diff --git a/src/gba/gba-serialize.c b/src/gba/gba-serialize.c
index a07848c53..a27136a9b 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba-serialize.c
+++ b/src/gba/gba-serialize.c
@@ -130,11 +130,15 @@ static bool _loadPNGState(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf) {
 		PNGReadClose(png, info, end);
 		return false;
 	}
+	uint32_t pixels[VIDEO_HORIZONTAL_PIXELS * VIDEO_VERTICAL_PIXELS * 4];
+
 	PNGInstallChunkHandler(png, gba, _loadPNGChunkHandler, "gbAs");
 	PNGReadHeader(png, info);
-	PNGIgnorePixels(png, info);
+	PNGReadPixels(png, info, &pixels, VIDEO_HORIZONTAL_PIXELS, VIDEO_VERTICAL_PIXELS, VIDEO_HORIZONTAL_PIXELS);
 	PNGReadFooter(png, end);
 	PNGReadClose(png, info, end);
+	gba->video.renderer->putPixels(gba->video.renderer, VIDEO_HORIZONTAL_PIXELS, pixels);
+	GBASyncPostFrame(gba->sync);
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gba/gba-thread.c b/src/gba/gba-thread.c
index 37ccabdf7..6d7cbff83 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba-thread.c
+++ b/src/gba/gba-thread.c
@@ -535,6 +535,10 @@ void GBASyncPostFrame(struct GBASync* sync) {
 	MutexUnlock(&sync->videoFrameMutex);
 
 	struct GBAThread* thread = GBAThreadGetContext();
+	if (!thread) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (thread->rewindBuffer) {
 		--thread->rewindBufferNext;
 		if (thread->rewindBufferNext <= 0) {
@@ -554,10 +558,12 @@ bool GBASyncWaitFrameStart(struct GBASync* sync, int frameskip) {
 
 	MutexLock(&sync->videoFrameMutex);
 	ConditionWake(&sync->videoFrameRequiredCond);
-	if (!sync->videoFrameOn) {
+	if (!sync->videoFrameOn && !sync->videoFramePending) {
 		return false;
 	}
-	ConditionWait(&sync->videoFrameAvailableCond, &sync->videoFrameMutex);
+	if (!sync->videoFramePending) {
+		ConditionWait(&sync->videoFrameAvailableCond, &sync->videoFrameMutex);
+	}
 	sync->videoFramePending = 0;
 	sync->videoFrameSkip = frameskip;
 	return true;
diff --git a/src/gba/gba-video.h b/src/gba/gba-video.h
index 9f22b2412..6e5838ce0 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba-video.h
+++ b/src/gba/gba-video.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ struct GBAVideoRenderer {
 	void (*finishFrame)(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer);
 
 	void (*getPixels)(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer, unsigned* stride, void** pixels);
+	void (*putPixels)(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer, unsigned stride, void* pixels);
 
 	uint16_t* palette;
 	uint16_t* vram;
diff --git a/src/gba/renderers/video-software.c b/src/gba/renderers/video-software.c
index f53e8dd67..46562f673 100644
--- a/src/gba/renderers/video-software.c
+++ b/src/gba/renderers/video-software.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static uint16_t GBAVideoSoftwareRendererWriteVideoRegister(struct GBAVideoRender
 static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererDrawScanline(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer, int y);
 static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererFinishFrame(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer);
 static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererGetPixels(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer, unsigned* stride, void** pixels);
+static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererPutPixels(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer, unsigned stride, void* pixels);
 
 static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererUpdateDISPCNT(struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* renderer);
 static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererWriteBGCNT(struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* renderer, struct GBAVideoSoftwareBackground* bg, uint16_t value);
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererCreate(struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* renderer) {
 	renderer->d.drawScanline = GBAVideoSoftwareRendererDrawScanline;
 	renderer->d.finishFrame = GBAVideoSoftwareRendererFinishFrame;
 	renderer->d.getPixels = GBAVideoSoftwareRendererGetPixels;
+	renderer->d.putPixels = GBAVideoSoftwareRendererPutPixels;
 }
 
 static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererInit(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer) {
@@ -510,6 +512,16 @@ static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererGetPixels(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer,
 	*pixels = softwareRenderer->outputBuffer;
 }
 
+static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererPutPixels(struct GBAVideoRenderer* renderer, unsigned stride, void* pixels) {
+	struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* softwareRenderer = (struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer*) renderer;
+
+	uint32_t* colorPixels = pixels;
+	unsigned i;
+	for (i = 0; i < VIDEO_VERTICAL_PIXELS; ++i) {
+		memmove(&softwareRenderer->outputBuffer[softwareRenderer->outputBufferStride * i], &colorPixels[stride * i], VIDEO_HORIZONTAL_PIXELS * BYTES_PER_PIXEL);
+	}
+}
+
 static void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererUpdateDISPCNT(struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* renderer) {
 	renderer->bg[0].enabled = renderer->dispcnt.bg0Enable;
 	renderer->bg[1].enabled = renderer->dispcnt.bg1Enable;
diff --git a/src/util/png-io.c b/src/util/png-io.c
index fdc6239f0..b6408c912 100644
--- a/src/util/png-io.c
+++ b/src/util/png-io.c
@@ -135,6 +135,37 @@ bool PNGIgnorePixels(png_structp png, png_infop info) {
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool PNGReadPixels(png_structp png, png_infop info, void* pixels, unsigned width, unsigned height, unsigned stride) {
+	if (setjmp(png_jmpbuf(png))) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	uint8_t* pixelData = pixels;
+	unsigned pngHeight = png_get_image_height(png, info);
+	if (height > pngHeight) {
+		height = pngHeight;
+	}
+
+	unsigned pngWidth = png_get_image_width(png, info);
+	if (width > pngWidth) {
+		width = pngWidth;
+	}
+
+	unsigned i;
+	png_bytep row = malloc(png_get_rowbytes(png, info));
+	for (i = 0; i < height; ++i) {
+		png_read_row(png, row, 0);
+		unsigned x;
+		for (x = 0; x < width; ++x) {
+			pixelData[stride * i * 4 + x * 4] = row[x * 3];
+			pixelData[stride * i * 4 + x * 4 + 1] = row[x * 3 + 1];
+			pixelData[stride * i * 4 + x * 4 + 2] = row[x * 3 + 2];
+		}
+	}
+	free(row);
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool PNGReadFooter(png_structp png, png_infop end) {
 	if (setjmp(png_jmpbuf(png))) {
 		return false;
diff --git a/src/util/png-io.h b/src/util/png-io.h
index 05bff7bc4..257368090 100644
--- a/src/util/png-io.h
+++ b/src/util/png-io.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ bool isPNG(struct VFile* source);
 png_structp PNGReadOpen(struct VFile* source, unsigned offset);
 bool PNGInstallChunkHandler(png_structp png, void* context, ChunkHandler handler, const char* chunkName);
 bool PNGReadHeader(png_structp png, png_infop info);
+bool PNGReadPixels(png_structp png, png_infop info, void* pixels, unsigned width, unsigned height, unsigned stride);
 bool PNGIgnorePixels(png_structp png, png_infop info);
 bool PNGReadFooter(png_structp png, png_infop end);
 void PNGReadClose(png_structp png, png_infop info, png_infop end);