diff --git a/BotWSaveManager.Conversion/Save.cs b/BotWSaveManager.Conversion/Save.cs
index 4ee61b7..8bbd6db 100644
--- a/BotWSaveManager.Conversion/Save.cs
+++ b/BotWSaveManager.Conversion/Save.cs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public enum SaveType
             "0E9D0E75", "750E9D0E"
         };
 
-        public Save(string folder, bool skipSwitchVersionCheck = false)
+        public Save(string folder, bool skipVersionCheck = false)
         {
             this.SaveFolder = folder;
 
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ public Save(string folder, bool skipSwitchVersionCheck = false)
                         catch (Exception e)
                         {
                             Console.WriteLine(e);
-                            throw new UnsupportedSaveException("The version of a numbered save folder you selected cannot be retrieved.");
+                            if (!skipVersionCheck)
+                            {
+                                throw new UnsupportedSaveException(
+                                    "The version of a numbered save folder you selected cannot be retrieved.");
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                     else
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ public Save(string folder, bool skipSwitchVersionCheck = false)
                         catch (Exception e)
                         {
                             Console.WriteLine(e);
-                            if (!skipSwitchVersionCheck)
+                            if (!skipVersionCheck)
                             {
                                 throw new UnsupportedSaveException("The version of a numbered save folder you selected cannot be retrieved.") {IsSwitch = true};
                             }
diff --git a/BotWSaveManager.UI/MainForm.cs b/BotWSaveManager.UI/MainForm.cs
index e3e1b34..435c01e 100644
--- a/BotWSaveManager.UI/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BotWSaveManager.UI/MainForm.cs
@@ -84,31 +84,39 @@ private void OpenSaveToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            Logger.Fatal("Aborting save loading as per user request.");
+                            Logger.Fatal(exception, "Aborting save loading as per user request.");
                             MessageBox.Show(exception.Message);
-                            this.btnConvert.Hide();
-                            this.tbSaveLocation.Hide();
-                            this.btnBrowse.Hide();
-                            this.btnSaveToFiles.Hide();
-                            this.pbConsole.Image = null;
-                            this.lblConsoleName.Text = "";
+                            this.ResetControls();
                             return;
                         }
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        Logger.Fatal("Aborting save loading due to unexpected version error.");
-                        MessageBox.Show(exception.Message);
-                        this.btnConvert.Hide();
-                        this.tbSaveLocation.Hide();
-                        this.btnBrowse.Hide();
-                        this.btnSaveToFiles.Hide();
-                        this.pbConsole.Image = null;
-                        this.lblConsoleName.Text = "";
-                        return;
+                        Logger.Error("The version of a numbered Wii U save folder selected could not be retrieved. Prompting user to ignore error.");
+
+                        if (MessageBox.Show("The version of a numbered save folder you selected cannot be retrieved. If you would like to attempt to use this file anyways, select Yes.", "Possibly unsupported save.", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
+                        {
+                            Logger.Info("User chose to ignore error. Initializing save with Wii U version checking disabled.");
+                            this.SelectedSave = new Save(dia.SelectedPath, true);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            Logger.Fatal(exception, "Aborting save loading as per user request.");
+                            MessageBox.Show(exception.Message);
+                            this.ResetControls();
+                            return;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 
+                if (this.SelectedSave?.SaveFolder == null)
+                {
+                    Logger.Fatal("The save folder selected by the user is null. Resetting controls and notifying user.");
+                    MessageBox.Show("The selected folder is null or invalid. Try running this app as administrator.");
+                    this.ResetControls();
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 this.SaveFilesDictionary = new Dictionary<string, byte[]>();
 
                 foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(this.SelectedSave.SaveFolder, "*.sav", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
@@ -141,6 +149,16 @@ private void OpenSaveToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
             }
         }
 
+        private void ResetControls()
+        {
+            this.btnConvert.Hide();
+            this.tbSaveLocation.Hide();
+            this.btnBrowse.Hide();
+            this.btnSaveToFiles.Hide();
+            this.pbConsole.Image = null;
+            this.lblConsoleName.Text = "";
+        }
+
         private void AboutToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             Logger.Trace("User opened about dialog.");