diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index d1a5195c54..6944a22a8f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -140,12 +140,17 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			viewport = new Viewport(clientSize, map.TopLeft, map.BottomRight, Renderer);
 			world = null;	// trying to access the old world will NRE, rather than silently doing it wrong.
 			Timer.Time("viewport: {0}");
+			
+			Rules.LoadRules(Manifest,map);
+			Timer.Time( "load rules: {0}" );
+			
+			SpriteSheetBuilder.Initialize( Rules.TileSets[map.Tileset] );
+			SequenceProvider.Initialize(Manifest.Sequences);
+			Timer.Time("SeqProv: {0}");
+			
 			world = new World(Manifest, map);
 			Timer.Time("world: {0}");
 
-			SequenceProvider.Initialize(Manifest.Sequences);
-			Timer.Time("ChromeProv, SeqProv: {0}");
-
 			Timer.Time("----end LoadMap");
 			Debug("Map change {0} -> {1}".F(Game.mapName, mapName));
 		}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/World.cs b/OpenRA.Game/World.cs
index 874e0d027b..0b7c54f84b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/World.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/World.cs
@@ -80,11 +80,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			Timer.Time( "----World.ctor" );
 			Map = map;
 			
-			Rules.LoadRules(manifest,Map);
-			Timer.Time( "load rules: {0}" );
-
 			TileSet = Rules.TileSets[Map.Tileset];
-			SpriteSheetBuilder.Initialize( TileSet );
 			TileSet.LoadTiles();
 			Timer.Time( "Tileset: {0}" );