diff --git a/.github/workflows/mas_check.yml b/.github/workflows/mas_check.yml
index 67e9db0e5f..d203d07160 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mas_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mas_check.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir $MAS_DIR
           cp -Rf $MAS_BASE_DIR/* $MAS_DIR/
-          rm $MAS_DIR/game/scripts.rpa # remove when we can handle scripts rpa
 
       # copy over gh files to base
       - name: copy source over
diff --git a/Monika After Story/game/overrides.rpy b/Monika After Story/game/overrides.rpy
index 4283d4c6e7..cbbdc59142 100644
--- a/Monika After Story/game/overrides.rpy	
+++ b/Monika After Story/game/overrides.rpy	
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ python early in mas_overrides:
 
     import renpy
     import renpy.savelocation as savelocation
+    import renpy.parser as parser
 
 
     def verify_data_override(data, signatures, check_verifying=True):
@@ -66,3 +67,88 @@ python early in mas_overrides:
     savelocation.init = savelocation_init_override
 
 
+    def parser_report_parse_errors_override():
+        """
+        This override is actually for something unrelated. 
+
+        We need to prevent scripts.rpa code from being loaded, but there's
+        no way to override script loading code since by the time THIS script
+        is loaded (and override set), the scripts.rpa contents are already
+        queued to be loaded later.
+
+        This specific function is called before the init scripts start running
+        so this is the last place we can remove the scripts rpa stuff we dont
+        want.
+
+        renpy.game.script.initcode contains a list of AST nodes that will be
+        loaded on init - script-poemgame is the only known init that crashes
+        startup, so any AST node coming from that file is removed from 
+        initcode here.
+        """
+        global report_parse_errors_ran
+
+        # report_parse_errors runs multiple times (counted 10 on startup)
+        # so this is guarded to only run once
+        if not report_parse_errors_ran:
+            for index, initcode in reversed(list(enumerate(renpy.game.script.initcode))):
+                init_lvl, obj = initcode
+
+                try:
+                    if obj.filename == "script-poemgame.rpyc":
+                        renpy.game.script.initcode.pop(index)
+                except:
+                    pass
+            report_parse_errors_ran = True
+
+        # non-override code below
+
+        parser.release_deferred_errors()
+
+        if not parser.parse_errors:
+            return False
+
+        full_text = ""
+
+        f, error_fn = renpy.error.open_error_file("errors.txt", "w")
+        with f:
+            f.write("\ufeff") # BOM
+
+            print("I'm sorry, but errors were detected in your script. Please correct the", file=f)
+            print("errors listed below, and try again.", file=f)
+            print("", file=f)
+
+            for i in parser.parse_errors:
+
+                full_text += i
+                full_text += "\n\n"
+
+                if not isinstance(i, str):
+                    i = str(i, "utf-8", "replace")
+
+                print("", file=f)
+                print(i, file=f)
+
+                try:
+                    print("")
+                    print(i)
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+
+            print("", file=f)
+            print("Ren'Py Version:", renpy.version, file=f)
+            print(str(time.ctime()), file=f)
+
+        renpy.display.error.report_parse_errors(full_text, error_fn)
+
+        try:
+            if renpy.game.args.command == "run": # type: ignore
+                renpy.exports.launch_editor([ error_fn ], 1, transient=True)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        return True
+
+    report_parse_errors_ran = False
+    parser.report_parse_errors = parser_report_parse_errors_override
+
+
diff --git a/Monika After Story/game/splash.rpy b/Monika After Story/game/splash.rpy
index 58b06aa1fe..3c4b4260d1 100644
--- a/Monika After Story/game/splash.rpy	
+++ b/Monika After Story/game/splash.rpy	
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 ##
 ## Before load, check to be sure that the archive files were found.
 ## If not, display an error message and quit.
-# init -100 python:
-#     #Check for each archive needed
-#     for archive in ['audio','images','scripts','fonts']:
-#         if not archive in config.archives:
-#             #If one is missing, throw an error and chlose
-#             renpy.error("DDLC archive files not found in /game folder. Check installation and try again.")
+init -100 python:
+     #Check for each archive needed
+     for archive in ['audio','images', 'scripts', 'fonts']:
+         if not archive in config.archives:
+             #If one is missing, throw an error and chlose
+             renpy.error("DDLC archive files not found in /game folder. Check installation and try again.")
 
 ## First, a disclaimer declaring this is a mod is shown, then there is a
 ## check for the original DDLC assets in the install folder. If those are