diff --git a/emu-configs/gzdoom/gzdoom.sh b/emu-configs/gzdoom/gzdoom.sh
index 3fb0ef68..69508737 100644
--- a/emu-configs/gzdoom/gzdoom.sh
+++ b/emu-configs/gzdoom/gzdoom.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 LOG_FILE="$rdhome/.logs/gzdoom.log"
 
+if [ -e "$LOG_FILE" ]; then
+    rm "$LOG_FILE"
+fi
+
+echo "RetroDECK GZDOOM wrapper init." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
+
 # List of IWAD files
 IWAD_FILES=("DOOM1.WAD" "DOOM.WAD" "DOOM2.WAD" "DOOM2F.WAD" "DOOM64.WAD" "TNT.WAD"
             "PLUTONIA.WAD" "HERETIC1.WAD" "HERETIC.WAD" "HEXEN.WAD" "HEXDD.WAD"
@@ -10,11 +16,22 @@ IWAD_FILES=("DOOM1.WAD" "DOOM.WAD" "DOOM2.WAD" "DOOM2F.WAD" "DOOM64.WAD" "TNT.WA
             "doom_complete.pk3"                                                 # this includes them all
             )
 
-# Convert file name to uppercase for case-insensitive comparison
-provided_file=$(echo "$1" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
+echo "Trying to load \"$1\"." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
 
-if [[ " ${IWAD_FILES[@]} " =~ " $provided_file " ]]; then
-    gzdoom +fluid_patchset /app/share/sounds/sf2/gzdoom.sf2 -config /var/config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini -iwad "$1" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
+if [ ! -e "$1" ]; then
+    echo "$1 not found. Quitting." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+filename=$(basename "$1")  # Extracts only the filename from the full path
+
+shopt -s nocasematch   # Enable case-insensitive matching
+if [[ "${IWAD_FILES[@]}" =~ "$filename" ]]; then
+    type="iwad"
 else
-    gzdoom +fluid_patchset /app/share/sounds/sf2/gzdoom.sf2 -config /var/config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini -file "$1" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
-fi
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+    type="file"
+fi
+shopt -u nocasematch   # Disable case-insensitive matching after use
+
+echo "Found $type: $1, loading it." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
+gzdoom +fluid_patchset /app/share/sounds/sf2/gzdoom.sf2 -config /var/config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini -$type "$1" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
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