diff --git a/Assets/dll/ares64.wbx.gz b/Assets/dll/ares64.wbx.gz
index 30e9e36f93..b0504fe69f 100644
Binary files a/Assets/dll/ares64.wbx.gz and b/Assets/dll/ares64.wbx.gz differ
diff --git a/waterbox/ares64/ares/ares/n64/pi/dma.cpp b/waterbox/ares64/ares/ares/n64/pi/dma.cpp
index 007af9342b..b5dc412581 100644
--- a/waterbox/ares64/ares/ares/n64/pi/dma.cpp
+++ b/waterbox/ares64/ares/ares/n64/pi/dma.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ auto PI::dmaWrite() -> void {
     if (length.bit(0)) length += 1;
 
     i32 rom_len = (cur_len + 1) & ~1;
-    for (u32 i = 0; i < rom_len; i++)
-      mem[i] = bus.read<Byte>(io.pbusAddress++);
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < rom_len; i += 2) {
+      u16 data = bus.read<Half>(io.pbusAddress);
+      mem[i + 0] = data >> 8;
+      mem[i + 1] = data & 0xFF;
+      io.pbusAddress += 2;
+    }
 
     if (first_block) {
       if (cur_len == block_len-1) cur_len++;