1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/FbTk/LResource.cc b/src/FbTk/LResource.cc
index 2e2a7c7..b91f0d8 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/LResource.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/LResource.cc
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ LResourceManager::LResourceManager(const std::string &root, lua::state &l)
     lua::stack_sentry s(l);
 
     l.getfield(lua::REGISTRYINDEX, make_root);
+    if(l.isnil(-1)) {
+        l.pop();
+        initState(l);
+        l.getfield(lua::REGISTRYINDEX, make_root);
+    }
     l.pushstring(root);
     l.call(1, 0);
 }