diff --git a/src/image/codec/gdiplus-image.cpp b/src/image/codec/gdiplus-image.cpp
index 30e7aa2d..22756255 100644
--- a/src/image/codec/gdiplus-image.cpp
+++ b/src/image/codec/gdiplus-image.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ public:
     virtual void *GetData() const;
 
 private:
-    Gdiplus::Bitmap *bitmap;
-    Gdiplus::BitmapData bdata;
+    Gdiplus::Bitmap *m_bitmap;
+    Gdiplus::BitmapData m_bdata;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -62,39 +62,46 @@ bool GdiPlusImageData::Open(char const *path)
         return false;
     }
 
-    String fullpath = String(System::GetDataDir()) + String(path);
-    size_t len;
-    len = mbstowcs(NULL, &fullpath[0], 0);
-    wchar_t *wpath = new wchar_t[len + 1];
-    if (mbstowcs(wpath, &fullpath[0], len + 1) == (size_t)-1)
+    Array<String> pathlist = System::GetPathList(path);
+    m_bitmap = NULL;
+    for (int i = 0; i < pathlist.Count(); ++i)
     {
+        size_t len;
+        len = mbstowcs(NULL, pathlist[i].C(), 0);
+        wchar_t *wpath = new wchar_t[len + 1];
+        if (mbstowcs(wpath, pathlist[i].C(), len + 1) == (size_t)-1)
+        {
 #if !LOL_RELEASE
-        Log::Error("invalid image name %s\n", &fullpath[0]);
+            Log::Error("invalid image name %s\n", pathlist[i].C());
 #endif
-        delete[] wpath;
-        return false;
-    }
+            delete[] wpath;
+            continue;
+        }
 
-    bitmap = NULL;
-    status = Gdiplus::Ok;
-    bitmap = Gdiplus::Bitmap::FromFile(wpath, 0);
-    if (bitmap)
-    {
-        status = bitmap->GetLastStatus();
-        if (status != Gdiplus::Ok)
+        status = Gdiplus::Ok;
+        m_bitmap = Gdiplus::Bitmap::FromFile(wpath, 0);
+
+        if (m_bitmap)
         {
+            status = m_bitmap->GetLastStatus();
+            if (status != Gdiplus::Ok)
+            {
 #if !LOL_RELEASE
-            if (status != Gdiplus::InvalidParameter)
-                Log::Error("error %d loading %s\n",
-                           status, &fullpath[0]);
+                if (status != Gdiplus::InvalidParameter)
+                    Log::Error("error %d loading %s\n",
+                               status, pathlist[i].C());
 #endif
-            delete bitmap;
-            bitmap = NULL;
+                delete m_bitmap;
+                m_bitmap = NULL;
+            }
         }
+
+        delete[] wpath;
+        if (m_bitmap)
+            break;
     }
 
-    delete[] wpath;
-    if (!bitmap)
+    if (!m_bitmap)
     {
 #if !LOL_RELEASE
         Log::Error("could not load %s\n", path);
@@ -102,24 +109,24 @@ bool GdiPlusImageData::Open(char const *path)
         return false;
     }
 
-    size = ivec2(bitmap->GetWidth(), bitmap->GetHeight());
+    size = ivec2(m_bitmap->GetWidth(), m_bitmap->GetHeight());
     format = Image::FORMAT_RGBA;
 
     Gdiplus::Rect rect(0, 0, size.x, size.y);
-    if(bitmap->LockBits(&rect, Gdiplus::ImageLockModeRead,
-                        PixelFormat32bppARGB, &bdata) != Gdiplus::Ok)
+    if(m_bitmap->LockBits(&rect, Gdiplus::ImageLockModeRead,
+                          PixelFormat32bppARGB, &m_bdata) != Gdiplus::Ok)
     {
 #if !LOL_RELEASE
         Log::Error("could not lock bits in %s\n", path);
 #endif
-        delete bitmap;
+        delete m_bitmap;
         return false;
     }
 
     /* FIXME: GDI+ doesn't know about RGBA, only ARGB. And OpenGL doesn't
      * know about ARGB, only RGBA. So we swap bytes. We could also fix
      * this in the shader. */
-    uint8_t *p = static_cast<uint8_t *>(bdata.Scan0);
+    uint8_t *p = static_cast<uint8_t *>(m_bdata.Scan0);
     for (int y = 0; y < size.y; y++)
         for (int x = 0; x < size.x; x++)
         {
@@ -134,15 +141,15 @@ bool GdiPlusImageData::Open(char const *path)
 
 bool GdiPlusImageData::Close()
 {
-    bitmap->UnlockBits(&bdata);
-    delete bitmap;
+    m_bitmap->UnlockBits(&m_bdata);
+    delete m_bitmap;
 
     return true;
 }
 
 void * GdiPlusImageData::GetData() const
 {
-    return bdata.Scan0;
+    return m_bdata.Scan0;
 }
 
 } /* namespace lol */
diff --git a/src/image/codec/sdl-image.cpp b/src/image/codec/sdl-image.cpp
index 869b0f1d..14192806 100644
--- a/src/image/codec/sdl-image.cpp
+++ b/src/image/codec/sdl-image.cpp
@@ -57,12 +57,18 @@ private:
 
 bool SdlImageData::Open(char const *path)
 {
-    String fullpath = String(System::GetDataDir()) + String(path);
-    m_img = IMG_Load(&fullpath[0]);
+    Array<String> pathlist = System::GetPathList(path);
+    for (int i = 0; i < pathlist.Count(); i++)
+    {
+        m_img = IMG_Load(pathlist[i].C());
+        if (m_img)
+            break;
+    }
+
     if (!m_img)
     {
 #if !LOL_RELEASE
-        Log::Error("could not load %s\n", &fullpath[0]);
+        Log::Error("could not load image %s\n", path);
 #endif
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/lol/sys/init.h b/src/lol/sys/init.h
index 27ff4314..3c2c459c 100644
--- a/src/lol/sys/init.h
+++ b/src/lol/sys/init.h
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ extern void Init(int argc, char *argv[],
                  String const &projectdir = LOL_CONFIG_PROJECTDIR,
                  String const &solutiondir = LOL_CONFIG_SOLUTIONDIR);
 
-extern void SetDataDir(String const &dir);
-extern String const &GetDataDir();
+extern void AddDataDir(String const &dir);
+extern Array<String> GetPathList(String const &file);
 
 } /* namespace System */
 
diff --git a/src/sample.cpp b/src/sample.cpp
index a322854d..086fc00e 100644
--- a/src/sample.cpp
+++ b/src/sample.cpp
@@ -63,12 +63,17 @@ Sample::Sample(char const *path)
     sprintf(data->name, "<sample> %s", path);
 
 #if defined USE_SDL_MIXER
-    String fullpath = String(System::GetDataDir()) + String(path);
-    data->chunk = Mix_LoadWAV(&fullpath[0]);
+    Array<String> pathlist = System::GetPathList(path);
+    for (int i = 0; i < pathlist.Count(); ++i)
+    {
+        data->chunk = Mix_LoadWAV(pathlist[0].C());
+        if (data->chunk)
+            break;
+    }
     if (!data->chunk)
     {
 #if !LOL_RELEASE
-        Log::Error("could not load %s\n", &fullpath[0]);
+        Log::Error("could not load sample %s\n", path);
 #endif
         SDL_Quit();
         exit(1);
diff --git a/src/sys/init.cpp b/src/sys/init.cpp
index 56330a6f..416f689f 100644
--- a/src/sys/init.cpp
+++ b/src/sys/init.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ namespace System
 #   define SEPARATOR '/'
 #endif
 
+static Array<String> data_dir;
+
 void Init(int argc, char *argv[],
           String const &projectdir, String const &solutiondir)
 {
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ void Init(int argc, char *argv[],
                 String rootdir = projectdir;
                 if (rootdir.Last() != SEPARATOR)
                     rootdir += SEPARATOR;
-                SetDataDir(&rootdir[0]);
+                AddDataDir(rootdir);
                 got_rootdir = true;
             }
             break;
@@ -87,28 +89,36 @@ void Init(int argc, char *argv[],
     /* If no rootdir found, use the executable location */
     if (!got_rootdir)
     {
-        SetDataDir(&binarydir[0]);
+        AddDataDir(binarydir);
         got_rootdir = true;
     }
 
-    Log::Debug("binary dir: %s\n", &binarydir[0]);
-    Log::Debug("root dir: %s\n", &GetDataDir()[0]);
+    Log::Debug("binary dir: %s\n", binarydir.C());
+    for (int i = 0; i < data_dir.Count(); ++i)
+        Log::Debug("data dir %d/%d: %s\n", i + 1, data_dir.Count(),
+                   data_dir[i].C());
 }
 
 /*
  * Data directory handling
  */
 
-String data_dir = "";
-
-void SetDataDir(String const &dir)
+void AddDataDir(String const &dir)
 {
-    data_dir = dir;
+    data_dir << dir;
 }
 
-String const &GetDataDir()
+Array<String> GetPathList(String const &file)
 {
-    return data_dir;
+    Array<String> ret;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < data_dir.Count(); ++i)
+        ret << data_dir[0] + file;
+
+    if (ret.Count() == 0)
+        ret << file;
+
+    return ret;
 }
 
 } /* namespace System */