diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Screen.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Screen.cpp
index cedf3115..fd5d20f7 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Screen.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Screen.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ void Screen::init(const struct ScreenSettings* settings)
 
     m_renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(m_window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_TARGETTEXTURE);
 
+    if (m_renderer == NULL)
+        m_renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(m_window, -1, 0);
+
     if (m_renderer == NULL)
     {
         vlog_error("Could not create renderer: %s", SDL_GetError());