diff --git a/externals/cmake-modules/FindFFmpeg.cmake b/externals/cmake-modules/FindFFmpeg.cmake
index 6cb5960bb..cac21c614 100644
--- a/externals/cmake-modules/FindFFmpeg.cmake
+++ b/externals/cmake-modules/FindFFmpeg.cmake
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ function(find_ffmpeg LIBNAME)
     endforeach()
     string(TOUPPER ${LIBNAME} LIBNAME_UPPER)
     file(STRINGS "${FFmpeg_INCLUDE_${LIBNAME}}/lib${LIBNAME}/version.h" _FFmpeg_VERSION_H_CONTENTS REGEX "#define LIB${LIBNAME_UPPER}_VERSION_(MAJOR|MINOR|MICRO) ")
+    if (EXISTS "${FFmpeg_INCLUDE_${LIBNAME}}/lib${LIBNAME}/version_major.h")
+      file(STRINGS "${FFmpeg_INCLUDE_${LIBNAME}}/lib${LIBNAME}/version_major.h" _FFmpeg_MAJOR_VERSION_H_CONTENTS REGEX "#define LIB${LIBNAME_UPPER}_VERSION_MAJOR ")
+      string(APPEND _FFmpeg_VERSION_H_CONTENTS "\n" ${_FFmpeg_MAJOR_VERSION_H_CONTENTS})
+    endif()
     set(_FFmpeg_VERSION_REGEX "([0-9]+)")
     foreach(v MAJOR MINOR MICRO)
       if("${_FFmpeg_VERSION_H_CONTENTS}" MATCHES "#define LIB${LIBNAME_UPPER}_VERSION_${v}[\\t ]+${_FFmpeg_VERSION_REGEX}")
diff --git a/src/citra/citra.cpp b/src/citra/citra.cpp
index a9b0b3eca..cf3d51869 100644
--- a/src/citra/citra.cpp
+++ b/src/citra/citra.cpp
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         return -1;
     case Core::System::ResultStatus::Success:
         break; // Expected case
+    default:
+        LOG_ERROR(Frontend, "Error while loading ROM: {}", system.GetStatusDetails());
+        break;
     }
 
     system.TelemetrySession().AddField(Common::Telemetry::FieldType::App, "Frontend", "SDL");
@@ -437,7 +440,18 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         });
 
     while (emu_window->IsOpen()) {
-        system.RunLoop();
+        const auto result = system.RunLoop();
+
+        switch (result) {
+        case Core::System::ResultStatus::ShutdownRequested:
+            emu_window->RequestClose();
+            break;
+        case Core::System::ResultStatus::Success:
+            break;
+        default:
+            LOG_ERROR(Frontend, "Error in main run loop: {}", result, system.GetStatusDetails());
+            break;
+        }
     }
     render_thread.join();
 
diff --git a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.cpp b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.cpp
index e5a0594c4..08b36bf61 100644
--- a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.cpp
+++ b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ bool EmuWindow_SDL2::IsOpen() const {
     return is_open;
 }
 
+void EmuWindow_SDL2::RequestClose() {
+    is_open = false;
+}
+
 void EmuWindow_SDL2::OnResize() {
     int width, height;
     SDL_GetWindowSize(render_window, &width, &height);
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ void EmuWindow_SDL2::Fullscreen() {
 EmuWindow_SDL2::EmuWindow_SDL2(bool fullscreen) {
     // Initialize the window
     if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_GAMECONTROLLER) < 0) {
-        LOG_CRITICAL(Frontend, "Failed to initialize SDL2! Exiting...");
+        LOG_CRITICAL(Frontend, "Failed to initialize SDL2: {}! Exiting...", SDL_GetError());
         exit(1);
     }
 
@@ -256,7 +260,7 @@ void EmuWindow_SDL2::PollEvents() {
                 OnResize();
                 break;
             case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_CLOSE:
-                is_open = false;
+                RequestClose();
                 break;
             }
             break;
@@ -287,7 +291,7 @@ void EmuWindow_SDL2::PollEvents() {
             OnFingerUp();
             break;
         case SDL_QUIT:
-            is_open = false;
+            RequestClose();
             break;
         default:
             break;
diff --git a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.h b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.h
index 64dec5381..27a0f0787 100644
--- a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.h
+++ b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.h
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ public:
     /// Whether the window is still open, and a close request hasn't yet been sent
     bool IsOpen() const;
 
+    /// Close the window.
+    void RequestClose();
+
     /// Creates a new context that is shared with the current context
     std::unique_ptr<GraphicsContext> CreateSharedContext() const override;