diff --git a/src/drivers/sdl/gui.cpp b/src/drivers/sdl/gui.cpp
index 42ed5542..8008741a 100644
--- a/src/drivers/sdl/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/sdl/gui.cpp
@@ -1070,9 +1070,14 @@ void openSoundConfig()
 
 void quit ()
 {
+	// manually flush GTK event queue
+	while(gtk_events_pending())
+		gtk_main_iteration_do(FALSE);
+	// this is not neccesary to be explicitly called
+	// it raises a GTK-Critical when its called
+	//gtk_main_quit();
 	FCEUI_Kill();
 	SDL_Quit();
-	gtk_main_quit();
 	exit(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/drivers/sdl/sdl.cpp b/src/drivers/sdl/sdl.cpp
index 4a467ed8..c62de43f 100644
--- a/src/drivers/sdl/sdl.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/sdl/sdl.cpp
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int error, frameskip;
 
-	FCEUD_Message("\nStarting "FCEU_NAME_AND_VERSION"...\n");
+	FCEUD_Message("Starting "FCEU_NAME_AND_VERSION"...\n");
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 	/* Taken from win32 sdl_main.c */