diff --git a/src/HUDMerger/Models/HUD.cs b/src/HUDMerger/Models/HUD.cs
index 6c97bea..517c8d5 100644
--- a/src/HUDMerger/Models/HUD.cs
+++ b/src/HUDMerger/Models/HUD.cs
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ void RemoveBaseSchemeValues(string folderPath, IEnumerable<string> baseFiles)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (preloadImagesMerged)
+		if (preloadImagesMerged && !mainmenuKeyValues.BaseFiles().ToArray().Contains($"mainmenuoverride_preload.res", StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
 		{
 			int index = mainmenuKeyValues.FindLastIndex((kv) => kv.Key.Equals("#base", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && kv.Value is string);
 			mainmenuKeyValues.Insert(