diff --git a/project/src/backend/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp b/project/src/backend/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp
index 9c3066e1b..68a61e7d4 100644
--- a/project/src/backend/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp
+++ b/project/src/backend/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp
@@ -1074,6 +1074,11 @@ void ProcessEvent(SDL_Event &inEvent)
 
 void CreateMainFrame(FrameCreationCallback inOnFrame, int inWidth, int inHeight, unsigned int inFlags, const char *inTitle, Surface *inIcon)
 {
+
+#ifdef HX_MACOS
+   MacBoot();
+#endif
+	
 	bool fullscreen = (inFlags & wfFullScreen) != 0;
 	bool opengl = (inFlags & wfHardware) != 0;
 	bool resizable = (inFlags & wfResizable) != 0;
diff --git a/project/src/platform/mac/MacBoot.m b/project/src/platform/mac/MacBoot.m
index 59a87a5ec..e294ee786 100644
--- a/project/src/platform/mac/MacBoot.m
+++ b/project/src/platform/mac/MacBoot.m
@@ -161,9 +161,10 @@ FILE *OpenOverwrite(const char *inName)
 /* The main class of the application, the application's delegate */
 @implementation SDLMain
 
+
 /* Set the working directory to the .app's parent directory */
 - (void) setupWorkingDirectory:(BOOL)shouldChdir
-{
+{   
     if (shouldChdir)
     {
         //char parentdir[MAXPATHLEN];
@@ -177,11 +178,16 @@ FILE *OpenOverwrite(const char *inName)
 		  
 		CFBundleRef mainBundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
 		CFURLRef resourcesURL = CFBundleCopyResourcesDirectoryURL(mainBundle);
+
+        // NSLog( @"%s\n", CFStringGetCStringPtr(CFURLGetString(resourcesURL), kCFStringEncodingASCII)  );
+
 		char path[PATH_MAX];
 		if (!CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation(resourcesURL, TRUE, (UInt8 *)path, PATH_MAX))
 		{
         	// error!
+            printf("error %s\n", path);
 		}
+
 		CFRelease(resourcesURL);
 		
 		chdir(path);
@@ -462,6 +468,7 @@ static void CustomApplicationMain (int argc, char **argv)
 
 void MacBoot()
 {
+
     //continueBoot = inFunc;
 
     /* Copy the arguments into a global variable */