diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/PathManager.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/PathManager.cs
index fa6475fe67..1b5f5c6706 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/PathManager.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/PathManager.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using BizHawk.Common.StringExtensions;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common.IEmulatorExtensions;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.SNES;
+using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.SNES9X;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
@@ -355,6 +356,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 				name += "." + Global.Emulator.Attributes().CoreName;
 			}
 
+			if (Global.Emulator is Snes9x) // Keep snes9x savestate away from libsnes, we want to not be too tedious so bsnes names will just have the profile name not the core name
+			{
+				name += "." + Global.Emulator.Attributes().CoreName;
+			}
+
 			// Bsnes profiles have incompatible savestates so save the profile name
 			if (Global.Emulator is LibsnesCore)
 			{