diff --git a/src/PiPedalUI.cpp b/src/PiPedalUI.cpp
index e840c20..3a2d637 100644
--- a/src/PiPedalUI.cpp
+++ b/src/PiPedalUI.cpp
@@ -206,10 +206,6 @@ UiFileProperty::UiFileProperty(PluginHost *pHost, const LilvNode *node, const st
     {
         this->resourceDirectory_ =  resourceDirectory.AsString();
     }
-    if (this->resourceDirectory_.empty())
-    {
-        this->resourceDirectory_ = "default";
-    }
     this->fileTypes_ = UiFileType::GetArray(pHost, node, pHost->lilvUris->pipedalUI__fileTypes);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/PluginHost.cpp b/src/PluginHost.cpp
index fb28e0b..b044fe8 100644
--- a/src/PluginHost.cpp
+++ b/src/PluginHost.cpp
@@ -1457,6 +1457,7 @@ void PluginHost::CheckForResourceInitialization(const std::string &pluginUri,con
                     resourceInfoSet.insert(ResourceInfo(fileProperty->directory(),fileProperty->resourceDirectory()));
                 }
             }
+            try {
             for (const ResourceInfo&resourceInfo: resourceInfoSet)
             {
                 std::filesystem::path sourcePath = bundlePath / resourceInfo.resourceDirectory;
@@ -1467,6 +1468,10 @@ void PluginHost::CheckForResourceInitialization(const std::string &pluginUri,con
                 }
 
             }
+            } catch (const std::exception &e)
+            {
+                Lv2Log::error(SS("CheckForResourceInitialization: " << e.what()));
+            }
         }
     }
 }