diff --git a/src/apple2.c b/src/apple2.c
index 083b760..7b15448 100644
--- a/src/apple2.c
+++ b/src/apple2.c
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ apple2_create(int width, int height)
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    // This is more-or-less the same setup you do in apple2_reset().
+    apple2_set_bank_switch(mach, MEMORY_ROM | MEMORY_WRITE | MEMORY_RAM2);
+
     // Set the read/write mappers for everything
     apple2_mem_map(mach);
 
@@ -125,11 +128,6 @@ apple2_create(int width, int height)
     // We default to lo-res mode.
     apple2_set_video(mach, VIDEO_LORES);
 
-    // At cold boot, we don't care what the bank switch is; the reset
-    // function will do the right thing, so let's default the flags to
-    // zero.
-    mach->bank_switch = 0;
-
     // Let's install our bitmap font.
     mach->sysfont = vm_bitfont_create(mach->screen,
                                       objstore_apple2_sysfont(),