diff --git a/tasks/task_content.c b/tasks/task_content.c
index 4f7aa1b227..4e501a49a5 100644
--- a/tasks/task_content.c
+++ b/tasks/task_content.c
@@ -1771,6 +1771,17 @@ bool task_push_content_load_default(
          break;
    }
 
+   switch (mode)
+   {
+      case CONTENT_MODE_LOAD_CONTENT_WITH_NEW_CORE_FROM_MENU:
+         runloop_ctl(RUNLOOP_CTL_SET_LIBRETRO_PATH, (void*)core_path);
+         if (!task_load_core(core_path))
+            goto error;
+         break;
+      default:
+         break;
+   }
+
    switch (mode)
    {
       case CONTENT_MODE_LOAD_NOTHING_WITH_DUMMY_CORE: