diff --git a/src/gb/core.c b/src/gb/core.c
index 85738caa4..9f67fd19d 100644
--- a/src/gb/core.c
+++ b/src/gb/core.c
@@ -277,6 +277,12 @@ static void _GBCoreReloadConfigOption(struct mCore* core, const char* option, co
 		}
 		return;
 	}
+	if (strcmp("sgb.borders", option) == 0) {
+		if (mCoreConfigGetIntValue(config, "sgb.borders", &fakeBool)) {
+			gb->video.sgbBorders = fakeBool;
+			gb->video.renderer->enableSGBBorder(gb->video.renderer, fakeBool);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static void _GBCoreDesiredVideoDimensions(struct mCore* core, unsigned* width, unsigned* height) {
diff --git a/src/gb/serialize.c b/src/gb/serialize.c
index e8eaeefc7..0c1884c67 100644
--- a/src/gb/serialize.c
+++ b/src/gb/serialize.c
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ void GBSGBSerialize(struct GB* gb, struct GBSerializedState* state) {
 	if (gb->video.renderer->sgbAttributes) {
 		memcpy(state->sgb.attributes, gb->video.renderer->sgbAttributes, sizeof(state->sgb.attributes));
 	}
-	gb->video.renderer->enableSGBBorder(gb->video.renderer, gb->video.sgbBorders);
 }
 
 void GBSGBDeserialize(struct GB* gb, const struct GBSerializedState* state) {