diff --git a/src/gba/gba.c b/src/gba/gba.c
index f10ec8c6c..241291d55 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba.c
+++ b/src/gba/gba.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ void GBADetachDebugger(struct GBA* gba) {
 	gba->cpu->components[GBA_COMPONENT_DEBUGGER] = 0;
 }
 
-void GBALoadROM(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, struct VFile* sav, const char* fname) {
+bool GBALoadROM(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, struct VFile* sav, const char* fname) {
 	GBAUnloadROM(gba);
 	gba->romVf = vf;
 	gba->pristineRomSize = vf->size(vf);
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ void GBALoadROM(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, struct VFile* sav, const char
 	gba->pristineRom = vf->map(vf, gba->pristineRomSize, MAP_READ);
 	if (!gba->pristineRom) {
 		GBALog(gba, GBA_LOG_WARN, "Couldn't map ROM");
-		return;
+		return false;
 	}
 	gba->yankedRomSize = 0;
 	gba->memory.rom = gba->pristineRom;
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ void GBALoadROM(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, struct VFile* sav, const char
 	gba->romCrc32 = doCrc32(gba->memory.rom, gba->memory.romSize);
 	GBASavedataInit(&gba->memory.savedata, sav);
 	GBAHardwareInit(&gba->memory.hw, &((uint16_t*) gba->memory.rom)[GPIO_REG_DATA >> 1]);
+	return true;
 	// TODO: error check
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gba/gba.h b/src/gba/gba.h
index e472a14ac..f4f89e5dd 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba.h
+++ b/src/gba/gba.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void GBASetBreakpoint(struct GBA* gba, struct ARMComponent* component, uint32_t
                       uint32_t* opcode);
 void GBAClearBreakpoint(struct GBA* gba, uint32_t address, enum ExecutionMode mode, uint32_t opcode);
 
-void GBALoadROM(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, struct VFile* sav, const char* fname);
+bool GBALoadROM(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, struct VFile* sav, const char* fname);
 void GBAYankROM(struct GBA* gba);
 void GBAUnloadROM(struct GBA* gba);
 void GBALoadBIOS(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf);
diff --git a/src/gba/supervisor/context.c b/src/gba/supervisor/context.c
index 6a42be653..9351f643e 100644
--- a/src/gba/supervisor/context.c
+++ b/src/gba/supervisor/context.c
@@ -114,13 +114,16 @@ bool GBAContextLoadBIOSFromVFile(struct GBAContext* context, struct VFile* bios)
 
 bool GBAContextStart(struct GBAContext* context) {
 	struct GBAOptions opts = {};
-	GBAConfigMap(&context->config, &opts);
 
 	if (context->renderer) {
 		GBAVideoAssociateRenderer(&context->gba->video, context->renderer);
 	}
 
-	GBALoadROM(context->gba, context->rom, context->save, 0);
+	if (!GBALoadROM(context->gba, context->rom, context->save, 0)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	GBAConfigMap(&context->config, &opts);
 	if (opts.useBios && context->bios) {
 		GBALoadBIOS(context->gba, context->bios);
 	}