diff --git a/src/emulator.cpp b/src/emulator.cpp
index ad407f9b6..fb187cfae 100644
--- a/src/emulator.cpp
+++ b/src/emulator.cpp
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ Frontend::WindowSDL* g_window = nullptr;
 namespace Core {
 
 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;