diff --git a/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/draw.cpp b/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/draw.cpp
index c28af0c2..11ee048e 100644
--- a/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/draw.cpp
+++ b/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/draw.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,16 @@ ID2D1HwndRenderTarget *makeHWNDRenderTarget(HWND hwnd)
 		&hprops,
 		&rt);
 	if (hr != S_OK)
-		logHRESULT(L"error creating HWND render target", hr);
+    {
+        props.type = D2D1_RENDER_TARGET_TYPE_DEFAULT;
+        hr = d2dfactory->CreateHwndRenderTarget(
+            &props,
+            &hprops,
+            &rt);
+        if (hr != S_OK)
+            logHRESULT(L"error creating HWND render target", hr);
+    }
+
 	return rt;
 }
 
@@ -523,9 +532,7 @@ uiDrawBitmap* uiDrawNewBitmap(uiDrawContext* c, int width, int height)
     D2D1_BITMAP_PROPERTIES bp2 = D2D1::BitmapProperties();
     bp2.dpiX = 0;
     bp2.dpiY = 0;
-    bp2.pixelFormat = D2D1::PixelFormat(DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, D2D1_ALPHA_MODE_IGNORE);
-    //bp2.pixelFormat = D2D1::PixelFormat(DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM, D2D1_ALPHA_MODE_IGNORE);
-    // TODO: fallback: convert to BGRA if needed (RGBA only works in hardware mode)
+    bp2.pixelFormat = D2D1::PixelFormat(DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM, D2D1_ALPHA_MODE_IGNORE);
 
     c->rt->BeginDraw();
 
diff --git a/src/libui_sdl/main.cpp b/src/libui_sdl/main.cpp
index ea745ffb..b9520456 100644
--- a/src/libui_sdl/main.cpp
+++ b/src/libui_sdl/main.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ uiArea* MainDrawArea;
 SDL_Thread* EmuThread;
 int EmuRunning;
 
+bool ScreenDrawInited = false;
 SDL_mutex* ScreenMutex;
 uiDrawBitmap* ScreenBitmap = NULL;
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ int EmuThreadFunc(void* burp)
 {
     NDS::Init();
 
+    ScreenDrawInited = false;
     Touching = false;
 
     // DS:
@@ -160,8 +162,13 @@ int EmuThreadFunc(void* burp)
 
 void OnAreaDraw(uiAreaHandler* handler, uiArea* area, uiAreaDrawParams* params)
 {
-    if (!ScreenBitmap)
+    if (!ScreenDrawInited)
+    {
         ScreenBitmap = uiDrawNewBitmap(params->Context, 256, 384);
+        ScreenDrawInited = true;
+    }
+
+    if (!ScreenBitmap) return;
 
     uiRect dorp = {0, 0, 256, 384};
 
@@ -280,7 +287,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    ScreenMutex = SDL_CreateMutex();
+    //ScreenMutex = SDL_CreateMutex();
 
     uiInitOptions ui_opt;
     memset(&ui_opt, 0, sizeof(uiInitOptions));
@@ -327,8 +334,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     EmuRunning = 0;
     SDL_WaitThread(EmuThread, NULL);
 
-    SDL_DestroyMutex(ScreenMutex);
-    uiDrawFreeBitmap(ScreenBitmap);
+    //SDL_DestroyMutex(ScreenMutex);
+    if (ScreenBitmap) uiDrawFreeBitmap(ScreenBitmap);
 
     uiUninit();
     SDL_Quit();