diff --git a/src/loader.cpp b/src/loader.cpp
index 18c2932..51de859 100644
--- a/src/loader.cpp
+++ b/src/loader.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ namespace anm2ed
               {
                 if (path.empty()) continue;
                 SDL_Event event{};
-                event.type = SDL_EVENT_DROP_FILE;
+                event.type = SDL_EVENT_USER;
                 event.drop.data = SDL_strdup(path.c_str());
                 event.drop.windowID = window ? SDL_GetWindowID(window) : 0;
                 SDL_PushEvent(&event);
diff --git a/src/state.cpp b/src/state.cpp
index 5050fa4..1d3861c 100644
--- a/src/state.cpp
+++ b/src/state.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace anm2ed
   void State::update(SDL_Window*& window, Settings& settings)
   {
     SDL_Event event{};
-    bool openDroppedDocumentsImmediately = manager.documents.empty();
 
     while (SDL_PollEvent(&event))
     {
@@ -49,10 +48,8 @@ namespace anm2ed
           if (filesystem::path_is_extension(droppedFile, "anm2"))
           {
             std::filesystem::path droppedPath{droppedFile};
-            if (openDroppedDocumentsImmediately)
-            {
+            if (manager.documents.empty())
               manager.open(droppedPath);
-            }
             else
             {
               if (std::find(manager.anm2DragDropPaths.begin(), manager.anm2DragDropPaths.end(), droppedPath) ==
@@ -85,6 +82,12 @@ namespace anm2ed
           }
           break;
         }
+        case SDL_EVENT_USER:
+        {
+          auto droppedFile = event.drop.data;
+          if (filesystem::path_is_extension(droppedFile, "anm2")) manager.open(droppedFile);
+          break;
+        }
         case SDL_EVENT_QUIT:
           isQuitting = true;
           break;