diff --git a/zsnes/src/gui/guiload.inc b/zsnes/src/gui/guiload.inc
index dd6678dd..6d588253 100644
--- a/zsnes/src/gui/guiload.inc
+++ b/zsnes/src/gui/guiload.inc
@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ GUIloadfilename:
     mov dword[MsgCount],120
     cmp al,1
     jbe .nopal
+    cmp al,0Dh
+    je .nopal
     mov byte[romispal],1
     mov word[totlines],314
     mov dword[MsgCount],100