diff --git a/edxp-core/src/main/cpp/main/src/edxp_context.cpp b/edxp-core/src/main/cpp/main/src/edxp_context.cpp
index c9833e60..331e18c5 100644
--- a/edxp-core/src/main/cpp/main/src/edxp_context.cpp
+++ b/edxp-core/src/main/cpp/main/src/edxp_context.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace edxp {
     }
 
     void Context::PreLoadDex(const std::vector<fs::path> &dex_paths) {
+        if (LIKELY(!dexes.empty())) return;
         for (const auto &path: dex_paths) {
             std::ifstream is(path, std::ios::binary);
             if (!is.good()) {