diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/LuaConsole.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/LuaConsole.cs
index 7af29c06b0..718e197c60 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/LuaConsole.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/LuaConsole.cs
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 			catch (IOException)
 			{
+				item.State = LuaFile.RunState.Disabled;
 				WriteLine($"Unable to access file {item.Path}");
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)