diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6aa1064..f8d7c8b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-/target/
 **/*.rs.bk
+.#*
+/target/
 Cargo.lock
diff --git a/src/check.rs b/src/check.rs
index f143c90..da27d62 100644
--- a/src/check.rs
+++ b/src/check.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ pub struct Idle {
 pub struct Init {
     /// `path: $Path`
     pub path: Path,
+    /// `resources: $Resources`
+    pub resources: Resources,
     _extensible: (),
 }
 
@@ -80,8 +82,7 @@ fn idle(idle: Option<::Idle>) -> Result<Idle> {
 
         Idle {
             _extensible: (),
-            path: ::check::path("idle", idle.path)
-                .chain_err(|| "checking `path`")?,
+            path: ::check::path("idle", idle.path).chain_err(|| "checking `path`")?,
             resources: ::check::resources("resources", idle.resources)?,
         }
     } else {
@@ -94,29 +95,28 @@ fn idle(idle: Option<::Idle>) -> Result<Idle> {
 }
 
 fn init(init: Option<::Init>) -> Result<Init> {
-    Ok(if let Some(init) = init {
-        if let Some(path) = init.path {
-            Init {
-                _extensible: (),
-                path: ::check::path("init", Some(path))
-                    .chain_err(|| "checking `path`")?,
-            }
-        } else {
-            bail!("empty `init` field. It should be removed.");
-        }
+    let init_is_some = init.is_some();
+    let (path, resources) = if let Some(init) = init {
+        (init.path, init.resources)
     } else {
-        Init {
-            _extensible: (),
-            path: util::mk_path("init"),
-        }
+        (None, None)
+    };
+
+    if init_is_some && path.is_none() && resources.is_none() {
+        bail!("empty `init` field. It should be removed.");
+    }
+
+    Ok(Init {
+        _extensible: (),
+        resources: resources.unwrap_or(Resources::new()),
+        path: ::check::path("init", path).chain_err(|| "checking `path`")?,
     })
 }
 
 fn path(default: &str, path: Option<Path>) -> Result<Path> {
     Ok(if let Some(path) = path {
         ensure!(
-            path.segments.len() != 1 ||
-                path.segments[0].ident.as_ref() != default,
+            path.segments.len() != 1 || path.segments[0].ident.as_ref() != default,
             "this is the default value. It should be omitted."
         );
 
@@ -173,13 +173,11 @@ fn tasks(tasks: Option<::Tasks>) -> Result<Tasks> {
                             enabled: task.enabled,
                             path: task.path,
                             priority: task.priority,
-                            resources: ::check::resources(
-                                "resources",
-                                task.resources,
-                            )?,
+                            resources: ::check::resources("resources", task.resources)?,
                         },
                     ))
-                })().chain_err(|| format!("checking task `{}`", name_))
+                })()
+                    .chain_err(|| format!("checking task `{}`", name_))
             })
             .collect::<Result<_>>()?
     } else {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6a785ea..e5f0780 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub struct App {
     pub idle: Option<Idle>,
     /// `init: { $Init }`
     pub init: Option<Init>,
-    /// `resources: $Resources`
+    /// `resources: $Statics`
     pub resources: Option<Statics>,
     /// `tasks: { $Tasks }`
     pub tasks: Option<Tasks>,
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ pub struct Idle {
 pub struct Init {
     /// `path: $Path`
     pub path: Option<Path>,
+    /// `resources: $Resources`
+    pub resources: Option<Resources>,
     _extensible: (),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/parse.rs b/src/parse.rs
index 5de5d7e..6fbee0f 100644
--- a/src/parse.rs
+++ b/src/parse.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ fn idle(tts: &mut Peekable<Iter<TokenTree>>) -> Result<Idle> {
 fn init(tts: &mut Peekable<Iter<TokenTree>>) -> Result<Init> {
     ::parse::delimited(tts, DelimToken::Brace, |tts| {
         let mut path = None;
+        let mut resources = None;
 
         ::parse::fields(tts, |key, tts| {
             match key.as_ref() {
@@ -178,6 +179,12 @@ fn init(tts: &mut Peekable<Iter<TokenTree>>) -> Result<Init> {
 
                     path = Some(::parse::path(tts)?);
                 }
+                "resources" => {
+                    ensure!(resources.is_none(), "duplicated `resources` field");
+
+                    resources = Some(::parse::resources(tts)
+                                     .chain_err(|| "parsing `resources`")?);
+                }
                 _ => bail!("unknown field: `{}`", key),
             }
 
@@ -187,6 +194,7 @@ fn init(tts: &mut Peekable<Iter<TokenTree>>) -> Result<Init> {
         Ok(Init {
             _extensible: (),
             path,
+            resources,
         })
     })
 }