diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.IToolForm.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.IToolForm.cs
index 5b5564bdc8..4cdad461d6 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.IToolForm.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.IToolForm.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		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
 
 		private int _lastRefresh;
+		private bool _doPause;
 
 		private void UpdateProgressBar()
 		{
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				refreshNeeded = true;
 			}
 
+			if (Settings.AutoPause)
+			{
+				if (_doPause && CurrentTasMovie.IsAtEnd()) MainForm.PauseEmulator();
+				_doPause = !CurrentTasMovie.IsAtEnd();
+			}
+
 			RefreshDialog(refreshNeeded, refreshBranches: false);
 			UpdateProgressBar();
 		}
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
index a9895be1d2..5246704ccb 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			public TAStudioSettings()
 			{
 				RecentTas = new RecentFiles(8);
-				AutoPause = true;
+				AutoPause = false;
 				FollowCursor = true;
 				ScrollSpeed = 6;
 				FollowCursorAlwaysScroll = false;