diff --git a/src/86box.c b/src/86box.c
index d7344e723..c6d68fda2 100644
--- a/src/86box.c
+++ b/src/86box.c
@@ -1184,11 +1184,10 @@ pc_full_speed(void)
 
 /* Initialize modules, ran once, after pc_init. */
 int
-pc_init_modules(void)
+pc_init_roms(void)
 {
     int     c;
     int     m;
-    wchar_t temp[512];
     char    tempc[512];
 
     if (dump_missing) {
@@ -1227,6 +1226,16 @@ pc_init_modules(void)
     }
     pc_log("A total of %d ROM sets have been loaded.\n", c);
 
+    return 1;
+}
+
+int
+pc_init_modules(void)
+{
+    int     c;
+    wchar_t temp[512];
+    char    tempc[512];
+
     /* Load the ROMs for the selected machine. */
     if (!machine_available(machine)) {
         swprintf(temp, sizeof_w(temp), plat_get_string(STRING_HW_NOT_AVAILABLE_MACHINE), machine_getname());
diff --git a/src/include/86box/86box.h b/src/include/86box/86box.h
index 99436786a..0f850f6f4 100644
--- a/src/include/86box/86box.h
+++ b/src/include/86box/86box.h
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ extern void update_mouse_msg(void);
 #if 0
 extern void pc_reload(wchar_t *fn);
 #endif
+extern int  pc_init_roms(void);
 extern int  pc_init_modules(void);
 extern int  pc_init(int argc, char *argv[]);
 extern void pc_close(void *threadid);
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_main.cpp b/src/qt/qt_main.cpp
index f1f0b3b20..374b0f4fb 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_main.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_main.cpp
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #    endif
 #endif
 
-    if (!pc_init_modules()) {
+    if (!pc_init_roms()) {
         QMessageBox fatalbox(QMessageBox::Icon::Critical, QObject::tr("No ROMs found"),
                              QObject::tr("86Box could not find any usable ROM images.\n\nPlease <a href=\"https://github.com/86Box/roms/releases/latest\">download</a> a ROM set and extract it into the \"roms\" directory."),
                              QMessageBox::Ok);
@@ -625,6 +625,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return 6;
     }
 
+    if (!vmm_enabled)
+        pc_init_modules();
+
     if (vmm_enabled) {
         // VMManagerMain vmm;
         // // Hackish until there is a proper solution
diff --git a/src/unix/unix.c b/src/unix/unix.c
index 551bde26b..a28c4fc47 100644
--- a/src/unix/unix.c
+++ b/src/unix/unix.c
@@ -1228,11 +1228,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     ret = pc_init(argc, argv);
     if (ret == 0)
         return 0;
-    if (!pc_init_modules()) {
+    if (!pc_init_roms()) {
         ui_msgbox_header(MBX_FATAL, L"No ROMs found.", L"86Box could not find any usable ROM images.\n\nPlease download a ROM set and extract it into the \"roms\" directory.");
         SDL_Quit();
         return 6;
     }
+    pc_init_modules();
 
     for (uint8_t i = 1; i < GFXCARD_MAX; i++)
         gfxcard[i]  = 0;