diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuLegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuLegacySkin.cs
index 0085d64353..988eb6a439 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuLegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuLegacySkin.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public OsuLegacySkin(ISkinSource source)
 
         private void sourceChanged()
         {
+            // these need to be lazy in order to ensure they aren't called before the dependencies have been loaded into our source.
             configuration = new Lazy<SkinConfiguration>(() =>
             {
                 var config = new SkinConfiguration();