diff --git a/project/src/backend/sdl/SDLApplication.cpp b/project/src/backend/sdl/SDLApplication.cpp
index d02d8c437..1d8625505 100644
--- a/project/src/backend/sdl/SDLApplication.cpp
+++ b/project/src/backend/sdl/SDLApplication.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #include "SDLApplication.h"
 
+#ifdef HX_MACOS
+#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
+#endif
+
 
 namespace lime {
 	
@@ -18,6 +22,18 @@ namespace lime {
 		
 		SDL_Init (SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_TIMER);
 		
+		#ifdef HX_MACOS
+		// set working directory for OS X
+		CFURLRef resourcesURL = CFBundleCopyResourcesDirectoryURL (CFBundleGetMainBundle ());
+		char path[PATH_MAX];
+		if (CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation (resourcesURL, TRUE, (UInt8 *)path, PATH_MAX)) {
+			
+			chdir(path);
+			
+		}
+		CFRelease(resourcesURL);
+		#endif
+
 		currentUpdate = 0;
 		lastUpdate = 0;
 		nextUpdate = 0;
@@ -314,4 +330,4 @@ namespace lime {
 	}
 	
 	
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/templates/haxe/DefaultAssetLibrary.hx b/templates/haxe/DefaultAssetLibrary.hx
index c72f1b8f9..23abb10e1 100644
--- a/templates/haxe/DefaultAssetLibrary.hx
+++ b/templates/haxe/DefaultAssetLibrary.hx
@@ -71,11 +71,7 @@ class DefaultAssetLibrary extends AssetLibrary {
 			
 			if (Sys.args ().indexOf ("-livereload") > -1) {
 				
-				#if mac
-				var path = FileSystem.fullPath ("../Resources/manifest");
-				#else
 				var path = FileSystem.fullPath ("manifest");
-				#end
 				lastModified = FileSystem.stat (path).mtime.getTime ();
 				
 				timer = new Timer (2000);