diff --git a/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp b/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp
index 0c7a578910..1f9bf02e1e 100644
--- a/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp
+++ b/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp
@@ -219,9 +219,12 @@ template<typename T> inline void reconstruct(T* t) {
 
 void snes_init(void) {
 
-	//force everything to get initialized, even thuogh it probably already is
+	//force everything to get initialized, even though it probably already is
 	SNES::interface();
 
+	//zero 22-may-2014 - why not this too, for the sake of completeness? 
+	reconstruct(&SNES::cartridge);
+
 	//zero 01-dec-2012 - due to systematic variable initialization fails in bsnes components, these reconstructions are necessary,
 	//and the previous comment here which called this paranoid has been removed.
   reconstruct(&SNES::icd2);
diff --git a/output/dll/libsneshawk-32-compatibility.exe b/output/dll/libsneshawk-32-compatibility.exe
index e21ca0073c..36f605468c 100644
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diff --git a/output/dll/libsneshawk-32-performance.exe b/output/dll/libsneshawk-32-performance.exe
index ac8683a082..728874098d 100644
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