diff --git a/rpcs3/Loader/ELF32.cpp b/rpcs3/Loader/ELF32.cpp
index 377ab7f5ae..3e68915494 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Loader/ELF32.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Loader/ELF32.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,16 @@ namespace loader
 			{
 			case MACHINE_MIPS: break;
 			case MACHINE_ARM: arm7_thread(m_ehdr.is_le() ? m_ehdr.data_le.e_entry : m_ehdr.data_be.e_entry, "main_thread").args({ Emu.GetPath()/*, "-emu"*/ }).run(); break;
-			case MACHINE_SPU: spu_thread(m_ehdr.is_le() ? m_ehdr.data_le.e_entry : m_ehdr.data_be.e_entry, "main_thread").args({ Emu.GetPath()/*, "-emu"*/ }).run(); break;
+			case MACHINE_SPU:
+			{
+				if (!Emu.IsStopped())
+				{
+					break;
+				}
+
+				spu_thread(m_ehdr.is_le() ? m_ehdr.data_le.e_entry : m_ehdr.data_be.e_entry, "main_thread").args({ Emu.GetPath()/*, "-emu"*/ }).run();
+				break;
+			}
 			}
 
 			return ok;
@@ -94,6 +103,8 @@ namespace loader
 
 		handler::error_code elf32::load_data(u32 offset)
 		{
+			Elf_Machine machine = (Elf_Machine)(u16)(m_ehdr.is_le() ? m_ehdr.data_le.e_machine : m_ehdr.data_be.e_machine);
+
 			for (auto &phdr : m_phdrs)
 			{
 				u32 memsz = m_ehdr.is_le() ? phdr.data_le.p_memsz : phdr.data_be.p_memsz;
@@ -106,7 +117,7 @@ namespace loader
 				case 0x00000001: //LOAD
 					if (phdr.data_le.p_memsz)
 					{
-						if (!vm::alloc(vaddr, memsz, vm::main))
+						if (machine != MACHINE_SPU && !vm::alloc(vaddr, memsz, vm::main))
 						{
 							LOG_ERROR(LOADER, "%s(): AllocFixed(0x%llx, 0x%x) failed", __FUNCTION__, vaddr, memsz);
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Loader/ELF32.h b/rpcs3/Loader/ELF32.h
index dc37dd5f0b..d3d37f543c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Loader/ELF32.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Loader/ELF32.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace loader
 						u16 e_type;
 						u16 e_machine;
 						u32 e_version;
-						u16 e_entry;
+						u32 e_entry;
 						u32 e_phoff;
 						u32 e_shoff;
 						u32 e_flags;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace loader
 						be_t<u16> e_type;
 						be_t<u16> e_machine;
 						be_t<u32> e_version;
-						be_t<u16> e_entry;
+						be_t<u32> e_entry;
 						be_t<u32> e_phoff;
 						be_t<u32> e_shoff;
 						be_t<u32> e_flags;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace loader
 				};
 
 				bool is_le() const { return e_data == 1; }
-				bool check() const { return e_magic == 0x7F454C46; }
+				bool check() const { return e_magic == 0x464C457F; }
 			};
 
 			struct shdr