diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
index 76262f4484..a61dc5eca7 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
@@ -448,8 +448,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 					// Specific hack here, as we get more cores of the same system, this isn't scalable
 					if (ex is LibQuickNES.UnsupportedMapperException)
 					{
-						LoadRom(path, nextComm, forceAccurateCore: true);
-						return true;
+						return LoadRom(path, nextComm, forceAccurateCore: true);
 					}
 					else
 					{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index d3e682730c..a0c33b1d64 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -3187,6 +3187,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 			else
 			{
+				UpdateCoreStatusBarButton();
 				return false;
 			}
 		}