diff --git a/src/main/java/helma/framework/core/Prototype.java b/src/main/java/helma/framework/core/Prototype.java
index 30b67516..022cf05d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/helma/framework/core/Prototype.java
+++ b/src/main/java/helma/framework/core/Prototype.java
@@ -415,6 +415,11 @@ public final class Prototype {
      *  @return an iterator of this prototype's code resources
      */
     public synchronized Iterator getCodeResources() {
+    	// if code has never been updated, do so now before returning an empty or incomplete list
+    	if (lastCodeUpdate == 0) {
+    		checkForUpdates();
+    	}
+    	
         // we copy over to a new list, because the underlying set may grow
         // during compilation through use of app.addRepository()
         return new ArrayList(code).iterator();