diff --git a/support/pcecd/pcecd.cpp b/support/pcecd/pcecd.cpp
index 3d8cdf7..be73dce 100644
--- a/support/pcecd/pcecd.cpp
+++ b/support/pcecd/pcecd.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 static int /*loaded = 0, unloaded = 0,*/ need_reset=0;
 static uint8_t has_command = 0;
-static uint8_t us_cart = 0;
 
 void pcecd_poll()
 {
@@ -36,24 +35,17 @@ void pcecd_poll()
 		}
 
 		if (pcecdd.has_status && !pcecdd.latency) {
+
 			uint16_t s;
 			pcecdd.GetStatus((uint8_t*)&s);
-
-			spi_uio_cmd_cont(UIO_CD_SET);
-			spi_w(s);
-			spi_w(0 | (us_cart << 1));
-			DisableIO();
-
+			pcecdd.SendStatus(s, 0);
 			pcecdd.has_status = 0;
 
 			printf("\x1b[32mPCECD: Send status = %02X, message = %02X\n\x1b[0m", s&0xFF, s >> 8);
 		}
 		else if (pcecdd.data_req) {
-			spi_uio_cmd_cont(UIO_CD_SET);
-			spi_w(0);
-			spi_w(1 | (us_cart << 1));
-			DisableIO();
 
+			pcecdd.SendStatus(0, 1);
 			pcecdd.data_req = false;
 
 			printf("\x1b[32mPCECD: Data request for MODESELECT6\n\x1b[0m");
@@ -154,7 +146,7 @@ static int load_bios(char *biosname, const char *cuename)
 	fileTYPE f;
 	if (!FileOpen(&f, biosname)) return 0;
 
-	us_cart = 0;
+	uint8_t us_cart = 0;
 	uint32_t start = size & 0x3FF;
 
 	if (size >= 262144)
@@ -192,7 +184,7 @@ static int load_bios(char *biosname, const char *cuename)
 	user_io_file_mount(buf, 0, 1);
 
 	user_io_set_download(0);
-
+	pcecdd.SetRegion(us_cart);
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/support/pcecd/pcecd.h b/support/pcecd/pcecd.h
index e7c40de..8af7114 100644
--- a/support/pcecd/pcecd.h
+++ b/support/pcecd/pcecd.h
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ public:
 	int GetStatus(uint8_t* buf);
 	int SetCommand(uint8_t* buf);
 	void PendStatus(uint8_t status, uint8_t message);
-	void SendStatus(uint8_t status, uint8_t message);
+	void SendStatus(uint16_t status, uint8_t flag);
+	void SetRegion(uint8_t rgn);
 
 private:
 	toc_t toc;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ private:
 	int CDDAFirst;
 	uint8_t CDDAMode;
 	sense_t sense;
+	uint8_t region;
 
 	uint8_t stat[2];
 	uint8_t comm[14];
diff --git a/support/pcecd/pcecdd.cpp b/support/pcecd/pcecdd.cpp
index 05628a2..fda2961 100644
--- a/support/pcecd/pcecdd.cpp
+++ b/support/pcecd/pcecdd.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ pcecdd_t::pcecdd_t() {
 	CDDAStart = 0;
 	CDDAEnd = 0;
 	CDDAMode = PCECD_CDDAMODE_SILENT;
+	region = 0;
 
 	stat[0] = 0x0;
 	stat[1] = 0x0;
@@ -744,15 +745,17 @@ void pcecdd_t::PendStatus(uint8_t status, uint8_t message) {
 	has_status = 1;
 }
 
-void pcecdd_t::SendStatus(uint8_t status, uint8_t message) {
-	uint16_t s = ((uint16_t)message << 8) | status;
+void pcecdd_t::SendStatus(uint16_t status, uint8_t flag) {
 
 	spi_uio_cmd_cont(UIO_CD_SET);
-	spi_w(s);
-	spi_w(0);
+	spi_w(status);
+	spi_w((flag & 1) | (region ? 2 : 0));
 	DisableIO();
 }
 
+void pcecdd_t::SetRegion(uint8_t rgn) {
+	region = rgn;
+}
 
 void pcecdd_t::LBAToMSF(int lba, msf_t* msf) {
 	msf->m = (lba / 75) / 60;