diff --git a/src/mame/machine/sorcerer.cpp b/src/mame/machine/sorcerer.cpp
index 06071372f7d..b76c42258d0 100644
--- a/src/mame/machine/sorcerer.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/machine/sorcerer.cpp
@@ -605,11 +605,12 @@ QUICKLOAD_LOAD_MEMBER(sorcerer_state::quickload_cb)
 			return image_init_result::FAIL;
 		}
 
-		u8 header[28];
-
 		/* get the header */
+		u8 header[28];
 		image.fread( &header, sizeof(header));
 
+		logerror("SNP PC register = 0x%04x\n", header[26] | (header[27] << 8));
+
 		// write it to ram, and skip roms
 		unsigned char s_byte;
 		for (int i = 0; i < 0xe000; i++)
@@ -658,6 +659,8 @@ QUICKLOAD_LOAD_MEMBER(sorcerer_state::quickload_cb)
 			m_maincpu->set_state_int(Z80_IM, header[25]);
 			m_maincpu->set_pc(header[26] | (header[27] << 8));
 		}
+		else
+			m_maincpu->set_pc(0xe000);  // SNP destroys workspace, so do cold start.
 	}
 
 	return image_init_result::PASS;