diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/conversions/MovieConversionExtensions.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/conversions/MovieConversionExtensions.cs
index 9cb2f22f78..049d5ddd8b 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/conversions/MovieConversionExtensions.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/conversions/MovieConversionExtensions.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.MovieConversionExtensions
 		public static TasMovie ToTasMovie(this IMovie old)
 		{
 			var newFilename = old.Filename + "." +  TasMovie.Extension;
-			var tas = new TasMovie(newFilename);
+			var tas = new TasMovie(newFilename, old.StartsFromSavestate);
 
 			for (var i = 0; i < old.InputLogLength; i++)
 			{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasMovie.cs
index 5417ea7baf..78f28b76cd 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasMovie.cs
@@ -19,24 +19,24 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public const string DefaultProjectName = "default";
 
-		public TasMovie(string path) : base(path)
+		public TasMovie(string path, bool startsFromSavestate = false) : base(path)
 		{
 			// TODO: how to call the default constructor AND the base(path) constructor?  And is base(path) calling base() ?
 			StateManager = new TasStateManager(this);
 			Header[HeaderKeys.MOVIEVERSION] = "BizHawk v2.0 Tasproj v1.0";
 			Markers = new TasMovieMarkerList(this);
 			Markers.CollectionChanged += Markers_CollectionChanged;
-			Markers.Add(0, StartsFromSavestate ? "Savestate" : "Power on");
+			Markers.Add(0, startsFromSavestate ? "Savestate" : "Power on");
 		}
 
-		public TasMovie()
+		public TasMovie(bool startsFromSavestate = false)
 			: base()
 		{
 			StateManager = new TasStateManager(this);
 			Header[HeaderKeys.MOVIEVERSION] = "BizHawk v2.0 Tasproj v1.0";
 			Markers = new TasMovieMarkerList(this);
 			Markers.CollectionChanged += Markers_CollectionChanged;
-			Markers.Add(0, StartsFromSavestate ? "Savestate" : "Power on");
+			Markers.Add(0, startsFromSavestate ? "Savestate" : "Power on");
 		}
 
 		public override string PreferredExtension