diff --git a/assets/cutscenes/main_menu.jsonc b/assets/cutscenes/main_menu.jsonc
index bc17e12c..e58939b5 100644
--- a/assets/cutscenes/main_menu.jsonc
+++ b/assets/cutscenes/main_menu.jsonc
@@ -63,20 +63,6 @@
       ]
     },
 
-    // Save device found
-    {
-      "type": "MARKER",
-      "name": "SAVE_DEVICE_FOUND"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "MODAL_CLOSE"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "SAVE_LOAD_ALL_SLOTS",
-      "successMarker": "LOADED",
-      "failureMarker": "LOAD_ERROR"
-    },
-
     // Save data failed to load (e.g. corrupt/unreadable) - only option is
     // to retry, no "continue without saving" here since we already know a
     // device is present.
@@ -96,11 +82,6 @@
       ]
     },
 
-    {
-      "type": "MARKER",
-      "name": "LOADED"
-    },
-
     // Quit Game button goes here. Cancelling jumps back to
     // MAIN_MENU_IDLE; confirming falls through to QUIT_GAME, which
     // ends the process directly.
@@ -122,12 +103,38 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    
     {
       "type": "MARKER",
       "name": "QUIT_CONFIRMED"
     },
     {
       "type": "QUIT_GAME"
+    },
+
+    // main menu just listens for cutscene ending to show the select save modal
+    // so we have that here.
+    {
+      "type": "MARKER",
+      "name": "SAVE_DEVICE_FOUND"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "MODAL_CLOSE"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "SAVE_LOAD_ALL_SLOTS",
+      "successMarker": "LOADED",
+      "failureMarker": "LOAD_ERROR"
+    },
+
+    // Must be the very last item - falling off the end here is what
+    // completes the cutscene and fires uiMainMenuOpenSelectSave (see
+    // cutsceneSystemSetOnComplete in ui/screen/mainmenu/uimainmenu.c).
+    // Placing this anywhere earlier would fall through into whatever
+    // comes next instead (e.g. the QUIT block, if placed just before it).
+    {
+      "type": "MARKER",
+      "name": "LOADED"
     }
   ]
 }