diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/GeckoCodeConfig.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/GeckoCodeConfig.cpp
index 8cae3d8b68..541537f3a4 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/GeckoCodeConfig.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/GeckoCodeConfig.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ std::vector<GeckoCode> LoadCodes(const IniFile& globalIni, const IniFile& localI
 {
   std::vector<GeckoCode> gcodes;
 
-  for (const IniFile& ini : {globalIni, localIni})
+  for (const IniFile* ini : {&globalIni, &localIni})
   {
     std::vector<std::string> lines;
-    ini.GetLines("Gecko", &lines, false);
+    ini->GetLines("Gecko", &lines, false);
 
     GeckoCode gcode;
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ std::vector<GeckoCode> LoadCodes(const IniFile& globalIni, const IniFile& localI
           gcodes.push_back(gcode);
         gcode = GeckoCode();
         gcode.enabled = (1 == ss.tellg());  // silly
-        gcode.user_defined = (&ini == &localIni);
+        gcode.user_defined = (ini == &localIni);
         ss.seekg(1, std::ios_base::cur);
         // read the code name
         std::getline(ss, gcode.name, '[');  // stop at [ character (beginning of contributor name)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ std::vector<GeckoCode> LoadCodes(const IniFile& globalIni, const IniFile& localI
       gcodes.push_back(gcode);
     }
 
-    ini.GetLines("Gecko_Enabled", &lines, false);
+    ini->GetLines("Gecko_Enabled", &lines, false);
 
     for (const std::string& line : lines)
     {