diff --git a/src/emulator.cpp b/src/emulator.cpp
index b125960d2..681b1c2cb 100644
--- a/src/emulator.cpp
+++ b/src/emulator.cpp
@@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ namespace Core {
 bool Emulator::ignore_game_patches = false;
 
 Emulator::Emulator() {
-    // Initialize NT API functions and set high priority
+    // Initialize NT API functions, set high priority and disable WER
 #ifdef _WIN32
     Common::NtApi::Initialize();
     SetPriorityClass(GetCurrentProcess(), ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS);
+    SetErrorMode(SetErrorMode(0) | SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX);
     // need to init this in order for winsock2 to work
     WORD versionWanted = MAKEWORD(2, 2);
     WSADATA wsaData;