diff --git a/bucket/visualboyadvance-m-nightly.json b/bucket/visualboyadvance-m-nightly.json
index 3818f692..25422be4 100644
--- a/bucket/visualboyadvance-m-nightly.json
+++ b/bucket/visualboyadvance-m-nightly.json
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
             "url": "https://nightly.vba-m.com/visualboyadvance-m-Win-x86_64.zip"
         }
     },
+    "pre_install": [
+        "if (!(Test-Path \"$persist_dir\\vbam.ini\")) {",
+        "   New-Item \"$dir\\vbam.ini\" -Type File | Out-Null",
+        "   Set-Content \"$dir\\vbam.ini\" '[General]'",
+        "   Add-Content \"$dir\\vbam.ini\" 'OnlineUpdates=never'",
+        "   'Battery', 'Recording', 'Screenshot', 'State' | ForEach-Object {",
+        "   Add-Content -Path \"$dir\\vbam.ini\" -Value $_`Dir`=$_ }",
+        "}"
+    ],
     "bin": [
         [
             "visualboyadvance-m.exe",
diff --git a/bucket/visualboyadvance-m.json b/bucket/visualboyadvance-m.json
index 4b1f72b7..bcda737f 100644
--- a/bucket/visualboyadvance-m.json
+++ b/bucket/visualboyadvance-m.json
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
             "hash": "e73cb3d4a0f6eb890549f04fef575ff4d9d3beb3b20b4877c4039cc2d9342311"
         }
     },
+    "pre_install": [
+        "if (!(Test-Path \"$persist_dir\\vbam.ini\")) {",
+        "   New-Item \"$dir\\vbam.ini\" -Type File | Out-Null",
+        "   Set-Content \"$dir\\vbam.ini\" '[General]'",
+        "   Add-Content \"$dir\\vbam.ini\" 'OnlineUpdates=never'",
+        "   'Battery', 'Recording', 'Screenshot', 'State' | ForEach-Object {",
+        "   Add-Content -Path \"$dir\\vbam.ini\" -Value $_`Dir`=$_ }",
+        "}"
+    ],
     "bin": "visualboyadvance-m.exe",
     "shortcuts": [
         [