diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/Database.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/Database.cs
index 5f37e91711..052b1957cc 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/Database.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/Database.cs
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
                     byte[] head2 = romData.Take(20).ToArray();
                     string ident = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(head2);
                     if (ident.ToUpper().Contains("EXTENDED CPC DSK") ||
-                        ident.ToUpper().Contains("MV - CPCEMU"))
+                        ident.ToUpper().Contains("MV - CPC"))
                         game.System = "ZXSpectrum";
                     else
                         game.System = "AppleII";
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/SinclairSpectrum/Machine/SpectrumBase.Media.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/SinclairSpectrum/Machine/SpectrumBase.Media.cs
index a227d8a64a..f49c84989c 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/SinclairSpectrum/Machine/SpectrumBase.Media.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/SinclairSpectrum/Machine/SpectrumBase.Media.cs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.SinclairSpectrum
             string hdr = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data.Take(16).ToArray());
 
 			// disk checking first
-			if (hdr.ToUpper().Contains("EXTENDED CPC DSK"))
+			if (hdr.ToUpper().Contains("EXTENDED CPC DSK") || hdr.ToUpper().Contains("MV - CPC"))
             {
                 // spectrum .dsk disk file
                 return SpectrumMediaType.Disk;