diff --git a/desmume/src/MMU.cpp b/desmume/src/MMU.cpp
index 9eb1e52ce..e26a84404 100644
--- a/desmume/src/MMU.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/MMU.cpp
@@ -1011,10 +1011,11 @@ void MMU_Reset()
 
 	MMU.powerMan_CntReg = 0x00;
 	MMU.powerMan_CntRegWritten = FALSE;
-	MMU.powerMan_Reg[0] = 0x0B;
+	MMU.powerMan_Reg[0] = 0x0D;
 	MMU.powerMan_Reg[1] = 0x00;
 	MMU.powerMan_Reg[2] = 0x01;
 	MMU.powerMan_Reg[3] = 0x00;
+	MMU.powerMan_Reg[4] = 0x03;
 
 	rtcInit();
 	partie = 1;
diff --git a/desmume/src/firmware.cpp b/desmume/src/firmware.cpp
index cf480ec97..3fba948a1 100644
--- a/desmume/src/firmware.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/firmware.cpp
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static void fill_user_data_area( struct NDS_fw_config_data *user_settings,u8 *da
 	}
 
 	//language and flags
-	data[0x64] = user_settings->language;
+	data[0x64] = user_settings->language | 0x30; // Also set bits 4 and 5 to set the backlight level to max.
 	data[0x65] = 0xfc;
 
 	//update count and crc