diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.IToolForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.IToolForm.cs
index a05fb42886..15db6f4770 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.IToolForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.IToolForm.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 	public partial class TAStudio : IToolForm
 	{
 		private bool _hackyDontUpdate;
+		private bool _initializing; // If true, will bypass restart logic, this is necessary since loading projects causes a movie to load which causes a rom to reload causing dialogs to restart
 
 		public bool UpdateBefore { get { return false; } }
 
@@ -51,9 +52,25 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				return;
 			}
 
+			if (_initializing)
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+
 			if (_currentTasMovie != null)
 			{
-				RefreshDialog();
+				if (Global.Game.Hash != _currentTasMovie.Hash)
+				{
+					TastudioToStopMovie();
+					TasView.AllColumns.Clear();
+					NewDefaultProject();
+					SetUpColumns();
+					TasView.Refresh();
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					RefreshDialog();
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
index bf3e5fc69d..501e898160 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			{
 				NewTasMovie();
 				WantsToControlStopMovie = false;
-				GlobalWin.MainForm.StartNewMovie(_currentTasMovie, record: true);
+				StartNewMovieWrapper(record: true);
 				WantsToControlStopMovie = true;
 				SetTextProperty();
 				RefreshDialog();
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 				var shouldRecord = movie.InputLogLength == 0;
 
-				var result = GlobalWin.MainForm.StartNewMovie(movie, shouldRecord);
+				var result = StartNewMovieWrapper(record: true);
 				if (!result)
 				{
 					return false;
@@ -409,15 +409,33 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		private void NewDefaultProject()
 		{
 			NewTasMovie();
-			GlobalWin.MainForm.StartNewMovie(_currentTasMovie, record: true);
+			StartNewMovieWrapper(record: true);
 			_currentTasMovie.TasStateManager.Capture();
 			_currentTasMovie.SwitchToRecord();
 			_currentTasMovie.ClearChanges();
 		}
 
+		private bool StartNewMovieWrapper(bool record)
+		{
+			_initializing = true;
+			var result = GlobalWin.MainForm.StartNewMovie(_currentTasMovie, record);
+			_initializing = false;
+
+			return result;
+		}
+
 		#region Dialog Events
 
 		private void Tastudio_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
+		{
+			InitializeOnLoad();
+			LoadConfigSettings();
+			SetColumnsFromCurrentStickies();
+			RightClickMenu.Items.AddRange(TasView.GenerateContextMenuItems().ToArray());
+			RefreshDialog();
+		}
+
+		private void InitializeOnLoad()
 		{
 			// Start Scenario 1: A regular movie is active
 			if (Global.MovieSession.Movie.IsActive && !(Global.MovieSession.Movie is TasMovie))
@@ -463,11 +481,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			{
 				SetUpColumns();
 			}
-
-			LoadConfigSettings();
-			SetColumnsFromCurrentStickies();
-			RightClickMenu.Items.AddRange(TasView.GenerateContextMenuItems().ToArray());
-			RefreshDialog();
 		}
 
 		private void Tastudio_Closing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)