diff --git a/src/exparse.c b/src/exparse.c
index 2e5fb2e5b..c684b3719 100644
--- a/src/exparse.c
+++ b/src/exparse.c
@@ -805,7 +805,11 @@ static void start_resources(parseinfo *pi, const XML_Char *el, const XML_Char **
                     name = attr[i + 1];
                 }
                 else if (xml_strequal(attr[i], "value")) {
-                    fun = get_function(attr[i + 1]);
+                    const char *value = attr[i + 1];
+                    fun = get_function(value);
+                    if (!fun) {
+                        log_warning("no such resource function: %s", value);
+                    }
                 }
                 else {
                     handle_bad_input(pi, el, attr[i]);
diff --git a/src/processing.c b/src/processing.c
index c1ef4f102..a8db09bf7 100644
--- a/src/processing.c
+++ b/src/processing.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void run_turn(void)
         log_fatal("game.rules is null");
     }
 
+    init_resources();
     if (0 != config_read(
         path_join(path_join("conf", config_path, path, sizeof(path)), "config.json", path, sizeof(path)),
         install_path))
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ void run_turn(void)
         log_fatal("could not read JSON data");
     }
     free_gamedata();
-    init_resources();
     init_locales(init_locale);
 
     lastturn = turn;