diff --git a/src/platform/3ds/3ds-vfs.c b/src/platform/3ds/3ds-vfs.c
index a0e4defba..6965a51a5 100644
--- a/src/platform/3ds/3ds-vfs.c
+++ b/src/platform/3ds/3ds-vfs.c
@@ -33,19 +33,9 @@ struct VFile* VFileOpen3DS(FS_archive archive, const char* path, int flags) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	int newFlags = 0;
-	if (flags & O_RDONLY) {
-		newFlags |= FS_OPEN_READ;
-	}
-	if (flags & O_WRONLY) {
-		newFlags |= FS_OPEN_WRITE;		
-	}
-	if (flags & O_CREAT) {
-		newFlags |= FS_OPEN_CREATE;
-	}
-
-	FS_path lowPath = FS_makePath(PATH_CHAR, path);
-	if (FSUSER_OpenFileDirectly(0, &vf3d->handle, archive, lowPath, newFlags, FS_ATTRIBUTE_NONE)) {
+	FS_path newPath = FS_makePath(PATH_CHAR, path);
+	Result res = FSUSER_OpenFile(0, &vf3d->handle, archive, newPath, flags, FS_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
+	if (res & 0xFFFC03FF) {
 		free(vf3d);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/src/platform/3ds/main.c b/src/platform/3ds/main.c
index e9dc69f2c..8114aecb5 100644
--- a/src/platform/3ds/main.c
+++ b/src/platform/3ds/main.c
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ int main() {
 		(FS_path) { PATH_EMPTY, 1, (u8*)"" },
 		0, 0
 	};
-    
-    struct VFile* rom = VFileOpen3DS(sdmcArchive, "/rom.gba", O_RDONLY);
-    struct VFile* save = VFileOpen3DS(sdmcArchive, "/rom.sav", O_RDWR | O_CREAT);
+	FSUSER_OpenArchive(0, &sdmcArchive);
+
+	struct VFile* rom = VFileOpen3DS(sdmcArchive, "/rom.gba", FS_OPEN_READ);
+	struct VFile* save = VFileOpen3DS(sdmcArchive, "/rom.sav", FS_OPEN_WRITE | FS_OPEN_CREATE);
 
 	GBACreate(gba);
 	ARMSetComponents(cpu, &gba->d, 0, 0);