diff --git a/src/main/services/emulators/extract-disc-sku.ts b/src/main/services/emulators/extract-disc-sku.ts
index 76dc45a3d1..6491589a53 100644
--- a/src/main/services/emulators/extract-disc-sku.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/emulators/extract-disc-sku.ts
@@ -54,24 +54,7 @@ const extractCsoSku = async (filePath: string): Promise<string | null> => {
   return sku;
 };
 
-const extractPs12Sku = async (filePath: string): Promise<string | null> => {
-  const lower = filePath.toLowerCase();
-  if (lower.endsWith(".chd")) {
-    return extractChdSku(filePath);
-  }
-  if (lower.endsWith(".cso")) {
-    return extractCsoSku(filePath);
-  }
-
-  const target = await resolveSniffTarget(filePath);
-  logger.log("[extract-sku] start", { filePath, target });
-  if (!target) {
-    logger.log("[extract-sku] no sniff target (unsupported format)", {
-      filePath,
-    });
-    return null;
-  }
-
+const scanTargetForSku = async (target: string): Promise<string | null> => {
   let fh: import("node:fs/promises").FileHandle | null = null;
   try {
     fh = await fs.open(target, "r");
@@ -143,6 +126,39 @@ const extractPs12Sku = async (filePath: string): Promise<string | null> => {
   }
 };
 
+const extractPs12Sku = async (filePath: string): Promise<string | null> => {
+  const lower = filePath.toLowerCase();
+  if (lower.endsWith(".chd")) {
+    return extractChdSku(filePath);
+  }
+  if (lower.endsWith(".cso")) {
+    return extractCsoSku(filePath);
+  }
+
+  const target = await resolveSniffTarget(filePath);
+  logger.log("[extract-sku] start", { filePath, target });
+  if (!target) {
+    logger.log("[extract-sku] no sniff target (unsupported format)", {
+      filePath,
+    });
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const targetExists = await fs
+    .access(target)
+    .then(() => true)
+    .catch(() => false);
+  if (!targetExists) {
+    logger.warn("[extract-sku] sniff target missing on disk", {
+      filePath,
+      target,
+    });
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return scanTargetForSku(target);
+};
+
 const findKeyOffset = (
   data: Buffer,
   keyTableStart: number,
diff --git a/src/main/services/emulators/sniff-disc-platform.ts b/src/main/services/emulators/sniff-disc-platform.ts
index 9d96db61b9..e76e664665 100644
--- a/src/main/services/emulators/sniff-disc-platform.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/emulators/sniff-disc-platform.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,30 @@ export const sniffDiscImage = async (
   }
 };
 
+const resolveCueRef = async (
+  dir: string,
+  ref: string
+): Promise<string | null> => {
+  const base = path.basename(ref.replaceAll("\\", "/"));
+  const resolved = path.resolve(dir, base);
+
+  try {
+    await fs.access(resolved);
+    return resolved;
+  } catch {
+    try {
+      const entries = await fs.readdir(dir);
+      const match = entries.find(
+        (entry) => entry.toLowerCase() === base.toLowerCase()
+      );
+      if (match) return path.resolve(dir, match);
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
 export const parseCueReferencedFiles = async (
   cuePath: string
 ): Promise<string[]> => {
@@ -44,7 +68,10 @@ export const parseCueReferencedFiles = async (
     const content = await fs.readFile(cuePath, "utf-8");
     const dir = path.dirname(cuePath);
     const matches = [...content.matchAll(/FILE\s+"(.+?)"\s+\w+/gi)];
-    return matches.map((m) => path.resolve(dir, m[1]));
+    const resolved = await Promise.all(
+      matches.map((m) => resolveCueRef(dir, m[1]))
+    );
+    return resolved.filter((p): p is string => p !== null);
   } catch {
     return [];
   }