diff --git a/src/duckstation-qt/gamelistsettingswidget.cpp b/src/duckstation-qt/gamelistsettingswidget.cpp
index f29d1ea30..5c775ebb6 100644
--- a/src/duckstation-qt/gamelistsettingswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/duckstation-qt/gamelistsettingswidget.cpp
@@ -145,11 +145,8 @@ void GameListSettingsWidget::onUpdateRedumpDatabaseButtonClicked()
     return;
   }
 
-  if (downloadRedumpDatabase(
-        m_host_interface->getUserDirectoryRelativePath("database" FS_OSPATH_SEPARATOR_STR "redump.dat")))
-  {
+  if (downloadRedumpDatabase(m_host_interface->getUserDirectoryRelativePath("redump.dat")))
     m_host_interface->refreshGameList(true, true);
-  }
 }
 
 static bool ExtractRedumpDatabase(const QByteArray& data, const QString& destination_path)
diff --git a/src/frontend-common/common_host_interface.cpp b/src/frontend-common/common_host_interface.cpp
index 0b9170174..aa94d61c5 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/common_host_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend-common/common_host_interface.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ bool CommonHostInterface::Initialize()
 
   m_game_list = std::make_unique<GameList>();
   m_game_list->SetCacheFilename(GetUserDirectoryRelativePath("cache/gamelist.cache"));
-  m_game_list->SetUserCompatibilityListFilename(GetProgramDirectoryRelativePath("compatibility.xml"));
+  m_game_list->SetUserDatabaseFilename(GetUserDirectoryRelativePath("redump.dat"));
+  m_game_list->SetUserCompatibilityListFilename(GetUserDirectoryRelativePath("compatibility.xml"));
   m_game_list->SetUserGameSettingsFilename(GetUserDirectoryRelativePath("gamesettings.ini"));
 
   m_save_state_selector_ui = std::make_unique<FrontendCommon::SaveStateSelectorUI>(this);
diff --git a/src/frontend-common/game_list.cpp b/src/frontend-common/game_list.cpp
index 1a22741e8..7ddbb69a3 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/game_list.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend-common/game_list.cpp
@@ -737,6 +737,22 @@ void GameList::LoadDatabase()
   m_database_load_tried = true;
 
   tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
+  if (FileSystem::FileExists(m_user_database_filename.c_str()))
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<ByteStream> stream =
+      FileSystem::OpenFile(m_user_database_filename.c_str(), BYTESTREAM_OPEN_READ | BYTESTREAM_OPEN_STREAMED);
+    if (stream)
+    {
+      const std::string xml(FileSystem::ReadStreamToString(stream.get()));
+      tinyxml2::XMLError error = doc.Parse(xml.data(), xml.size());
+      if (error != tinyxml2::XML_SUCCESS)
+      {
+        Log_ErrorPrintf("Failed to parse redump dat: %s", tinyxml2::XMLDocument::ErrorIDToName(error));
+        doc.Clear();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (!doc.RootElement())
   {
     std::unique_ptr<ByteStream> stream = g_host_interface->OpenPackageFile(
       "database" FS_OSPATH_SEPARATOR_STR "redump.dat", BYTESTREAM_OPEN_READ | BYTESTREAM_OPEN_STREAMED);
diff --git a/src/frontend-common/game_list.h b/src/frontend-common/game_list.h
index d5f9fed8f..858a618f3 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/game_list.h
+++ b/src/frontend-common/game_list.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public:
   const GameListCompatibilityEntry* GetCompatibilityEntryForCode(const std::string& code) const;
 
   void SetCacheFilename(std::string filename) { m_cache_filename = std::move(filename); }
+  void SetUserDatabaseFilename(std::string filename) { m_user_database_filename = std::move(filename); }
   void SetUserCompatibilityListFilename(std::string filename) { m_user_compatibility_list_filename = std::move(filename); }
   void SetUserGameSettingsFilename(std::string filename) { m_user_game_settings_filename = std::move(filename); }
   void SetSearchDirectoriesFromSettings(SettingsInterface& si);
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ private:
 
   std::vector<DirectoryEntry> m_search_directories;
   std::string m_cache_filename;
+  std::string m_user_database_filename;
   std::string m_user_compatibility_list_filename;
   std::string m_user_game_settings_filename;
   bool m_database_load_tried = false;