diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/LibQuickNES.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/LibQuickNES.cs
index 42af3c2f82..a805bfee98 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/LibQuickNES.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/LibQuickNES.cs
@@ -249,7 +249,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 			if (p == IntPtr.Zero)
 				return;
 			string s = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(p);
-			if (s == "Unsupported mapper" || s == "Not an iNES file") // Not worth making a new exception for the iNES error, they ultimately are the same problem
+			if (s == "Unsupported mapper"
+				|| s == "Not an iNES file" // Not worth making a new exception for the iNES error, they ultimately are the same problem
+				|| s == " truncated file" // This is a garbage rom not worth anyone's time but at least NesHawk handles these better, and these occur before the core has a chance to assess an unsupported mapper
+				) 
 			{
 				throw new Emulation.Common.UnsupportedGameException("Quicknes unsupported mapper");
 			}