diff --git a/src/proc.sh b/src/proc.sh
index a36e5a7..c720812 100644
--- a/src/proc.sh
+++ b/src/proc.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ if [[ "$KVM" != [Nn]* ]]; then
   KVM_OPTS=",accel=kvm -enable-kvm -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard"
 
   if ! grep -qw "sse4_2" <<< "$flags"; then
-    info "Your CPU does not have the SSE4 instruction set that Virtual DSM requires, it will be emulated..."
-    [ -z "$CPU_MODEL" ] && CPU_MODEL="qemu64"
-    CPU_FEATURES+=",+ssse3,+sse4.1,+sse4.2"
+    error "Your CPU does not have the SSE4 instruction set that Virtual DSM requires!"
+    [[ "$DEBUG" != [Yy1]* ]] && exit 88
   fi
 
   if [ -z "$CPU_MODEL" ]; then
diff --git a/src/reset.sh b/src/reset.sh
index f569a99..588a74c 100644
--- a/src/reset.sh
+++ b/src/reset.sh
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ if [[ "$KVM" != [Nn]* ]]; then
         if ! grep -qw "vmx\|svm" <<< "$flags"; then
           KVM_ERR="(not enabled in BIOS)"
         fi
+        if ! grep -qw "sse4_2" <<< "$flags"; then
+          error "Your CPU does not have the SSE4 instruction set that Virtual DSM requires!"
+          [[ "$DEBUG" != [Yy1]* ]] && exit 88
+        fi
       fi
     fi
   fi