diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index db9fe99c6..0938b9078 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Features:
  - Finer control over FPS target
  - Holdable shortcut for rewinding one frame at a time
  - Ability to boot directly into the BIOS
+ - Preliminary support for yanking out the game pak while a game is running
 Bugfixes:
  - ARM7: Fix SWI and IRQ timings
  - GBA Audio: Force audio FIFOs to 32-bit
diff --git a/src/gba/gba.c b/src/gba/gba.c
index c1a620b58..22ce9700c 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba.c
+++ b/src/gba/gba.c
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ void GBALoadROM(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, struct VFile* sav, const char
 		GBALog(gba, GBA_LOG_WARN, "Couldn't map ROM");
 		return;
 	}
+	gba->yankedRomSize = 0;
 	gba->memory.rom = gba->pristineRom;
 	gba->activeFile = fname;
 	gba->memory.romSize = gba->pristineRomSize;
@@ -385,6 +386,11 @@ void GBALoadROM(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, struct VFile* sav, const char
 	// TODO: error check
 }
 
+void GBAYankROM(struct GBA* gba) {
+	gba->yankedRomSize = gba->memory.romSize;
+	gba->memory.romSize = 0;
+}
+
 void GBALoadBIOS(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf) {
 	gba->biosVf = vf;
 	uint32_t* bios = vf->map(vf, SIZE_BIOS, MAP_READ);
diff --git a/src/gba/gba.h b/src/gba/gba.h
index 0926470c5..636c2ae14 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba.h
+++ b/src/gba/gba.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ struct GBA {
 	struct GBARRContext* rr;
 	void* pristineRom;
 	size_t pristineRomSize;
+	size_t yankedRomSize;
 	uint32_t romCrc32;
 	struct VFile* romVf;
 	struct VFile* biosVf;
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ void GBASetBreakpoint(struct GBA* gba, struct ARMComponent* component, uint32_t
 void GBAClearBreakpoint(struct GBA* gba, uint32_t address, enum ExecutionMode mode, uint32_t opcode);
 
 void GBALoadROM(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, struct VFile* sav, const char* fname);
+void GBAYankROM(struct GBA* gba);
 void GBALoadBIOS(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf);
 void GBAApplyPatch(struct GBA* gba, struct Patch* patch);
 
diff --git a/src/gba/memory.c b/src/gba/memory.c
index 19155f9d5..29f93e4eb 100644
--- a/src/gba/memory.c
+++ b/src/gba/memory.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 static uint32_t _popcount32(unsigned bits);
 static void _pristineCow(struct GBA* gba);
-static uint32_t _deadbeef[2] = { 0xDEADBEEF, 0xFEEDFACE };
+static uint32_t _deadbeef[1] = { 0xF00FC7C8 };
 
 static void GBASetActiveRegion(struct ARMCore* cpu, uint32_t region);
 static void GBAMemoryServiceDMA(struct GBA* gba, int number, struct GBADMA* info);
@@ -273,7 +273,9 @@ static void GBASetActiveRegion(struct ARMCore* cpu, uint32_t address) {
 		memory->activeRegion = 0;
 		cpu->memory.activeRegion = _deadbeef;
 		cpu->memory.activeMask = 0;
-		GBALog(gba, GBA_LOG_FATAL, "Jumped to invalid address");
+		if (!gba->yankedRomSize) {
+			GBALog(gba, GBA_LOG_FATAL, "Jumped to invalid address");
+		}
 		break;
 	}
 	cpu->memory.activeSeqCycles32 = memory->waitstatesPrefetchSeq32[memory->activeRegion];
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
index 5b0b0197a..2630e0507 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
@@ -325,6 +325,15 @@ void GameController::loadBIOS(const QString& path) {
 	}
 }
 
+void GameController::yankPak() {
+	if (!m_gameOpen) {
+		return;
+	}
+	threadInterrupt();
+	GBAYankROM(m_threadContext.gba);
+	threadContinue();
+}
+
 void GameController::loadPatch(const QString& path) {
 	if (m_gameOpen) {
 		closeGame();
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/GameController.h b/src/platform/qt/GameController.h
index 798c83ec8..cc8ae2872 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/GameController.h
+++ b/src/platform/qt/GameController.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ signals:
 public slots:
 	void loadGame(const QString& path, bool dirmode = false);
 	void loadBIOS(const QString& path);
+	void yankPak();
 	void setSkipBIOS(bool);
 	void setUseBIOS(bool);
 	void loadPatch(const QString& path);
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
index 6ba323078..b7e56f421 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
@@ -698,6 +698,11 @@ void Window::setupMenu(QMenuBar* menubar) {
 	connect(shutdown, SIGNAL(triggered()), m_controller, SLOT(closeGame()));
 	m_gameActions.append(shutdown);
 	addControlledAction(emulationMenu, shutdown, "shutdown");
+
+	QAction* yank = new QAction(tr("Yank game pak"), emulationMenu);
+	connect(yank, SIGNAL(triggered()), m_controller, SLOT(yankPak()));
+	m_gameActions.append(yank);
+	addControlledAction(emulationMenu, yank, "yank");
 	emulationMenu->addSeparator();
 
 	QAction* pause = new QAction(tr("&Pause"), emulationMenu);