diff --git a/UI/EmuScreen.cpp b/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
index 0122b94533..ba02f6688f 100644
--- a/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "Core/HLE/__sceAudio.h"
 
 #include "UI/ui_atlas.h"
+#include "UI/BackgroundAudio.h"
 #include "UI/OnScreenDisplay.h"
 #include "UI/GamepadEmu.h"
 #include "UI/PauseScreen.h"
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ void EmuScreen::bootGame(const std::string &filename) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	SetBackgroundAudioGame(filename);
+
 	//pre-emptive loading of game specific config if possible, to get all the settings
 	GameInfo *info = g_gameInfoCache->GetInfo(NULL, filename, 0);
 	if (info && !info->id.empty()) {
diff --git a/UI/MainScreen.cpp b/UI/MainScreen.cpp
index 5d30ce364c..41da38df07 100644
--- a/UI/MainScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/MainScreen.cpp
@@ -928,7 +928,6 @@ void MainScreen::sendMessage(const char *message, const char *value) {
 
 	if (!strcmp(message, "boot")) {
 		screenManager()->switchScreen(new EmuScreen(value));
-		SetBackgroundAudioGame(value);
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(message, "control mapping")) {
 		UpdateUIState(UISTATE_MENU);