diff --git a/packages/jelos/sources/scripts/runemu.sh b/packages/jelos/sources/scripts/runemu.sh
index 29863a3fa..d917474e2 100755
--- a/packages/jelos/sources/scripts/runemu.sh
+++ b/packages/jelos/sources/scripts/runemu.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ fi
 
 ### Offline all but the number of cores we need for this game if configured.
 NUMCORES=$(get_setting "cores" "${PLATFORM}" "${ROMNAME##*/}")
-if [ -n "${NUMCORES}" ]
+if [ -n "${NUMCORES}" ] &&
+   [ ! ${NUMCORES} = "default" ]
 then
   onlinecores ${NUMCORES} 0
 fi
diff --git a/packages/ui/emulationstation/package.mk b/packages/ui/emulationstation/package.mk
index 0fff1db5d..f28f2d9a0 100644
--- a/packages/ui/emulationstation/package.mk
+++ b/packages/ui/emulationstation/package.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020-present Fewtarius
 
 PKG_NAME="emulationstation"
-PKG_VERSION="6a41800"
+PKG_VERSION="8acbf3f"
 PKG_GIT_CLONE_BRANCH="main"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"