diff --git a/common/serialization/subtitles/subtitles_v1.cpp b/common/serialization/subtitles/subtitles_v1.cpp
index 5db51b07bf..489c132540 100644
--- a/common/serialization/subtitles/subtitles_v1.cpp
+++ b/common/serialization/subtitles/subtitles_v1.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ std::pair<SubtitleMetadataFile, SubtitleFile> convert_v1_to_v2(
       new_meta.frame_end = 0;  // unused by v1
       new_meta.offscreen = true;
       new_meta.speaker = line_meta.speaker;
+      new_meta.merge = false;
       new_scene_meta.lines.push_back(new_meta);
       if (line_meta.clear) {
         scene_lines.push_back("");
diff --git a/goal_src/jak1/pc/subtitle.gc b/goal_src/jak1/pc/subtitle.gc
index c5aef895a0..28794d5285 100644
--- a/goal_src/jak1/pc/subtitle.gc
+++ b/goal_src/jak1/pc/subtitle.gc
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 (defmacro reload-subtitles ()
   "rebuild and reload subtitles."
   `(begin
-    (asm-text-file subtitle :files ("game/assets/game_subtitle.gp"))
+    (asm-text-file subtitle :files ("game/assets/jak1/game_subtitle.gp"))
     (if *subtitle-text* (+! (-> *subtitle-text* lang) 1))
     (load-level-subtitle-files 0)))
 
diff --git a/goalc/compiler/compilation/CompilerControl.cpp b/goalc/compiler/compilation/CompilerControl.cpp
index 8c77c96b7a..3dbacedb13 100644
--- a/goalc/compiler/compilation/CompilerControl.cpp
+++ b/goalc/compiler/compilation/CompilerControl.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Val* Compiler::compile_asm_text_file(const goos::Object& form, const goos::Objec
     });
     GameSubtitleDB db;
     if (kind == "subtitle") {
+      db.m_subtitle_version = GameSubtitleDB::SubtitleFormat::V1;
     } else {
       db.m_subtitle_version = GameSubtitleDB::SubtitleFormat::V2;
     }