diff --git a/Assets/dll/melonDS.wbx.zst b/Assets/dll/melonDS.wbx.zst
index d0ec7dfe77..da11f495e3 100644
Binary files a/Assets/dll/melonDS.wbx.zst and b/Assets/dll/melonDS.wbx.zst differ
diff --git a/waterbox/melon/BizPlatform/BizSaveManager.cpp b/waterbox/melon/BizPlatform/BizSaveManager.cpp
index 5915096973..288a5abc7c 100644
--- a/waterbox/melon/BizPlatform/BizSaveManager.cpp
+++ b/waterbox/melon/BizPlatform/BizSaveManager.cpp
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@ ECL_EXPORT void PutSaveRam(u8* data, u32 len)
 		NDS::LoadSave(data, len);
 		NdsSaveRamIsDirty = false;
 
-		data += ndsSaveLen;
-		len -= ndsSaveLen;
-
-		if (gbaSaveLen && len >= gbaSaveLen)
+		if (gbaSaveLen && len >= (ndsSaveLen + gbaSaveLen))
 		{
-			GBACart::LoadSave(data, gbaSaveLen);
+			// don't use GBACart::LoadSave! it will re-allocate the save buffer (bad!)
+			// NDS::LoadSave is fine (and should be used)
+			memcpy(GBACart::GetSaveMemory(), data + ndsSaveLen, gbaSaveLen);
 			GbaSaveRamIsDirty = false;
 		}
 	}