diff --git a/game/gothic.cpp b/game/gothic.cpp
index e7584bd13..bd1ec38df 100644
--- a/game/gothic.cpp
+++ b/game/gothic.cpp
@@ -100,13 +100,23 @@ Gothic::Gothic() {
     modFile.reset(new IniFile(mod));
     }
 
+  std::vector<std::u16string> modvdfs;
   if(modFile!=nullptr) {
     wrldDef = modFile->getS("SETTINGS","WORLD");
     size_t split = wrldDef.rfind('\\');
     if(split!=std::string::npos)
       wrldDef = wrldDef.substr(split+1);
     plDef = modFile->getS("SETTINGS","PLAYER");
+
+    std::u16string vdf = TextCodec::toUtf16(std::string(modFile->getS("FILES","VDF")));
+    for (size_t start = 0, split = 0; split != std::string::npos; start = split+1) {
+      split = vdf.find(' ', start);
+      std::u16string mod = vdf.substr(start, split-start);
+      if (!mod.empty())
+        modvdfs.push_back(mod);
+      }
     }
+  Resources::loadVdfs(modvdfs);
 
   if(wrldDef.empty()) {
     if(version().game==2)
diff --git a/game/resources.cpp b/game/resources.cpp
index 7c2cd9508..6e7cc3eea 100644
--- a/game/resources.cpp
+++ b/game/resources.cpp
@@ -102,9 +102,23 @@ Resources::Resources(Tempest::Device &device)
   Pixmap pm(1,1,Pixmap::Format::RGBA);
   fbZero = device.texture(pm);
   }
+  }
 
+void Resources::loadVdfs(const std::vector<std::u16string>& modvdfs) {
   std::vector<Archive> archives;
-  detectVdf(archives,Gothic::inst().nestedPath({u"Data"},Dir::FT_Dir));
+  inst->detectVdf(archives,Gothic::inst().nestedPath({u"Data"},Dir::FT_Dir));
+
+  // Remove all mod files, that are not listed in modvdfs
+  archives.erase(std::remove_if(archives.begin(), archives.end(),
+                [&modvdfs](const Archive& a){
+                  return a.isMod && modvdfs.end() == std::find_if(modvdfs.begin(), modvdfs.end(),
+                        [&a](const std::u16string& modname) {
+                          const std::u16string_view& full_path = a.name;
+                          const std::u16string_view& file_name = modname;
+                          return (0 == full_path.compare(full_path.length() - file_name.length(),
+                                                         file_name.length(), file_name));
+                          });
+                  }), archives.end());
 
   // addon archives first!
   std::stable_sort(archives.begin(),archives.end(),[](const Archive& a,const Archive& b){
@@ -115,8 +129,8 @@ Resources::Resources(Tempest::Device &device)
     });
 
   for(auto& i:archives)
-    gothicAssets.loadVDF(i.name);
-  gothicAssets.finalizeLoad();
+    inst->gothicAssets.loadVDF(i.name);
+  inst->gothicAssets.finalizeLoad();
 
   //for(auto& i:gothicAssets.getKnownFiles())
   //  Log::i(i);
diff --git a/game/resources.h b/game/resources.h
index d6c0251d2..39b104eea 100644
--- a/game/resources.h
+++ b/game/resources.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class Resources final {
 
     static Tempest::Device&          device() { return inst->dev; }
     static const char*               renderer();
+    static void                      loadVdfs(const std::vector<std::u16string> &modvdfs);
 
     static const Tempest::Sampler2d& shadowSampler();