arg)); };
         }
 
-        LuaUi::ResourceManager* uiResourceManager() { return mUiResourceManager.get(); }
+        LuaUi::ResourceManager* uiResourceManager() { return &mUiResourceManager; }
 
     private:
         void initConfiguration();
         LocalScripts* createLocalScripts(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr, ESM::LuaScriptCfg::Flags);
 
-        std::unique_ptr<LuaUi::ResourceManager> mUiResourceManager;
-
         bool mInitialized = false;
         bool mGlobalScriptsStarted = false;
         LuaUtil::ScriptsConfiguration mConfiguration;
         LuaUtil::LuaState mLua;
+        LuaUi::ResourceManager mUiResourceManager;
         LuaUtil::I18nManager mI18n;
         sol::table mNearbyPackage;
         sol::table mUserInterfacePackage;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/uibindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/uibindings.cpp
index 031bb67af0..b384994654 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/uibindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/uibindings.cpp
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ namespace MWLua
                 std::shared_ptr<LuaUi::Element> mElement;
         };
 
-        class LayerAction final : public Action
+        class InsertLayerAction final : public Action
         {
             public:
-                LayerAction(std::string_view name, std::string_view afterName,
+                InsertLayerAction(std::string_view name, std::string_view afterName,
                     LuaUi::Layers::Options options, LuaUtil::LuaState* state)
                     : Action(state)
                     , mName(name)
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         {
             LuaUi::Layers::Options options;
             options.mInteractive = LuaUtil::getValueOrDefault(LuaUtil::getFieldOrNil(opt, "interactive"), true);
-            context.mLuaManager->addAction(std::make_unique<LayerAction>(name, afterName, options, context.mLua));
+            context.mLuaManager->addAction(std::make_unique<InsertLayerAction>(name, afterName, options, context.mLua));
         };
         {
             auto pairs = [layers](const sol::object&)
@@ -283,10 +283,10 @@ namespace MWLua
         {
             LuaUi::TextureData data;
             sol::object path = LuaUtil::getFieldOrNil(options, "path");
-            if (path.is<std::string>() && !path.as<std::string>().empty())
+            if (path.is<std::string>())
                 data.mPath = path.as<std::string>();
-            else
-                throw sol::error("Invalid texture path");
+            if (data.mPath.empty())
+                throw std::logic_error("Invalid texture path");
             sol::object offset = LuaUtil::getFieldOrNil(options, "offset");
             if (offset.is<osg::Vec2f>())
                 data.mOffset = offset.as<osg::Vec2f>();
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/image.cpp b/components/lua_ui/image.cpp
index 4a25416835..69bccac1ed 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/image.cpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/image.cpp
@@ -39,13 +39,12 @@ namespace LuaUi
         MyGUI::IntCoord atlasCoord;
         if (resource)
         {
-            auto& data = resource->data();
             atlasCoord = MyGUI::IntCoord(
-                static_cast<int>(data.mOffset.x()),
-                static_cast<int>(data.mOffset.y()),
-                static_cast<int>(data.mSize.x()),
-                static_cast<int>(data.mSize.y()));
-            setImageTexture(data.mPath);
+                static_cast<int>(resource->mOffset.x()),
+                static_cast<int>(resource->mOffset.y()),
+                static_cast<int>(resource->mSize.x()),
+                static_cast<int>(resource->mSize.y()));
+            setImageTexture(resource->mPath);
         }
 
         bool tileH = propertyValue("tileH", false);
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/resources.cpp b/components/lua_ui/resources.cpp
index 92318a8a46..605c9ba58b 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/resources.cpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/resources.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ namespace LuaUi
 {
     std::shared_ptr<TextureResource> ResourceManager::registerTexture(TextureData data)
     {
-        std::string normalizedPath = vfs()->normalizeFilename(data.mPath);
-        if (!vfs()->exists(normalizedPath))
+        std::string normalizedPath = mVfs->normalizeFilename(data.mPath);
+        if (!mVfs->exists(normalizedPath))
         {
             auto error = Misc::StringUtils::format("Texture with path \"%s\" doesn't exist", data.mPath);
             throw std::logic_error(error);
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@ namespace LuaUi
         list.push_back(std::make_shared<TextureResource>(data));
         return list.back();
     }
+
+    void ResourceManager::clear()
+    {
+        mTextures.clear();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/resources.hpp b/components/lua_ui/resources.hpp
index da9d566273..cabcd63bf4 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/resources.hpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/resources.hpp
@@ -22,18 +22,8 @@ namespace LuaUi
         osg::Vec2f mSize;
     };
 
-    class TextureResource
-    {
-        public:
-            TextureResource(TextureData data)
-                : mData(data)
-            {}
-
-            const TextureData& data() { return mData; }
-
-        private:
-            TextureData mData;
-    };
+    // will have more/different data when automated atlasing is supported
+    using TextureResource = TextureData;
 
     class ResourceManager
     {
@@ -43,10 +33,9 @@ namespace LuaUi
             {}
 
             std::shared_ptr<TextureResource> registerTexture(TextureData data);
+            void clear();
 
         private:
-            const VFS::Manager* vfs() const { return mVfs; }
-
             const VFS::Manager* mVfs;
             using TextureResources = std::vector<std::shared_ptr<TextureResource>>;
             std::unordered_map<std::string, TextureResources> mTextures;