diff --git a/src/libui_sdl/Platform.cpp b/src/libui_sdl/Platform.cpp
index 89429270..8b83a014 100644
--- a/src/libui_sdl/Platform.cpp
+++ b/src/libui_sdl/Platform.cpp
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ FILE* OpenDataFile(const char* path)
         }
         free(fullpath);
     }
+
+	FILE* f = fopen(path, "rb");
+	if (f) return f;
     
     return NULL;
 }