diff --git a/src/Util.cpp b/src/Util.cpp
index 79fe55bcf..888ffbbb5 100644
--- a/src/Util.cpp
+++ b/src/Util.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "Util.h"
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
 std::string strToUpper(const char* from)
 {
@@ -59,3 +60,11 @@ Eigen::Vector2f roundVector(const Eigen::Vector2f& vec)
 	ret[1] = round(ret[1]);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+std::string getCanonicalPath(const std::string& path)
+{
+	if(boost::filesystem::exists(path))
+		return boost::filesystem::canonical(path).generic_string();
+	else
+		return "";
+}
diff --git a/src/Util.h b/src/Util.h
index c057cb747..254520619 100644
--- a/src/Util.h
+++ b/src/Util.h
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ Eigen::Vector3f roundVector(const Eigen::Vector3f& vec);
 Eigen::Vector2f roundVector(const Eigen::Vector2f& vec);
 
 float round(float num);
+
+std::string getCanonicalPath(const std::string& str);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp b/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp
index 9da04aab7..09fbfeb82 100644
--- a/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp
+++ b/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp
@@ -283,14 +283,11 @@ bool ImageComponent::hasImage()
 
 void ImageComponent::applyTheme(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme, const std::string& view, const std::string& element, unsigned int properties)
 {
-	LOG(LogInfo) << " req image [" << view << "." << element << "]  (flags: " << properties << ")";
-
 	using namespace ThemeFlags;
 
 	const ThemeData::ThemeElement* elem = theme->getElement(view, element, "image");
 	if(!elem)
 	{
-		LOG(LogInfo) << "    (missing)";
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/resources/Font.cpp b/src/resources/Font.cpp
index 9056e7f0b..0bba66bc3 100644
--- a/src/resources/Font.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/Font.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ void Font::unload(std::shared_ptr<ResourceManager>& rm)
 
 std::shared_ptr<Font> Font::get(int size, const std::string& path)
 {
-	std::pair<std::string, int> def(path.empty() ? getDefaultPath() : path, size);
+	const std::string canonicalPath = getCanonicalPath(path);
+
+	std::pair<std::string, int> def(canonicalPath.empty() ? getDefaultPath() : canonicalPath, size);
 	auto foundFont = sFontMap.find(def);
 	if(foundFont != sFontMap.end())
 	{
diff --git a/src/resources/SVGResource.cpp b/src/resources/SVGResource.cpp
index 1051303f4..f6d8608ad 100644
--- a/src/resources/SVGResource.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/SVGResource.cpp
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ void SVGResource::rasterizeAt(size_t width, size_t height)
 		mLastHeight = height;
 	}
 
-	LOG(LogInfo) << "Rasterizing \"" << mPath << "\"...";
-	LOG(LogInfo) << "  Original width: " << mSVGImage->width << ", original height: " << mSVGImage->height;
-	LOG(LogInfo) << "  width: " << width << ", height: " << height << ", scale: " << height / mSVGImage->height;
-
 	unsigned char* imagePx = (unsigned char*)malloc(width * height * 4);
 
 	NSVGrasterizer* rast = nsvgCreateRasterizer();
diff --git a/src/resources/TextureResource.cpp b/src/resources/TextureResource.cpp
index af87506b6..120f01d19 100644
--- a/src/resources/TextureResource.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/TextureResource.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include GLHEADER
 #include "../ImageIO.h"
 #include "../Renderer.h"
-
+#include "../Util.h"
 #include "SVGResource.h"
 
 std::map< TextureResource::TextureKeyType, std::weak_ptr<TextureResource> > TextureResource::sTextureMap;
@@ -102,14 +102,16 @@ std::shared_ptr<TextureResource> TextureResource::get(const std::string& path, b
 {
 	std::shared_ptr<ResourceManager>& rm = ResourceManager::getInstance();
 
-	if(path.empty())
+	const std::string canonicalPath = getCanonicalPath(path);
+
+	if(canonicalPath.empty())
 	{
 		std::shared_ptr<TextureResource> tex(new TextureResource("", tile));
 		rm->addReloadable(tex); //make sure we get properly deinitialized even though we do nothing on reinitialization
 		return tex;
 	}
 
-	TextureKeyType key(path, tile);
+	TextureKeyType key(canonicalPath, tile);
 	auto foundTexture = sTextureMap.find(key);
 	if(foundTexture != sTextureMap.end())
 	{
@@ -121,18 +123,18 @@ std::shared_ptr<TextureResource> TextureResource::get(const std::string& path, b
 	std::shared_ptr<TextureResource> tex;
 
 	// is it an SVG?
-	if(path.substr(path.size() - 4, std::string::npos) == ".svg")
+	if(key.first.substr(key.first.size() - 4, std::string::npos) == ".svg")
 	{
 		// probably
 		// don't add it to our map because 2 svgs might be rasterized at different sizes
-		tex = std::shared_ptr<SVGResource>(new SVGResource(path, tile));
+		tex = std::shared_ptr<SVGResource>(new SVGResource(key.first, tile));
 		sTextureList.push_back(tex); // add it to our list though
 		rm->addReloadable(tex);
 		tex->reload(rm);
 		return tex;
 	}else{
 		// normal texture
-		tex = std::shared_ptr<TextureResource>(new TextureResource(path, tile));
+		tex = std::shared_ptr<TextureResource>(new TextureResource(key.first, tile));
 		sTextureMap[key] = std::weak_ptr<TextureResource>(tex);
 		sTextureList.push_back(tex);
 		rm->addReloadable(tex);