diff --git a/src/messages/initialize.cc b/src/messages/initialize.cc
index 4fc49675..601de012 100644
--- a/src/messages/initialize.cc
+++ b/src/messages/initialize.cc
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <loguru.hpp>
 
-#define _STRINGIFY(x) #x
-#define ENSURE_STRING_MACRO_ARGUMENT(x) _STRINGIFY(x)
-
 namespace {
 struct Ipc_InitializeRequest : public IpcMessage<Ipc_InitializeRequest> {
   const static IpcId kIpcId = IpcId::Initialize;
@@ -88,19 +85,8 @@ struct InitializeHandler : BaseMessageHandler<Ipc_InitializeRequest> {
       EnsureEndsInSlash(config->cacheDirectory);
 
       // Ensure there is a resource directory.
-      if (config->resourceDirectory.empty()) {
-        std::string defaultResourceDirectory = std::string(
-            ENSURE_STRING_MACRO_ARGUMENT(DEFAULT_RESOURCE_DIRECTORY));
-        if (defaultResourceDirectory.find("..") != std::string::npos) {
-          std::string executablePath = GetExecutablePath();
-          size_t pos = executablePath.find_last_of('/');
-          config->resourceDirectory = executablePath.substr(0, pos + 1);
-          config->resourceDirectory += defaultResourceDirectory;
-        } else {
-          config->resourceDirectory = defaultResourceDirectory;
-        }
-      }
-      config->resourceDirectory = NormalizePath(config->resourceDirectory);
+      if (config->resourceDirectory.empty())
+        config->resourceDirectory = GetDefaultResourceDirectory();
       LOG_S(INFO) << "Using -resource-dir=" << config->resourceDirectory;
 
       // Send initialization before starting indexers, so we don't send a
diff --git a/src/utils.cc b/src/utils.cc
index c568d8a0..e1be249f 100644
--- a/src/utils.cc
+++ b/src/utils.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include <sparsepp/spp_memory.h>
 #endif
 
+#define _STRINGIFY(x) #x
+#define ENSURE_STRING_MACRO_ARGUMENT(x) _STRINGIFY(x)
+
 // See http://stackoverflow.com/a/217605
 void TrimStart(std::string& s) {
   s.erase(s.begin(),
@@ -377,3 +380,19 @@ std::string FormatMicroseconds(long long microseconds) {
 
   return std::to_string(milliseconds) + "." + std::to_string(remaining) + "ms";
 }
+
+std::string GetDefaultResourceDirectory() {
+  std::string result;
+
+  std::string resource_directory = std::string(ENSURE_STRING_MACRO_ARGUMENT(DEFAULT_RESOURCE_DIRECTORY));
+  if (resource_directory.find("..") != std::string::npos) {
+    std::string executable_path = GetExecutablePath();
+    size_t pos = executable_path.find_last_of('/');
+    result = executable_path.substr(0, pos + 1);
+    result += resource_directory;
+  } else {
+    result = resource_directory;
+  }
+
+  return NormalizePath(result);
+}
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diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 197f9bbb..f67775d5 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -162,3 +162,5 @@ inline void hash_combine(std::size_t& seed, const T& v, Rest... rest) {
 float GetProcessMemoryUsedInMb();
 
 std::string FormatMicroseconds(long long microseconds);
+
+std::string GetDefaultResourceDirectory();
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