diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/IMovieImport.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/IMovieImport.cs
index d32cd5d98c..b033fe417b 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/IMovieImport.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/IMovieImport.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
 	public interface IMovieImport
 	{
-		ImportResult Import(string path);
+		ImportResult Import(string path, Config config);
 	}
 
 	internal abstract class MovieImporter : IMovieImport
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		protected const string Md5 = "MD5";
 		protected const string MovieOrigin = "MovieOrigin";
 
-		public ImportResult Import(string path)
+		public ImportResult Import(string path, Config config)
 		{
 			SourceFile = new FileInfo(path);
+			Config = config;
 
 			if (!SourceFile.Exists)
 			{
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			return Result;
 		}
 
+		protected Config Config { get; private set; }
+
 		protected ImportResult Result { get; } = new ImportResult();
 
 		protected FileInfo SourceFile { get; private set; }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/LsmvImport.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/LsmvImport.cs
index 81c2c02227..52a3c31eb7 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/LsmvImport.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/LsmvImport.cs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.movie.import
 						case "sgb_ntsc":
 						case "sgb_pal":
 							platform = "SNES";
-							Global.Config.GbAsSgb = true;
+							Config.GbAsSgb = true;
 							break;
 					}
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.movie.import
 
 			Result.Movie.HeaderEntries[HeaderKeys.Platform] = platform;
 			Result.Movie.SyncSettingsJson = ConfigService.SaveWithType(ss);
-			Global.Config.SnesInSnes9x = false; // This could be annoying to a user if they don't notice we set this preference, but the alternative is for the movie import to fail to load the movie
+			Config.SnesInSnes9x = false; // TODO: convert to snes9x if user has set this to true
 		}
 
 		private IController EmptyLmsvFrame()
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/MovieImport.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/MovieImport.cs
index 9e5a1674f5..c9696938fb 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/MovieImport.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/MovieImport.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		);
 
 		// Attempt to import another type of movie file into a movie object.
-		public static ImportResult ImportFile(string path)
+		public static ImportResult ImportFile(string path, Config config)
 		{
 			string ext = Path.GetExtension(path) ?? "";
 			var importerType = ImporterForExtension(ext);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 			return importer == null
 				? ImportResult.Error($"No importer found for file type {ext}")
-				: importer.Import(path);
+				: importer.Import(path, config);
 		}
 
 		private static Type ImporterForExtension(string ext)
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/SmvImport.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/SmvImport.cs
index 6c0437534a..935d001e9c 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/SmvImport.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/SmvImport.cs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.movie.import
 				Result.Movie.AppendFrame(controllers);
 
 				Result.Movie.SyncSettingsJson = ConfigService.SaveWithType(ss);
-				Global.Config.SnesInSnes9x = false;
+				Config.SnesInSnes9x = false; // TODO: convert to snes9x if user has set this to true
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/VbmImport.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/VbmImport.cs
index d1eeaa2e63..405dd208da 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/VbmImport.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/VbmImport.cs
@@ -274,13 +274,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.movie.import
 
 			if (isGBA)
 			{
-				Global.Config.GbaUsemGba = true;
+				Config.GbaUsemGba = true;
 				var ss = new MGBAHawk.SyncSettings { SkipBios = true };
 				Result.Movie.SyncSettingsJson = ConfigService.SaveWithType(ss);
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				if (Global.Config.GbUseGbHawk || Global.Config.UseSubGBHawk)
+				if (Config.GbUseGbHawk || Config.UseSubGBHawk)
 				{
 					var tempSync = new GBHawk.GBSyncSettings();
 					if (is_GBC) { tempSync.ConsoleMode = GBHawk.GBSyncSettings.ConsoleModeType.GBC; }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 21ac08b7b0..861219e4a8 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -3976,7 +3976,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void ProcessMovieImport(string fn, bool start)
 		{
-			var result = MovieImport.ImportFile(fn);
+			var result = MovieImport.ImportFile(fn, Config);
 
 			if (result.Errors.Any())
 			{