diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 42a3671bf..05d781d50 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
 	path = extern/zeus
 	url = ../zeus.git
 	branch = master
-[submodule "extern/nativefiledialog"]
-	path = extern/nativefiledialog
-	url = https://github.com/mlabbe/nativefiledialog.git
+[submodule "extern/nativefiledialog-extended"]
+	path = extern/nativefiledialog-extended
+	url = https://github.com/btzy/nativefiledialog-extended.git
 [submodule "extern/optick"]
 	path = extern/optick
 	url = https://github.com/AxioDL/optick.git
diff --git a/Runtime/CMain.cpp b/Runtime/CMain.cpp
index 4fc5171b6..3f68eae06 100644
--- a/Runtime/CMain.cpp
+++ b/Runtime/CMain.cpp
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ public:
 #endif
 
     if (!m_projectInitialized && !m_deferredProject.empty()) {
+      Log.report(logvisor::Info, FMT_STRING("Loading game from '{}'"), m_deferredProject);
       if (CDvdFile::Initialize(m_deferredProject)) {
         m_projectInitialized = true;
         m_cvarCommons.m_lastDiscPath->fromLiteral(m_deferredProject);
diff --git a/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index dc941081d..120d2f545 100644
--- a/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ add_executable(metaforce CMain.cpp ${PLAT_SRCS}
     ImGuiEntitySupport.hpp ImGuiEntitySupport.cpp)
 # RUNTIME_LIBRARIES repeated here for link ordering
 target_link_libraries(metaforce PUBLIC RuntimeCommon RuntimeCommonB ${RUNTIME_LIBRARIES} ${PLAT_LIBS} aurora::main)
-if (TARGET nativefiledialog)
-    target_link_libraries(metaforce PRIVATE nativefiledialog)
+if (TARGET nfd)
+    target_link_libraries(metaforce PRIVATE nfd)
 endif()
 target_compile_definitions(metaforce PUBLIC "-DMETAFORCE_TARGET_BYTE_ORDER=__BYTE_ORDER__")
 
diff --git a/Runtime/ImGuiConsole.cpp b/Runtime/ImGuiConsole.cpp
index d560ef622..22f961bb9 100644
--- a/Runtime/ImGuiConsole.cpp
+++ b/Runtime/ImGuiConsole.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "ImGuiEngine.hpp"
 #include "magic_enum.hpp"
 #ifdef NATIVEFILEDIALOG_SUPPORTED
-#include "nfd.h"
+#include <nfd.hpp>
 #endif
 
 #include <cstdarg>
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ std::set<TUniqueId> ImGuiConsole::inspectingEntities;
 ImGuiPlayerLoadouts ImGuiConsole::loadouts;
 
 ImGuiConsole::ImGuiConsole(CVarManager& cvarMgr, CVarCommons& cvarCommons)
-: m_cvarMgr(cvarMgr), m_cvarCommons(cvarCommons) {}
+: m_cvarMgr(cvarMgr), m_cvarCommons(cvarCommons) {
+  NFD::Init();
+}
 
 void ImGuiStringViewText(std::string_view text) {
   // begin()/end() do not work on MSVC
@@ -690,13 +692,12 @@ void ImGuiConsole::ShowAboutWindow(bool preLaunch) {
 #ifdef NATIVEFILEDIALOG_SUPPORTED
       ImGui::Dummy(padding);
       if (ImGuiButtonCenter("Select Game")) {
-        nfdchar_t* outPath = nullptr;
-        nfdresult_t nfdResult = NFD_OpenDialog(nullptr, nullptr, &outPath);
+        NFD::UniquePathU8 outPath;
+        nfdresult_t nfdResult = NFD::OpenDialog(outPath, nullptr, 0, nullptr);
         if (nfdResult == NFD_OKAY) {
-          m_gameDiscSelected = outPath;
-          free(outPath);
+          m_gameDiscSelected = outPath.get();
         } else if (nfdResult != NFD_CANCEL) {
-          Log.report(logvisor::Error, FMT_STRING("nativefiledialog error: {}"), NFD_GetError());
+          Log.report(logvisor::Error, FMT_STRING("nativefiledialog error: {}"), NFD::GetError());
         }
       }
 #endif
@@ -1441,6 +1442,7 @@ void ImGuiConsole::PostUpdate() {
 void ImGuiConsole::Shutdown() {
   dummyWorlds.clear();
   stringTables.clear();
+  NFD::Quit();
 }
 
 static constexpr std::array GeneralItems{
diff --git a/extern/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
index 919d8feb7..c990519af 100644
--- a/extern/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,25 +75,16 @@ endif ()
 add_subdirectory(jbus EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(kabufuda EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
-add_library(nativefiledialog STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL nativefiledialog/src/nfd_common.c)
-target_include_directories(nativefiledialog PUBLIC nativefiledialog/src/include)
+option(NFD_PORTAL "Use xdg-desktop-portal instead of GTK" ON)
 if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
-  target_sources(nativefiledialog PRIVATE nativefiledialog/src/nfd_gtk.c)
-  target_compile_definitions(nativefiledialog INTERFACE NATIVEFILEDIALOG_SUPPORTED)
-
-  find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-  pkg_check_modules(GTK3 REQUIRED gtk+-3.0)
-  target_link_libraries(nativefiledialog PRIVATE ${GTK3_LIBRARIES})
-  target_compile_options(nativefiledialog PRIVATE ${GTK3_CFLAGS_OTHER} -Wno-format-truncation -Wno-stringop-truncation)
-  target_include_directories(nativefiledialog PRIVATE ${GTK3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  target_link_directories(nativefiledialog PRIVATE ${GTK3_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+  add_subdirectory(nativefiledialog-extended)
+  target_compile_definitions(nfd INTERFACE NATIVEFILEDIALOG_SUPPORTED)
 elseif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
-  target_sources(nativefiledialog PRIVATE nativefiledialog/src/nfd_cocoa.m)
-  target_compile_definitions(nativefiledialog INTERFACE NATIVEFILEDIALOG_SUPPORTED)
-  # TODO link flags
+  add_subdirectory(nativefiledialog-extended)
+  target_compile_definitions(nfd INTERFACE NATIVEFILEDIALOG_SUPPORTED)
 elseif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-  target_sources(nativefiledialog PRIVATE nativefiledialog/src/nfd_win.cpp)
-  target_compile_definitions(nativefiledialog INTERFACE NATIVEFILEDIALOG_SUPPORTED)
+  add_subdirectory(nativefiledialog-extended)
+  target_compile_definitions(nfd INTERFACE NATIVEFILEDIALOG_SUPPORTED)
 else ()
   message(WARNING "nativefiledialog unsupported for ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
 endif ()
diff --git a/extern/nativefiledialog b/extern/nativefiledialog
deleted file mode 160000
index 67345b80e..000000000
--- a/extern/nativefiledialog
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 67345b80ebb429ecc2aeda94c478b3bcc5f7888e
diff --git a/extern/nativefiledialog-extended b/extern/nativefiledialog-extended
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..e018ec82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/nativefiledialog-extended
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e018ec82bc86240c80161ac616fd7da8bdcd85db