diff --git a/resources/systems/macos/es_systems.xml b/resources/systems/macos/es_systems.xml
index 21300d4fd..4c5a63ea2 100644
--- a/resources/systems/macos/es_systems.xml
+++ b/resources/systems/macos/es_systems.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@
Atari XE
%ROMPATH%/atarixe
.xfd .XFD .atr .ATR .atx .ATX .cdm .CDM .cas .CAS .bin .BIN .a52 .A52 .xex .XEX .7z .7Z .zip .ZIP
- %EMULATOR_RETROARCH% -L %CORE_RETROARCH%/atari800_libretro.dylib %ROM%
+ %EMULATOR_RETROARCH% -L %CORE_RETROARCH%/atari800_libretro.dylib %ROM%
+ %EMULATOR_ATARI800% %ROM%
atarixe
atarixe
diff --git a/resources/systems/unix/es_systems.xml b/resources/systems/unix/es_systems.xml
index 2ad42b21c..76e2ed3cc 100644
--- a/resources/systems/unix/es_systems.xml
+++ b/resources/systems/unix/es_systems.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@
Atari XE
%ROMPATH%/atarixe
.xfd .XFD .atr .ATR .atx .ATX .cdm .CDM .cas .CAS .bin .BIN .a52 .A52 .xex .XEX .7z .7Z .zip .ZIP
- %EMULATOR_RETROARCH% -L %CORE_RETROARCH%/atari800_libretro.so %ROM%
+ %EMULATOR_RETROARCH% -L %CORE_RETROARCH%/atari800_libretro.so %ROM%
+ %EMULATOR_ATARI800% %ROM%
atarixe
atarixe
diff --git a/resources/systems/windows/es_systems.xml b/resources/systems/windows/es_systems.xml
index a453c1cea..39135f8e3 100644
--- a/resources/systems/windows/es_systems.xml
+++ b/resources/systems/windows/es_systems.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@
Atari XE
%ROMPATH%\atarixe
.xfd .XFD .atr .ATR .atx .ATX .cdm .CDM .cas .CAS .bin .BIN .a52 .A52 .xex .XEX .7z .7Z .zip .ZIP
- %EMULATOR_RETROARCH% -L %CORE_RETROARCH%\atari800_libretro.dll %ROM%
+ %EMULATOR_RETROARCH% -L %CORE_RETROARCH%\atari800_libretro.dll %ROM%
+ %STARTDIR%=%EMUDIR% %EMULATOR_ATARI800% %ROM%
atarixe
atarixe