mamewah help please

hi im a total noob been trying to set up mamewah as im making a cabinet.
ive set up a theme the rompath and emulator extentions.
succesfully created a game list.
problem is when i launch a game. the emulator loads up (no game).
if i quit the emulator the games then loads???

heres my ini file for zsnes

## zsnes.ini (mamewah v1.65) ###

emulator_title Super nintendo

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path [emurootpath]\zsnes\game
rom_extension smc
dat_file
nms_file
catver_ini_file
list_generation_method rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines
emulator_commandline [emurootpath]\zsnes\zsnesw.exe "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{autodosbox}{safelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines
general_app_commandlines

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths [emurootpath]\zsnes\screenshots
movie_preview_path [emuexepath]\previews
movie_artwork_no 1
enable_fuzzy_search 1
history_dat_file
history_dat_artwork_no 2

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver 1
select_random_game 0
saver_type slideshow
movie_path
movie_fullscreen 1
quit_delay 0
saver_commandline

### Additional Settings ###
music_path
lcd_display_file_path
description_display [description]{scroll}

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list 0

any time and effort would be greatly appreciated ive completely hit a wall here.

richie