diff --git a/src/NDS.cpp b/src/NDS.cpp
index 00c7389a..df1ac9f2 100644
--- a/src/NDS.cpp
+++ b/src/NDS.cpp
@@ -823,6 +823,20 @@ void SetConsoleType(int type)
     ConsoleType = type;
 }
 
+bool LoadROM(const u8* romdata, u32 filelength, const char *sram, bool direct)
+{
+    if (NDSCart::LoadROM(romdata, filelength, sram, direct))
+    {
+        Running = true;
+        return true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        printf("Failed to load ROM from archive\n");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
 bool LoadROM(const char* path, const char* sram, bool direct)
 {
     if (NDSCart::LoadROM(path, sram, direct))
diff --git a/src/NDS.h b/src/NDS.h
index 46a57a49..3a8875a9 100644
--- a/src/NDS.h
+++ b/src/NDS.h
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ void SetARM7RegionTimings(u32 addrstart, u32 addrend, int buswidth, int nonseq,
 void SetConsoleType(int type);
 
 bool LoadROM(const char* path, const char* sram, bool direct);
+bool LoadROM(const u8* romdata, u32 filelength, const char *sram, bool direct);
 bool LoadGBAROM(const char* path, const char* sram);
 void LoadBIOS();
 void SetupDirectBoot();
diff --git a/src/NDSCart.cpp b/src/NDSCart.cpp
index 7395d045..d065f6ac 100644
--- a/src/NDSCart.cpp
+++ b/src/NDSCart.cpp
@@ -1026,6 +1026,22 @@ bool LoadROM(const char* path, const char* sram, bool direct)
     return LoadROMCommon(len, sram, direct);
 }
 
+bool LoadROM(const u8* romdata, u32 filelength, const char *sram, bool direct)
+{
+    NDS::Reset();
+
+    u32 len = filelength;
+    CartROMSize = 0x200;
+    while (CartROMSize < len)
+        CartROMSize <<= 1;
+
+    CartROM = new u8[CartROMSize];
+    memset(CartROM, 0, CartROMSize);
+    memcpy(CartROM, romdata, filelength);
+
+    return LoadROMCommon(filelength, sram, direct);
+}
+
 void RelocateSave(const char* path, bool write)
 {
     // herp derp
diff --git a/src/NDSCart.h b/src/NDSCart.h
index 7d3f4a15..a108eb90 100644
--- a/src/NDSCart.h
+++ b/src/NDSCart.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ void DoSavestate(Savestate* file);
 
 void DecryptSecureArea(u8* out);
 bool LoadROM(const char* path, const char* sram, bool direct);
+bool LoadROM(const u8* romdata, u32 filelength, const char *sram, bool direct);
 
 void FlushSRAMFile();
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/FrontendUtil.h b/src/frontend/FrontendUtil.h
index caac9f08..a297c70c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/FrontendUtil.h
+++ b/src/frontend/FrontendUtil.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #ifndef FRONTENDUTIL_H
 #define FRONTENDUTIL_H
 
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QString>
+
 #include "types.h"
 
 namespace Frontend
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ int LoadBIOS();
 // load a ROM file to the specified cart slot
 // note: loading a ROM to the NDS slot resets emulation
 int LoadROM(const char* file, int slot);
+int LoadROM(const QByteArray *romdata, QString archivefilename, QString romfilename, int slot);
 
 // unload the ROM loaded in the specified cart slot
 // simulating ejection of the cartridge
diff --git a/src/frontend/Util_ROM.cpp b/src/frontend/Util_ROM.cpp
index 9f22f5f5..46b96d1c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/Util_ROM.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/Util_ROM.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QDir>
+
 #include "FrontendUtil.h"
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "SharedConfig.h"
@@ -283,6 +286,85 @@ int LoadBIOS()
     return Load_OK;
 }
 
+int LoadROM(const QByteArray *romdata, QString archivefilename, QString romfilename, int slot)
+{
+    int res;
+    bool directboot = Config::DirectBoot != 0;
+
+    if (Config::ConsoleType == 1 && slot == 1)
+    {
+        // cannot load a GBA ROM into a DSi
+        return Load_ROMLoadError;
+    }
+
+    res = VerifyDSBIOS();
+    if (res != Load_OK) return res;
+
+    if (Config::ConsoleType == 1)
+    {
+        res = VerifyDSiBIOS();
+        if (res != Load_OK) return res;
+
+        res = VerifyDSiFirmware();
+        if (res != Load_OK) return res;
+
+        res = VerifyDSiNAND();
+        if (res != Load_OK) return res;
+
+        GBACart::Eject();
+        ROMPath[ROMSlot_GBA][0] = '\0';
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        res = VerifyDSFirmware();
+        if (res != Load_OK)
+        {
+            if (res == Load_FirmwareNotBootable)
+                directboot = true;
+            else
+                return res;
+        }
+    }
+
+    char oldpath[1024];
+    char oldsram[1024];
+    strncpy(oldpath, ROMPath[slot], 1024);
+    strncpy(oldsram, SRAMPath[slot], 1024);
+
+    QString sramFile = QFileInfo(archivefilename).absolutePath() + QDir::separator() + QFileInfo(romfilename).completeBaseName() + ".sav";
+    strncpy(SRAMPath[slot], QDir::cleanPath(sramFile).toStdString().c_str(), 1024);
+    strncpy(ROMPath[slot], archivefilename.toStdString().c_str(), 1024);
+
+    NDS::SetConsoleType(Config::ConsoleType);
+
+    if (slot == ROMSlot_NDS && NDS::LoadROM((const u8*)romdata->constData(), romdata->size(), SRAMPath[slot], directboot))
+    {
+        SavestateLoaded = false;
+
+        LoadCheats();
+
+        // Reload the inserted GBA cartridge (if any)
+        // TODO: report failure there??
+        //if (ROMPath[ROMSlot_GBA][0] != '\0') NDS::LoadGBAROM(ROMPath[ROMSlot_GBA], SRAMPath[ROMSlot_GBA]);
+
+        strncpy(PrevSRAMPath[slot], SRAMPath[slot], 1024); // safety
+        return Load_OK;
+    }
+    /*else if (slot == ROMSlot_GBA && NDS::LoadGBAROM(ROMPath[slot], SRAMPath[slot]))
+    {
+        SavestateLoaded = false; // checkme??
+
+        strncpy(PrevSRAMPath[slot], SRAMPath[slot], 1024); // safety
+        return Load_OK;
+    }*/
+    else
+    {
+        strncpy(ROMPath[slot], oldpath, 1024);
+        strncpy(SRAMPath[slot], oldsram, 1024);
+        return Load_ROMLoadError;
+    }
+}
+
 int LoadROM(const char* file, int slot)
 {
     int res;
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ArchiveUtil.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ArchiveUtil.cpp
index 07b13a5f..470e035a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ArchiveUtil.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ArchiveUtil.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ QVector<QString> ListArchive(const char* path)
     return fileList;
 }
 
-QVector<QString> ExtractFileFromArchive(const char* path, const char* wantedFile)
+QVector<QString> ExtractFileFromArchive(const char* path, const char* wantedFile, QByteArray *romBuffer)
 {
     struct archive *a = archive_read_new();
     struct archive_entry *entry;
@@ -67,11 +67,9 @@ QVector<QString> ExtractFileFromArchive(const char* path, const char* wantedFile
     {
         return QVector<QString> {"Err"};
     }
-    while (archive_read_next_header(a, &entry) == ARCHIVE_OK) {
-        if (wantedFile == nullptr)
-        {
-            break;
-        }
+
+    while (archive_read_next_header(a, &entry) == ARCHIVE_OK)
+    {
         if (strcmp(wantedFile, archive_entry_pathname(entry)) == 0)
         {
             break;
@@ -79,8 +77,8 @@ QVector<QString> ExtractFileFromArchive(const char* path, const char* wantedFile
     }
 
     size_t bytesToWrite = archive_entry_size(entry);
-    QByteArray archiveBuffer(bytesToWrite, '\0');
-    ssize_t bytesRead = archive_read_data(a, archiveBuffer.data(), bytesToWrite);
+    romBuffer->fill(0, bytesToWrite);
+    ssize_t bytesRead = archive_read_data(a, romBuffer->data(), bytesToWrite);
 
     if (bytesRead < 0)
     {
@@ -88,18 +86,9 @@ QVector<QString> ExtractFileFromArchive(const char* path, const char* wantedFile
         return QVector<QString> {"Err", archive_error_string(a)};
     }
 
-    QString extractToFolder = QFileInfo(path).absolutePath() + "/" + QFileInfo(path).baseName();
-    QDir().mkdir(extractToFolder);
-
-    QString nameToWrite = extractToFolder + "/" + archive_entry_pathname(entry);
-    QFile fileToWrite(nameToWrite);
-    if(fileToWrite.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
-        fileToWrite.write(archiveBuffer);
-
-    fileToWrite.close();
     archive_read_close(a);
     archive_read_free(a);
-    return QVector<QString> {nameToWrite};
+    return QVector<QString> {wantedFile};
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ArchiveUtil.h b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ArchiveUtil.h
index a6f404ad..40d5d36f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ArchiveUtil.h
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ArchiveUtil.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Archive
 {
     
 QVector<QString> ListArchive(const char* path);
-QVector<QString> ExtractFileFromArchive(const char* path, const char* wantedFile);
+QVector<QString> ExtractFileFromArchive(const char* path, const char* wantedFile, QByteArray *romBuffer);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.cpp
index f0185cc9..f1bf5f4b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.cpp
@@ -1501,6 +1501,44 @@ QString MainWindow::loadErrorStr(int error)
     }
 }
 
+void MainWindow::loadROM(QByteArray *romData, QString archiveFileName, QString romFileName)
+{
+    // Strip entire archive name and get folder path
+    strncpy(Config::LastROMFolder, QFileInfo(archiveFileName).absolutePath().toStdString().c_str(), 1024);
+
+    int slot; int res;
+    /*if (!strcasecmp(ext, "gba"))
+    {
+        slot = 1;
+        res = Frontend::LoadROM(file, Frontend::ROMSlot_GBA);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        slot = 0;
+        res = Frontend::LoadROM(file, Frontend::ROMSlot_NDS);
+    }*/
+
+    // TODO: GBA support here!
+    slot = 0;
+    res = Frontend::LoadROM(romData, archiveFileName, romFileName, Frontend::ROMSlot_NDS);
+    if (res != Frontend::Load_OK)
+    {
+        QMessageBox::critical(this,
+                              "melonDS",
+                              loadErrorStr(res));
+        emuThread->emuUnpause();
+    }
+    else if (slot == 1)
+    {
+        // checkme
+        emuThread->emuUnpause();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        emuThread->emuRun();
+    }
+}
+
 void MainWindow::loadROM(QString filename)
 {
     recentFileList.removeAll(filename);
@@ -1573,28 +1611,31 @@ void MainWindow::onOpenFileArchive()
 {
     emuThread->emuPause();
 
-    QString filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,
+    QString archiveFileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,
                                                     "Open ROM Archive",
                                                     Config::LastROMFolder,
                                                     "Archived ROMs (*.zip *.7z *.rar *.tar *.tar.gz *.tar.xz *.tar.bz2);;Any file (*.*)");
-    if (filename.isEmpty())
+    if (archiveFileName.isEmpty())
     {
         emuThread->emuUnpause();
         return;
     }
 
     printf("Finding list of ROMs...\n");
-    QVector<QString> archiveROMList = Archive::ListArchive(filename.toUtf8().constData());
+    QVector<QString> archiveROMList = Archive::ListArchive(archiveFileName.toUtf8().constData());
+    QByteArray *romBuffer = new QByteArray();
+    QString romFileName; // file name inside archive
+
     if (archiveROMList.size() > 2)
     {
         archiveROMList.removeFirst();
         QString toLoad = QInputDialog::getItem(this, "melonDS",
                                   "The archive was found to have multiple files. Select which ROM you want to load.", archiveROMList.toList(), 0, false);
         printf("Extracting '%s'\n", toLoad.toUtf8().constData());
-        QVector<QString> extractResult = Archive::ExtractFileFromArchive(filename.toUtf8().constData(), toLoad.toUtf8().constData());
+        QVector<QString> extractResult = Archive::ExtractFileFromArchive(archiveFileName.toUtf8().constData(), toLoad.toUtf8().constData(), romBuffer);
         if (extractResult[0] != QString("Err"))
         {
-            filename = extractResult[0];
+            romFileName = extractResult[0];
         }
         else 
         {
@@ -1604,10 +1645,10 @@ void MainWindow::onOpenFileArchive()
     else if (archiveROMList.size() == 2)
     {   
         printf("Extracting the only ROM in archive\n");
-        QVector<QString> extractResult = Archive::ExtractFileFromArchive(filename.toUtf8().constData(), nullptr);
+        QVector<QString> extractResult = Archive::ExtractFileFromArchive(archiveFileName.toUtf8().constData(), archiveROMList.at(1).toUtf8().constData(), romBuffer);
         if (extractResult[0] != QString("Err"))
         {
-            filename = extractResult[0];
+            romFileName = extractResult[0];
         }
         else 
         {
@@ -1623,7 +1664,8 @@ void MainWindow::onOpenFileArchive()
         QMessageBox::critical(this, "melonDS", "The archive could not be read. It may be corrupt or you don't have the permissions.");
     }
 
-    loadROM(filename);
+    loadROM(romBuffer, archiveFileName, romFileName);
+    delete romBuffer;
 }
 
 void MainWindow::onClearRecentFiles()
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.h b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.h
index 97f514bb..591e612d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.h
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.h
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ private:
     QMenu *recentMenu;
     void updateRecentFilesMenu();
     void loadROM(QString filename);
+    void loadROM(QByteArray *romData, QString archiveFileName, QString romFileName);
 
     void createScreenPanel();