diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp
index 1648163752..f35e964706 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ wxDEFINE_EVENT(wxEVT_HOST_COMMAND, wxCommandEvent);
 wxDEFINE_EVENT(DOLPHIN_EVT_LOCAL_INI_CHANGED, wxCommandEvent);
 wxDEFINE_EVENT(DOLPHIN_EVT_RELOAD_THEME_BITMAPS, wxCommandEvent);
 wxDEFINE_EVENT(DOLPHIN_EVT_UPDATE_LOAD_WII_MENU_ITEM, wxCommandEvent);
+wxDEFINE_EVENT(DOLPHIN_EVT_BOOT_SOFTWARE, wxCommandEvent);
+wxDEFINE_EVENT(DOLPHIN_EVT_STOP_SOFTWARE, wxCommandEvent);
 
 // Event tables
 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(CFrame, CRenderFrame)
@@ -495,6 +497,8 @@ void CFrame::BindEvents()
   Bind(DOLPHIN_EVT_RELOAD_THEME_BITMAPS, &CFrame::OnReloadThemeBitmaps, this);
   Bind(DOLPHIN_EVT_RELOAD_GAMELIST, &CFrame::OnReloadGameList, this);
   Bind(DOLPHIN_EVT_UPDATE_LOAD_WII_MENU_ITEM, &CFrame::OnUpdateLoadWiiMenuItem, this);
+  Bind(DOLPHIN_EVT_BOOT_SOFTWARE, &CFrame::OnPlay, this);
+  Bind(DOLPHIN_EVT_STOP_SOFTWARE, &CFrame::OnStop, this);
 }
 
 bool CFrame::RendererIsFullscreen()
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.h b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.h
index 98f60c200a..1ee82ed621 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ private:
 
 wxDECLARE_EVENT(DOLPHIN_EVT_RELOAD_THEME_BITMAPS, wxCommandEvent);
 wxDECLARE_EVENT(DOLPHIN_EVT_UPDATE_LOAD_WII_MENU_ITEM, wxCommandEvent);
+wxDECLARE_EVENT(DOLPHIN_EVT_BOOT_SOFTWARE, wxCommandEvent);
+wxDECLARE_EVENT(DOLPHIN_EVT_STOP_SOFTWARE, wxCommandEvent);
 
 class CFrame : public CRenderFrame
 {
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/FrameTools.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/FrameTools.cpp
index fb69f6ac0c..c40e6d0916 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/FrameTools.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/FrameTools.cpp
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ void CFrame::OnRecordExport(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
   DoRecordingSave();
 }
 
-void CFrame::OnPlay(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
+void CFrame::OnPlay(wxCommandEvent& event)
 {
   if (Core::IsRunning())
   {
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ void CFrame::OnPlay(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
   else
   {
     // Core is uninitialized, start the game
-    BootGame("");
+    BootGame(WxStrToStr(event.GetString()));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.cpp
index 75cf03885e..bd78185e7e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2+
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
+#include "DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.h"
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <limits>
@@ -43,9 +45,7 @@
 #include "DolphinWX/Frame.h"
 #include "DolphinWX/GameListCtrl.h"
 #include "DolphinWX/ISOFile.h"
-#include "DolphinWX/Main.h"
 #include "DolphinWX/NetPlay/ChangeGameDialog.h"
-#include "DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.h"
 #include "DolphinWX/NetPlay/PadMapDialog.h"
 #include "DolphinWX/WxUtils.h"
 #include "MD5Dialog.h"
@@ -369,12 +369,19 @@ void NetPlayDialog::OnStart(wxCommandEvent&)
 
 void NetPlayDialog::BootGame(const std::string& filename)
 {
-  main_frame->BootGame(filename);
+  wxCommandEvent play_event{DOLPHIN_EVT_BOOT_SOFTWARE, GetId()};
+  play_event.SetString(StrToWxStr(filename));
+  play_event.SetEventObject(this);
+
+  AddPendingEvent(play_event);
 }
 
 void NetPlayDialog::StopGame()
 {
-  main_frame->DoStop();
+  wxCommandEvent stop_event{DOLPHIN_EVT_STOP_SOFTWARE, GetId()};
+  stop_event.SetEventObject(this);
+
+  AddPendingEvent(stop_event);
 }
 
 // NetPlayUI methods called from ---NETPLAY--- thread
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.h b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.h
index bc199c2581..a579de2f40 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/NetPlay/NetWindow.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <wx/frame.h>
 
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/FifoQueue.h"
 #include "Core/NetPlayClient.h"
 #include "Core/NetPlayProto.h"