diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
index 90085c5b77..0ac628ed1e 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ open class UncivGame(val isConsoleMode: Boolean = false) : Game(), PlatformSpeci
 
         ImageGetter.resetAtlases()
         ImageGetter.setNewRuleset(ImageGetter.ruleset)  // This needs to come after the settings, since we may have default visual mods
-        val availableTileSets = ImageGetter.getAvailableTilesets().toSet()
-            .intersect(TileSetCache.getAvailableTilesets().toSet())
+        val imageGetterTilesets = ImageGetter.getAvailableTilesets()
+        val availableTileSets = TileSetCache.getAvailableTilesets(imageGetterTilesets)
         if (settings.tileSet !in availableTileSets) { // If the configured tileset is no longer available, default back
             settings.tileSet = Constants.defaultTileset
         }
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/models/tilesets/TileSetCache.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/models/tilesets/TileSetCache.kt
index f5def6a385..238a0f42c6 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/models/tilesets/TileSetCache.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/models/tilesets/TileSetCache.kt
@@ -82,18 +82,19 @@ object TileSetCache : HashMap<String, TileSet>() {
     }
 
     /** Determines potentially available TileSets - by scanning for TileSet jsons.
-     *
      *  Available before initialization finishes.
-     *  To get more reliable info, either wait until `this` is fully initialized,
-     *  or intersect with [ImageGetter.getAvailableTilesets]
      */
-    fun getAvailableTilesets() = sequence<FileHandle> {
-        yieldAll(FileHandle("jsons/TileSets").list().asIterable())
-        for (modFolder in FileHandle("mods").list()) {
-            if (!modFolder.isDirectory || modFolder.name().startsWith('.'))
-                continue
-            yieldAll(modFolder.child("jsons/TileSets").list().asIterable())
-        }
-    }.filter { it.exists() }
-    .map { it.nameWithoutExtension().removeSuffix("Config") }
+    fun getAvailableTilesets(imageGetterTilesets:Sequence<String>): Set<String> {
+        val modTilesetConfigFiles = Gdx.files.local("mods").list().asSequence()
+            .filter { it.isDirectory && !it.name().startsWith('.') }
+            .flatMap { it.child("jsons/TileSets").list().asSequence() }
+
+        val builtinTilesetConfigFiles = imageGetterTilesets
+            .map { Gdx.files.internal("jsons/TileSets/$it.json") }
+
+        return (builtinTilesetConfigFiles + modTilesetConfigFiles)
+            .filter { it.exists() }
+            .map { it.nameWithoutExtension().removeSuffix("Config") }
+            .toSet()
+    }
 }