diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Tastudio.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Tastudio.cs
index b0011ae680..ce305978fb 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Tastudio.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Tastudio.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				}
 				if (f < Tastudio.CurrentTasMovie.InputLogLength && f>=0)
 				{
-					Tastudio.GoToFrame(f);
+					Tastudio.GoToFrame(f,true);
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.Navigation.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.Navigation.cs
index e0f421f8f8..01c799e8ef 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.Navigation.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.Navigation.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		}
 
 		// SuuperW: I changed this to public so that it could be used by MarkerControl.cs
-		public void GoToFrame(int frame)
+		public void GoToFrame(int frame, bool fromLua = false)
 		{
 			// If seeking to a frame before or at the end of the movie, use StartAtNearestFrameAndEmulate
 			// Otherwise, load the latest state (if not already there) and seek while recording.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			if (frame <= CurrentTasMovie.InputLogLength)
 			{
 				// Get as close as we can then emulate there
-				StartAtNearestFrameAndEmulate(frame);
+				StartAtNearestFrameAndEmulate(frame, fromLua);
 
 				MaybeFollowCursor();
 			}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
index bbb0632837..43af63fe6b 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/TAStudio.cs
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			//_autoRestoreFrame = null;
 		}
 
-		private void StartAtNearestFrameAndEmulate(int frame)
+		private void StartAtNearestFrameAndEmulate(int frame, bool fromLua)
 		{
 			if (frame == Emulator.Frame)
 				return;
@@ -825,6 +825,16 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				{
 					StartSeeking(frame);
 				}
+				else
+				{
+					if (_wasRecording)
+					{
+						//lua botting users will want to re-activate record mode automatically -- it should be like nothing ever happened
+						//GUI users on the other hand need to be protected from clobbering their video when skipping around
+						if(fromLua)
+							TastudioRecordMode();
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}