diff --git a/support/arcade/romutils.cpp b/support/arcade/romutils.cpp
index e033b26..f94f297 100644
--- a/support/arcade/romutils.cpp
+++ b/support/arcade/romutils.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct arc_struct {
 	struct MD5Context context;
 };
 
-char global_error_msg[kBigTextSize];
+static char arcade_error_msg[kBigTextSize] = {};
 static char arcade_root[kBigTextSize];
 
 #define DEBUG_ROM_BINARY 0
@@ -450,22 +450,21 @@ int arcade_send_rom(const char *xml)
 	XMLDoc_parse_file_SAX(xml, &sax, &arc_info);
 	if (arc_info.validrom0 == 0 && strlen(arc_info.error_msg))
 	{
-		strcpy(global_error_msg, arc_info.error_msg);
-		printf("arcade_send_rom: pretty error: [%s]\n", global_error_msg);
+		strcpy(arcade_error_msg, arc_info.error_msg);
+		printf("arcade_send_rom: pretty error: [%s]\n", arcade_error_msg);
 	}
 	buffer_destroy(arc_info.data);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int arcade_check_error(void)
+void arcade_check_error()
 {
-	if (global_error_msg[0] != 0) {
-		printf("ERROR: [%s]\n", global_error_msg);
-		Info(global_error_msg, 1000 * 30);
-		global_error_msg[0] = 0;
+	if (arcade_error_msg[0] != 0) {
+		printf("ERROR: [%s]\n", arcade_error_msg);
+		Info(arcade_error_msg, 1000 * 30);
+		arcade_error_msg[0] = 0;
+		sleep(3);
 	}
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static const char *get_rbf(const char *xml)
diff --git a/support/arcade/romutils.h b/support/arcade/romutils.h
index 98868a6..703e98a 100644
--- a/support/arcade/romutils.h
+++ b/support/arcade/romutils.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 int arcade_send_rom(const char *xml);
 int arcade_load(const char *xml);
-int arcade_check_error(void);
+void arcade_check_error();
 
 #endif
diff --git a/user_io.cpp b/user_io.cpp
index 0ba7a3a..bfe41ab 100644
--- a/user_io.cpp
+++ b/user_io.cpp
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ void user_io_init(const char *path, const char *xml)
 
 		// release reset
 		user_io_8bit_set_status(0, UIO_STATUS_RESET);
+		if(xml) arcade_check_error();
 		break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/video.cpp b/video.cpp
index a4d0b31..5b0699e 100644
--- a/video.cpp
+++ b/video.cpp
@@ -603,8 +603,6 @@ static uint32_t show_video_info(int force)
 			Info(str, cfg.video_info * 1000);
 		}
 
-		arcade_check_error();
-
 		uint32_t scrh = v_cur.item[5];
 		if (height && scrh)
 		{