diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
index d4f704bce8..d6b15fcd5e 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ open class UncivGame(val isConsoleMode: Boolean = false) : Game(), PlatformSpeci
     /** The new game info may have different mods or rulesets, which may use different resources that need to be loaded. */
     private suspend fun initializeResources(newGameInfo: GameInfo) {
         withGLContext {
-            ImageGetter.setNewRuleset(newGameInfo.ruleset)
+            ImageGetter.setNewRuleset(newGameInfo.ruleset, true)
         }
         val fullModList = newGameInfo.gameParameters.getModsAndBaseRuleset()
         musicController.setModList(fullModList)
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ open class UncivGame(val isConsoleMode: Boolean = false) : Game(), PlatformSpeci
         // Re-initialize translations, images etc. that may have been 'lost' when we were playing around in NewGameScreen
         val ruleset = worldScreen.gameInfo.ruleset
         translations.translationActiveMods = ruleset.mods
-        ImageGetter.setNewRuleset(ruleset)
+        ImageGetter.setNewRuleset(ruleset, true)
 
         setScreen(worldScreen)
         return worldScreen
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/images/ImageGetter.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/images/ImageGetter.kt
index 8724ef92be..bb2dac1a1c 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/images/ImageGetter.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/images/ImageGetter.kt
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ object ImageGetter {
     fun reloadImages() = setNewRuleset(ruleset)
 
     /** Required every time the ruleset changes, in order to load mod-specific images */
-    fun setNewRuleset(ruleset: Ruleset) {
+    fun setNewRuleset(ruleset: Ruleset, ignoreIfModsAreEqual: Boolean = false) {
+        if (ignoreIfModsAreEqual && ruleset.mods == ImageGetter.ruleset.mods)
+            return
+            
         ImageGetter.ruleset = ruleset
         textureRegionDrawables.clear()