diff --git a/app/src/screen.c b/app/src/screen.c
index fe2bc867..31fbf927 100644
--- a/app/src/screen.c
+++ b/app/src/screen.c
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ screen_init_rendering(struct screen *screen, const char *window_title,
         window_flags |= SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS;
     }
 
+    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_RENDER_DRIVER, "opengl");
+
     int x = window_x != SC_WINDOW_POSITION_UNDEFINED
           ? window_x : (int) SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED;
     int y = window_y != SC_WINDOW_POSITION_UNDEFINED