diff --git a/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.cpp b/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.cpp
index 47de5dad..ce2a0daf 100644
--- a/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ bool ResourceManager::addToSearchPath(const std::string& path, bool insertInFron
 
 void ResourceManager::searchAndAddPackages(const std::string& packagesDir, const std::string& packageExt, bool append)
 {
-    auto files = listDirectoryFiles(checkPath(packagesDir));
+    auto files = listDirectoryFiles(resolvePath(packagesDir));
     for(const std::string& file : files) {
         if(boost::ends_with(file, packageExt))
             addToSearchPath(packagesDir + "/" + file, !append);
@@ -77,17 +77,17 @@ void ResourceManager::searchAndAddPackages(const std::string& packagesDir, const
 
 bool ResourceManager::fileExists(const std::string& fileName)
 {
-    return (PHYSFS_exists(checkPath(fileName).c_str()) && !PHYSFS_isDirectory(checkPath(fileName).c_str()));
+    return (PHYSFS_exists(resolvePath(fileName).c_str()) && !PHYSFS_isDirectory(resolvePath(fileName).c_str()));
 }
 
 bool ResourceManager::directoryExists(const std::string& directoryName)
 {
-    return (PHYSFS_isDirectory(checkPath(directoryName).c_str()));
+    return (PHYSFS_isDirectory(resolvePath(directoryName).c_str()));
 }
 
 void ResourceManager::loadFile(const std::string& fileName, std::iostream& out)
 {
-    std::string fullPath = checkPath(fileName);
+    std::string fullPath = resolvePath(fileName);
     out.clear(std::ios::goodbit);
     PHYSFS_file* file = PHYSFS_openRead(fullPath.c_str());
     if(!file) {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ bool ResourceManager::saveFile(const std::string& fileName, const std::string& d
 
 FileStreamPtr ResourceManager::openFile(const std::string& fileName)
 {
-    std::string fullPath = checkPath(fileName);
+    std::string fullPath = resolvePath(fileName);
     PHYSFS_File* file = PHYSFS_openRead(fullPath.c_str());
     if(!file) {
         logTraceError("unable to open file '", fullPath, "': ", PHYSFS_getLastError());
@@ -175,13 +175,13 @@ FileStreamPtr ResourceManager::createFile(const std::string& fileName)
 
 bool ResourceManager::deleteFile(const std::string& fileName)
 {
-    return PHYSFS_delete(checkPath(fileName).c_str()) != 0;
+    return PHYSFS_delete(resolvePath(fileName).c_str()) != 0;
 }
 
 std::list<std::string> ResourceManager::listDirectoryFiles(const std::string& directoryPath)
 {
     std::list<std::string> files;
-    auto rc = PHYSFS_enumerateFiles(checkPath(directoryPath).c_str());
+    auto rc = PHYSFS_enumerateFiles(resolvePath(directoryPath).c_str());
 
     for(int i = 0; rc[i] != NULL; i++)
         files.push_back(rc[i]);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ std::list<std::string> ResourceManager::listDirectoryFiles(const std::string& di
     return files;
 }
 
-std::string ResourceManager::checkPath(const std::string& path)
+std::string ResourceManager::resolvePath(const std::string& path)
 {
     std::string fullPath;
     if(boost::starts_with(path, "/"))
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ std::string ResourceManager::checkPath(const std::string& path)
     }
     if(!(boost::starts_with(fullPath, "/")))
         logTraceWarning("the following file path is not fully resolved: ", path);
+    boost::replace_all(fullPath, "//", "/");
     return fullPath;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.h b/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.h
index 7edc81d5..dea54612 100644
--- a/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.h
+++ b/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:
 
     std::list<std::string> listDirectoryFiles(const std::string& directoryPath = "");
 
-    std::string checkPath(const std::string& path);
+    std::string resolvePath(const std::string& path);
     std::string getBaseDir();
 };
 
diff --git a/src/framework/graphics/texturemanager.cpp b/src/framework/graphics/texturemanager.cpp
index 633d3bc9..3eaf8480 100644
--- a/src/framework/graphics/texturemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/graphics/texturemanager.cpp
@@ -29,12 +29,15 @@
 
 TextureManager g_textures;
 
-TexturePtr TextureManager::getTexture(const std::string& textureFile)
+TexturePtr TextureManager::getTexture(const std::string& fileName)
 {
     TexturePtr texture;
 
+    // before must resolve filename to full path
+    std::string filePath = g_resources.resolvePath(fileName);
+
     // check if the texture is already loaded
-    auto it = m_textures.find(textureFile);
+    auto it = m_textures.find(filePath);
     if(it != m_textures.end()) {
         if(it->second.expired())
             m_textures.erase(it);
@@ -46,17 +49,18 @@ TexturePtr TextureManager::getTexture(const std::string& textureFile)
     if(!texture) {
         try {
             // currently only png textures are supported
-            if(!boost::ends_with(textureFile, ".png"))
+            if(!boost::ends_with(filePath, ".png"))
                 Fw::throwException("texture file format no supported");
 
             // load texture file data
             std::stringstream fin;
-            g_resources.loadFile(textureFile, fin);
+            g_resources.loadFile(filePath, fin);
             texture = loadPNG(fin);
         } catch(Exception& e) {
-            logError("unable to load texture '", textureFile, "': ", e.what());
+            logError("unable to load texture '", fileName, "': ", e.what());
             texture = g_graphics.getEmptyTexture();
         }
+        m_textures[filePath] = texture;
     }
 
     return texture;
diff --git a/src/framework/graphics/texturemanager.h b/src/framework/graphics/texturemanager.h
index fc838367..e2eb08fc 100644
--- a/src/framework/graphics/texturemanager.h
+++ b/src/framework/graphics/texturemanager.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 class TextureManager
 {
 public:
-    TexturePtr getTexture(const std::string& textureFile);
+    TexturePtr getTexture(const std::string& fileName);
 
     static TexturePtr loadPNG(std::stringstream& file);
 
diff --git a/src/framework/otml/otmldocument.cpp b/src/framework/otml/otmldocument.cpp
index b04d34a6..2235b949 100644
--- a/src/framework/otml/otmldocument.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/otml/otmldocument.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ OTMLDocumentPtr OTMLDocument::create()
 OTMLDocumentPtr OTMLDocument::parse(const std::string& fileName)
 {
     std::stringstream fin;
-    std::string source = g_resources.checkPath(fileName);
+    std::string source = g_resources.resolvePath(fileName);
     g_resources.loadFile(source, fin);
     return parse(fin, source);
 }