diff --git a/hash/einstein.xml b/hash/einstein.xml
index 3fea4eb0b5b..9dde661c8fb 100644
--- a/hash/einstein.xml
+++ b/hash/einstein.xml
@@ -1328,13 +1328,13 @@ Xtal Systems (Xtal Research)
 		</part>
 	</software>
 
-	<software name="theatre" supported="no">
+	<software name="theatre">
 		<description>Theatre Europe</description>
-		<year>19??</year>
+		<year>1989</year>
 		<publisher>Merlin Software</publisher>
 		<part name="flop1" interface="floppy_3">
-			<dataarea name="flop" size="215296">
-				<rom name="theatre.dsk" size="215296" crc="b429b7e7" sha1="3c7b1686340204776e734652dbdce807301a7e7a" offset="000000" />
+			<dataarea name="flop" size="235776">
+				<rom name="theatre.dsk" size="235776" crc="131ea117" sha1="0e0fae54ae174933801da1c488bb405809330de9" offset="000000" />
 			</dataarea>
 		</part>
 	</software>
diff --git a/src/lib/formats/dsk_dsk.cpp b/src/lib/formats/dsk_dsk.cpp
index 9fa334fbfd8..5b019fb53d1 100644
--- a/src/lib/formats/dsk_dsk.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/formats/dsk_dsk.cpp
@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ bool dsk_format::load(io_generic *io, uint32_t form_factor, floppy_image *image)
 				else
 					pos += 128 << tr.sector_size_code;
 			}
-			build_pc_track_mfm(track, side, image, 100000, tr.number_of_sector, sects, tr.gap3_length);
+			// larger cell count (was 100000) to allow for slightly out of spec images (theatre europe on einstein)
+			build_pc_track_mfm(track, side, image, 105000, tr.number_of_sector, sects, tr.gap3_length);
 			counter++;
 		}
 	}