diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e370c2bfbb..05acbe72d6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -73,3 +73,4 @@
 [submodule "quicknes/core"]
 	path = quicknes/core
 	url = https://github.com/TASEmulators/quickerNES.git
+	branch = main
diff --git a/Assets/dll/libquicknes.dll b/Assets/dll/libquicknes.dll
index 41147817b3..3e92763ffe 100644
Binary files a/Assets/dll/libquicknes.dll and b/Assets/dll/libquicknes.dll differ
diff --git a/quicknes/core b/quicknes/core
index f70db77e69..74c1a73fe8 160000
--- a/quicknes/core
+++ b/quicknes/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f70db77e696a57e4d9ce790d610f2de7c0acbf68
+Subproject commit 74c1a73fe8baf08ed02b66248b9bf12b4a77076c
diff --git a/quicknes/make/Makefile b/quicknes/make/Makefile
index 659b3e4584..981ef63b80 100644
--- a/quicknes/make/Makefile
+++ b/quicknes/make/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ endif
 
 CXXFLAGS_32 = -march=pentium4 -mtune=core2
 CXXFLAGS_64 =
-CXXFLAGS = -Wall -I../core/source/quickerNES/core/ -I../core/extern/jaffarCommon/include -D__INLINE__=inline -O3 -Wfatal-errors -Werror -fomit-frame-pointer -flto -D_QUICKERNES_DETECT_JOYPAD_READS -D_QUICKERNES_ENABLE_TRACEBACK_SUPPORT $(CXXFLAGS_$(ARCH))
+CXXFLAGS = -Wall -I../core/source/quickerNES/core/ -I../core/extern/jaffarCommon/include -D__INLINE__=inline -O3 -Wfatal-errors -Werror -fomit-frame-pointer -flto -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_QUICKERNES_DETECT_JOYPAD_READS -D_QUICKERNES_ENABLE_TRACEBACK_SUPPORT $(CXXFLAGS_$(ARCH))
 
 # TODO: include these as options in the Makefile
 # -fprofile-generate