diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/AppleII/AppleII.IStatable.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/AppleII/AppleII.IStatable.cs
index 8c2bf5ff84..66c439936d 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/AppleII/AppleII.IStatable.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/AppleII/AppleII.IStatable.cs
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.AppleII
 			_machine = o.Core;
 			_prevPressed = o.PreviousDiskPressed;
 			_nextPressed = o.NextDiskPressed;
+			// since _machine was replaced, we need to reload settings from frontend
+			PutSettings(_settings);
 		}
 
 		public class OtherData
diff --git a/ExternalCoreProjects/Virtu/Video.cs b/ExternalCoreProjects/Virtu/Video.cs
index 9460579cb3..313b1cf652 100644
--- a/ExternalCoreProjects/Virtu/Video.cs
+++ b/ExternalCoreProjects/Virtu/Video.cs
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ namespace Jellyfish.Virtu
         private int _colorYellow;
         private int _colorWhite;
         private int _colorMonochrome;
+		[Newtonsoft.Json.JsonIgnore] // not sync relevant
         private bool _isMonochrome;
         private bool _isTextInversed;
         private ScannerOptions _scannerOptions;
diff --git a/References/Virtu.dll b/References/Virtu.dll
index 40813d79af..7160d179a3 100644
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