diff --git a/src/loaders/lottie/tvgLottieLoader.cpp b/src/loaders/lottie/tvgLottieLoader.cpp
index 37314f42..2e1c5513 100644
--- a/src/loaders/lottie/tvgLottieLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/loaders/lottie/tvgLottieLoader.cpp
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ bool LottieLoader::open(const char* data, uint32_t size, bool copy)
         const_cast<char*>(content)[size] = '\0';
     } else content = data;
 
+    this->dirName = strdup(".");
+
     this->size = size;
     this->copy = copy;