diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/kernel/memory.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/kernel/memory.cpp
index c2aa18a2..a52b7e7a 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/kernel/memory.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/kernel/memory.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Memory::Memory()
     if (base == nullptr)
         base = (uint8_t*)VirtualAlloc(nullptr, PPC_MEMORY_SIZE, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE);
 
+    if (base == nullptr)
+        return;
+
     DWORD oldProtect;
     VirtualProtect(base, 4096, PAGE_NOACCESS, &oldProtect);
 #else
@@ -17,6 +20,9 @@ Memory::Memory()
     if (base == (uint8_t*)MAP_FAILED)
         base = (uint8_t*)mmap(NULL, PPC_MEMORY_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
 
+    if (base == nullptr)
+        return;
+
     mprotect(base, 4096, PROT_NONE);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/locale/locale.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/locale/locale.cpp
index 138dc417..8188e1da 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/locale/locale.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/locale/locale.cpp
@@ -703,6 +703,17 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string_view, std::unordered_map<ELanguage, std::string>>
             { ELanguage::Italian,  "Impossibile trovare il modulo \"%s\".\n\nAssicurati che:\n\n- Hai estratto questa copia di Unleashed Recompiled correttamente e non solo il file *.exe.\n- Non stai eseguendo Unleashed Recompiled da un file *.zip." }
         }
     },
+    {
+        "System_MemoryAllocationFailed",
+        {
+            { ELanguage::English,  "Memory allocation failed blablabla enable your pagefile, ensure it's minimum 4 or 8 GB blablablabla" },
+            { ELanguage::Japanese, "" },
+            { ELanguage::German,   "" },
+            { ELanguage::French,   "" },
+            { ELanguage::Spanish,  "" },
+            { ELanguage::Italian,  "" }
+        }
+    },
     {
         "Common_On",
         {
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/main.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/main.cpp
index a55c0181..16f59397 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/main.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/main.cpp
@@ -51,14 +51,20 @@ void HostStartup()
     CoInitializeEx(nullptr, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
 #endif
 
-    g_userHeap.Init();
-
     hid::Init();
 }
 
 // Name inspired from nt's entry point
 void KiSystemStartup()
 {
+    if (g_memory.base == nullptr)
+    {
+        SDL_ShowSimpleMessageBox(SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR, GameWindow::GetTitle(), Localise("System_MemoryAllocationFailed").c_str(), GameWindow::s_pWindow);
+        std::_Exit(1);
+    }
+
+    g_userHeap.Init();
+
     const auto gameContent = XamMakeContent(XCONTENTTYPE_RESERVED, "Game");
     const auto updateContent = XamMakeContent(XCONTENTTYPE_RESERVED, "Update");
     XamRegisterContent(gameContent, GAME_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "/game");