diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/handle_cache.c b/src/api-impl-jni/handle_cache.c
index ead408ec..7235fee7 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/handle_cache.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/handle_cache.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void set_up_handle_cache(JNIEnv *env)
 	handle_cache.view_group.dispatchTouchEvent = _METHOD(handle_cache.view_group.class, "dispatchTouchEvent", "(Landroid/view/MotionEvent;)Z");
 
 	handle_cache.asset_manager.class = _REF((*env)->FindClass(env, "android/content/res/AssetManager"));
-	handle_cache.asset_manager.extractFromAPK = _STATIC_METHOD(handle_cache.asset_manager.class, "extractFromAPK", "(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V");
+	handle_cache.asset_manager.extractFromAPK = _STATIC_METHOD(handle_cache.asset_manager.class, "extractFromAPK", "(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V");
 
 	handle_cache.context.class = _REF((*env)->FindClass(env, "android/content/Context"));
 	if((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env))
diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/util.c b/src/api-impl-jni/util.c
index 39f16fdb..aa7e9253 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/util.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/util.c
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ void _gdb_force_java_stack_trace(void)
 	(*env)->ExceptionClear(env);
 }
 
+extern char *apk_path;
 void extract_from_apk(const char *path, const char *target) {
 	JNIEnv *env = get_jni_env();
-	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, handle_cache.asset_manager.class, handle_cache.asset_manager.extractFromAPK, _JSTRING(path), _JSTRING(target));
+	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, handle_cache.asset_manager.class, handle_cache.asset_manager.extractFromAPK, _JSTRING(apk_path), _JSTRING(path), _JSTRING(target));
 }
 
 /* logging with fallback to stderr */
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/content/res/AssetManager.java b/src/api-impl/android/content/res/AssetManager.java
index a3a16d6e..2ec036cb 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/content/res/AssetManager.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/content/res/AssetManager.java
@@ -612,14 +612,14 @@ public final class AssetManager {
 
 	private native final int addAssetPathNative(String path);
 
-	public static void extractFromAPK(String path, String target) throws IOException {
+	public static void extractFromAPK(String apk_path, String path, String target) throws IOException {
 		if (path.endsWith("/")) { // directory
-			try (JarFile apk = new JarFile(Context.this_application.getPackageCodePath())) {
+			try (JarFile apk = new JarFile(apk_path)) {
 				Enumeration<JarEntry> entries = apk.entries();
 				while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
 					JarEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
 					if (entry.getName().startsWith(path)) {
-						extractFromAPK(entry.getName(), entry.getName().replace(path, target));
+						extractFromAPK(apk_path, entry.getName(), entry.getName().replace(path, target));
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/media/SoundPool.java b/src/api-impl/android/media/SoundPool.java
index a15d88d4..933089ea 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/media/SoundPool.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/media/SoundPool.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package android.media;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public class SoundPool {
 	}
 
 	public int load(AssetFileDescriptor afd, int priority) throws IOException {
-		AssetManager.extractFromAPK(afd.fileName, afd.fileName);
+		AssetManager.extractFromAPK(Context.this_application.getPackageCodePath(), afd.fileName, afd.fileName);
 		return nativeLoad(nativePool, android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/" + afd.fileName);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main-executable/main.c b/src/main-executable/main.c
index d3d78dde..545da00f 100644
--- a/src/main-executable/main.c
+++ b/src/main-executable/main.c
@@ -532,16 +532,16 @@ static void open(GtkApplication *app, GFile **files, gint nfiles, const gchar *h
 
 	prepare_main_looper(env);
 
+	/* extract native libraries from apk*/
+	if (!getenv("ATL_SKIP_NATIVES_EXTRACTION"))
+		extract_from_apk("lib/" NATIVE_ARCH "/", "lib/");
+
 	// construct Application
 	application_object = (*env)->CallStaticObjectMethod(env, handle_cache.context.class,
 	                                                    _STATIC_METHOD(handle_cache.context.class, "createApplication", "(J)Landroid/app/Application;"), window);
 	if ((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env))
 		(*env)->ExceptionDescribe(env);
 
-	/* extract native libraries from apk*/
-	if (!getenv("ATL_SKIP_NATIVES_EXTRACTION"))
-		extract_from_apk("lib/" NATIVE_ARCH "/", "lib/");
-
 	jclass content_provider = (*env)->FindClass(env, "android/content/ContentProvider");
 	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, content_provider, _STATIC_METHOD(content_provider, "createContentProviders", "()V"));
 	if ((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env))