diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ROMManager.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ROMManager.cpp
index e3ceebbe..de1d8644 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ROMManager.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/ROMManager.cpp
@@ -916,6 +916,8 @@ void Reset(EmuThread* thread)
             thread->NDS->SetupDirectBoot(BaseROMName);
         }
     }
+
+    thread->NDS->Start();
 }