diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/fragments/EmulationFragment.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/fragments/EmulationFragment.kt
index 35899ce7f..785438526 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/fragments/EmulationFragment.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/fragments/EmulationFragment.kt
@@ -143,14 +143,17 @@ class EmulationFragment : Fragment(), SurfaceHolder.Callback, Choreographer.Fram
         }
         if (intentUri != null) {
             if (!BuildUtil.isGooglePlayBuild) {
+                val intentUriString = intentUri.toString()
                 // We need to build a special path as the incoming URI may be SAF exclusive
                 Log.warning("[EmulationFragment] Cannot determine native path of URI \"" +
-                        intentUri.toString() + "\", using file descriptor instead.")
-                gameFd = requireContext().contentResolver.openFileDescriptor(intentUri, "r")?.detachFd()
-                intentUri = if (gameFd != null) {
-                    Uri.parse("fd://" + gameFd.toString())
-                } else {
-                    null
+                            intentUriString + "\", using file descriptor instead.")
+                if (!intentUriString.startsWith("!")) {
+                    gameFd = requireContext().contentResolver.openFileDescriptor(intentUri, "r")?.detachFd()
+                    intentUri = if (gameFd != null) {
+                        Uri.parse("fd://" + gameFd.toString())
+                    } else {
+                        null
+                    }
                 }
             }
             intentGame =
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/utils/FileUtil.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/utils/FileUtil.kt
index 29020c99d..237fe1258 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/utils/FileUtil.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/utils/FileUtil.kt
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ object FileUtil {
     }
 
     @JvmStatic
-    fun isNativePath(path: String): Boolean =
+    fun isNativePath(path: String): Boolean = // FIXME: This function name is bullshit -OS
         try {
             path[0] == '/'
         } catch (e: StringIndexOutOfBoundsException) {
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/utils/GameHelper.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/utils/GameHelper.kt
index f711b6224..1c55e1616 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/utils/GameHelper.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/utils/GameHelper.kt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ object GameHelper {
         val filePath = uri.toString()
         var nativePath: String? = null
         var gameInfo: GameInfo?
-        if (BuildUtil.isGooglePlayBuild || FileUtil.isNativePath(filePath)) {
+        if (BuildUtil.isGooglePlayBuild || FileUtil.isNativePath(filePath) || filePath.startsWith("!")) {
             gameInfo = GameInfo(filePath)
         } else {
             nativePath = if (uri.scheme == "fd") {
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ object GameHelper {
             valid,
             (gameInfo?.getTitle() ?: FileUtil.getFilename(uri)).replace("[\\t\\n\\r]+".toRegex(), " "),
             filePath.replace("\n", " "),
-            if (BuildUtil.isGooglePlayBuild || FileUtil.isNativePath(filePath)) {
+            // TODO: This next line can be deduplicated but I don't want to right now -OS
+            if (BuildUtil.isGooglePlayBuild || FileUtil.isNativePath(filePath) || filePath.startsWith("!")) {
                 filePath
             } else {
                 nativePath!!