diff --git a/engines/draci/draci.cpp b/engines/draci/draci.cpp
index 566d3056da4..fa0cf495a20 100644
--- a/engines/draci/draci.cpp
+++ b/engines/draci/draci.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,13 @@ void DraciEngine::handleEvents() {
 				if (escRoom >= 0) {
 
 					// Schedule room change
-					// TODO: gate 0 is not always the best one for returning from the map
+					// TODO: gate 0 (always present) is not
+					// always best for returning from the
+					// map, e.g. in the starting location.
+					// also, after loading the game, we
+					// shouldn't run any gate program, but
+					// rather restore the state of all
+					// objects.
 					_game->scheduleEnteringRoomUsingGate(escRoom, 0);
 
 					// Immediately cancel any running animation or dubbing.
@@ -394,8 +400,6 @@ Common::Error DraciEngine::loadGameState(int slot) {
 	// here are now, without waiting for any other code to finish, thanks
 	// to our constraint in canLoadGameStateCurrently() and to having
 	// enterNewRoom() called right after we exit from here.
-	//
-	// TODO: Handle saving in the map room
 	return loadSavegameData(slot, this);
 }
 
diff --git a/engines/draci/game.cpp b/engines/draci/game.cpp
index ea6e0aa9c62..5e124892dfd 100644
--- a/engines/draci/game.cpp
+++ b/engines/draci/game.cpp
@@ -1162,9 +1162,10 @@ void Game::deleteObjectAnimations() {
 
 bool Game::enterNewRoom() {
 	if (_newRoom == getRoomNum() && !isReloaded()) {
-		// If the game has been reloaded, force reloading all animations.
+		_vm->_script->endCurrentProgram(false);
 		return true;
 	}
+	// If the game has been reloaded, force reloading all animations.
 	setIsReloaded(false);
 	debugC(1, kDraciLogicDebugLevel, "Entering room %d using gate %d", _newRoom, _newGate);
 	_vm->_mouse->cursorOff();
diff --git a/engines/draci/saveload.cpp b/engines/draci/saveload.cpp
index 57cfe5a8ad7..b0c5dd1f78d 100644
--- a/engines/draci/saveload.cpp
+++ b/engines/draci/saveload.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ Common::Error loadSavegameData(int saveGameIdx, DraciEngine *vm) {
 
 	// Post-processing
 	vm->_game->scheduleEnteringRoomUsingGate(vm->_game->getRoomNum(), 0);
-	vm->_game->setRoomNum(vm->_game->getPreviousRoomNum());
 	vm->_game->setExitLoop(true);
 	vm->_game->setIsReloaded(true);