diff --git a/TASVideos.Parsers/Parsers/Dsm.cs b/TASVideos.Parsers/Parsers/Dsm.cs
index d2c58d338..b977a1c32 100644
--- a/TASVideos.Parsers/Parsers/Dsm.cs
+++ b/TASVideos.Parsers/Parsers/Dsm.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ public async Task<IParseResult> Parse(Stream file, long length)
 			result.WarnNoRerecords();
 		}
 
-		if (header.HasValue(Keys.StartsFromSavestate))
+		var startsFromSavestate = header.GetValueFor(Keys.StartsFromSavestate);
+		if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(startsFromSavestate) && startsFromSavestate != "0")
 		{
 			result.StartType = MovieStartType.Savestate;
 		}
diff --git a/tests/TASVideos.MovieParsers.Tests/DsmParserTests.cs b/tests/TASVideos.MovieParsers.Tests/DsmParserTests.cs
index ca3ee2d60..15557d52c 100644
--- a/tests/TASVideos.MovieParsers.Tests/DsmParserTests.cs
+++ b/tests/TASVideos.MovieParsers.Tests/DsmParserTests.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ public async Task Savestate()
 		AssertNoWarningsOrErrors(result);
 	}
 
+	public async Task SavestateSetAs0()
+	{
+		var result = await _dsmParser.Parse(Embedded("savestate0.dsm"), EmbeddedLength("savestate0.dsm"));
+		Assert.IsTrue(result.Success);
+		Assert.AreEqual(MovieStartType.PowerOn, result.StartType);
+		AssertNoWarningsOrErrors(result);
+	}
+
 	[TestMethod]
 	public async Task NegativeRerecords()
 	{
@@ -90,4 +98,5 @@ public async Task NegativeRerecords()
 		AssertNoErrors(result);
 		Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Warnings.Count());
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/TASVideos.MovieParsers.Tests/DsmSampleFiles/savestate0.dsm b/tests/TASVideos.MovieParsers.Tests/DsmSampleFiles/savestate0.dsm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af0ac3d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TASVideos.MovieParsers.Tests/DsmSampleFiles/savestate0.dsm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+rerecordCount 1
+savestate 0
+|0|.............000 000 0|
+|0|.............000 000 0|