diff --git a/lib/renderer.js b/lib/renderer.js
index 7f93d4f418..ba93de2195 100644
--- a/lib/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/renderer.js
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ export default class Renderer extends Tapable {
     // Will be set by createRenderer
     this.bundleRenderer = null
 
+    // Renderer runtime resources
+    this.resources = {
+      clientManifest: null,
+      serverBundle: null,
+      appTemplate: null,
+      errorTemplate: parseTemplate(fs.readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, 'views', 'error.html'), 'utf8'))
+    }
+
     if (nuxt.initialized) {
       // If nuxt already initialized
       this._init = this.init().catch(this.nuxt.errorHandler)
@@ -48,14 +56,6 @@ export default class Renderer extends Tapable {
       return this._init
     }
 
-    // Renderer runtime resources
-    this.resources = {
-      clientManifest: null,
-      serverBundle: null,
-      appTemplate: null,
-      errorTemplate: parseTemplate(fs.readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, 'views', 'error.html'), 'utf8'))
-    }
-
     // For serving static/ files to /
     this.serveStatic = pify(serveStatic(resolve(this.options.srcDir, 'static'), this.options.render.static))