diff --git a/src/bitmessagekivy/kivy_state.py b/src/bitmessagekivy/kivy_state.py
index 6ce16610..2f74cf89 100644
--- a/src/bitmessagekivy/kivy_state.py
+++ b/src/bitmessagekivy/kivy_state.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Kivy State variables are assigned here, they are separated from state.py
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 """
 
+import os
+import threading
+
 
 class KivyStateVariables(object):
     """This Class hold all the kivy state variables"""
@@ -33,4 +36,5 @@ class KivyStateVariables(object):
         self.available_credit = 0
         self.in_sent_method = False
         self.in_search_mode = False
-        self.image_dir = None
+        self.image_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('images', 'kivy'))
+        self.kivyui_ready = threading.Event()