diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 132583438..9ca7cba57 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 0.7.2: (Future)
 Bugfixes:
  - Qt: More app metadata fixes
+ - Qt: Fix load recent from archive (fixes mgba.io/i/1325)
 Misc:
  - Qt: Add missing HEVC NVENC option (fixes mgba.io/i/1323)
 
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/CoreManager.cpp b/src/platform/qt/CoreManager.cpp
index adb002c18..a77334cc5 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/CoreManager.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/CoreManager.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ CoreController* CoreManager::loadGame(const QString& path) {
 				vf = vfclone;
 			}
 			dir->close(dir);
-			loadGame(vf, fname, base);
+			return loadGame(vf, fname, base);
 		} else {
 			LOG(QT, ERROR) << tr("Failed to open game file: %1").arg(path);
 		}