diff --git a/binding-sandbox/sandbox.cpp b/binding-sandbox/sandbox.cpp
index d8063bd0..e1044bee 100644
--- a/binding-sandbox/sandbox.cpp
+++ b/binding-sandbox/sandbox.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ sandbox::sandbox(const char *game_path) : ruby(new struct w2c_ruby), wasi(new wa
 
         // Determine Ruby command-line arguments
         std::vector<std::string> args{"mkxp-z"};
-        args.push_back("-v");
-        args.push_back("-e ");
+        args.push_back("/mkxp-retro-dist/bin/mkxp-z");
         if (MJIT_ENABLED) {
             std::string verboseLevel("--mjit-verbose=");
             std::string maxCache("--mjit-max-cache=");
diff --git a/binding/binding-mri.cpp b/binding/binding-mri.cpp
index b7bbdbad..5c888bac 100644
--- a/binding/binding-mri.cpp
+++ b/binding/binding-mri.cpp
@@ -1184,7 +1184,6 @@ static void mriBindingExecute() {
     ruby_init();
     
     std::vector<const char*> rubyArgsC{"mkxp-z"};
-    rubyArgsC.push_back("-v");
     rubyArgsC.push_back("-e ");
     void *node;
     if (conf.jit.enabled) {
diff --git a/retro/Makefile b/retro/Makefile
index c7117fbe..15331fbb 100644
--- a/retro/Makefile
+++ b/retro/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ clean: clean-ruby-dist clean-ruby-bindings clean-deps
 
 clean-ruby-dist:
 	rm -f $(OUTDIR)/mkxp-retro-dist.zip.c
-	rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/mkxp-retro-ruby
+	rm -rf $(LIBDIR)/mkxp-retro-ruby
 
 clean-ruby-bindings:
 	rm -f $(OUTDIR)/mkxp-sandbox-bindgen.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ $(LIBDIR)/mkxp-retro-dist.zip: $(LIBDIR)/mkxp-retro-dist/bin/ruby $(P7ZIP)
 	rm -r $(LIBDIR)/_mkxp-retro-dist/include
 	rm -r $(LIBDIR)/_mkxp-retro-dist/share
 	rm -r $(LIBDIR)/_mkxp-retro-dist/lib/ruby/gems/$(RUBY_VERSION).0/cache/*
+	echo '# This is a Ruby script that does nothing. We make Ruby load this file on startup just because Ruby needs to load a script on startup for some reason. No, we cannot just use `-e`: for some reason that sometimes causes the Ruby VM to crash on startup.' > $(LIBDIR)/_mkxp-retro-dist/bin/mkxp-z
 	rm -f $(LIBDIR)/mkxp-retro-dist.zip
 	cd $(LIBDIR)/_mkxp-retro-dist && $(P7ZIP) a -bb3 -mm=zstd -mx=19 $(LIBDIR)/mkxp-retro-dist.zip *
 	rm -r $(LIBDIR)/_mkxp-retro-dist