diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
index c31ab9a384..d910a8139e 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
@@ -784,6 +784,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
         private void LoadRamWatch() //TODO: accept a filename parameter and feed it to ram watch for loading
         {
             RamWatch RamWatch1 = new RamWatch();
+            if (Global.Config.AutoLoadRamWatch)
+                RamWatch1.LoadWatchFromRecent(Global.Config.RecentWatches.GetRecentFileByPosition(0));
             RamWatch1.Show();
         }
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RamWatch.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RamWatch.cs
index 5e3518e479..1cf9cc7220 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RamWatch.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RamWatch.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
             return count;
         }
 
-        private void LoadWatchFromRecent(string file)
+        public void LoadWatchFromRecent(string file)
         {
             bool r = LoadWatchFile(file);
             if (!r)