diff --git a/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.cpp b/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.cpp
index d1bd781ae..30d4a42a8 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.cpp
@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ void HardwareRenderer::setRenderType(RenderType type) {
     QSurfaceFormat format;
     switch (type) {
     case RenderType::OpenGL:
-        setTextureFormat(GL_RGB);
         format.setRenderableType(QSurfaceFormat::OpenGL);
         break;
     case RenderType::OpenGLES:
-        setTextureFormat((QApplication::platformName().contains("wayland") || QApplication::platformName() == "cocoa") ? GL_RGB : GL_RGBA);
         format.setRenderableType(QSurfaceFormat::OpenGLES);
         break;
     }
@@ -45,5 +43,5 @@ void HardwareRenderer::onBlit(const QImage& img, int x, int y, int w, int h, std
 
 void HardwareRenderer::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event) {
     onResize(width(), height());
-    QOpenGLWidget::resizeEvent(event);
+    QOpenGLWindow::resizeEvent(event);
 }
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.hpp b/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.hpp
index fa9e7ec31..8b75d19b8 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.hpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <QOpenGLFunctions>
 #include <QOpenGLWidget>
+#include <QOpenGLWindow>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QEvent>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "wl_mouse.hpp"
 #endif
 
-class HardwareRenderer : public QOpenGLWidget, protected QOpenGLFunctions, public RendererCommon
+class HardwareRenderer : public QOpenGLWindow, protected QOpenGLFunctions, public RendererCommon
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -26,10 +27,11 @@ public:
     void resizeGL(int w, int h) override;
     void initializeGL() override;
     void paintGL() override;
-    HardwareRenderer(QWidget* parent = nullptr)
-    : QOpenGLWidget(parent), QOpenGLFunctions()
+    HardwareRenderer(QWindow* parent = nullptr)
+    : QOpenGLWindow(QOpenGLWindow::NoPartialUpdate, parent), QOpenGLFunctions()
     {
-        setMinimumSize(16, 16);
+        setMinimumSize(QSize(16, 16));
+        setFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
     }
     ~HardwareRenderer()
     {
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_renderercomon.cpp b/src/qt/qt_renderercomon.cpp
index 173ae1abe..8c1b89aeb 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_renderercomon.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_renderercomon.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ RendererCommon::RendererCommon() = default;
 void RendererCommon::onPaint(QPaintDevice* device) {
     QPainter painter(device);
     painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform, video_filter_method > 0 ? true : false);
+    painter.fillRect(0, 0, device->width(), device->height(), QColorConstants::Black);
+    painter.setCompositionMode(QPainter::CompositionMode_Plus);
     painter.drawImage(destination, image, source);
     // "release" image, reducing it's refcount, so renderstack::blit()
     // won't have to reallocate
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp b/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp
index e8a281c21..e3ab5fc8e 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp
@@ -183,18 +183,20 @@ void RendererStack::switchRenderer(Renderer renderer) {
         break;
     case Renderer::OpenGL:
     {
-        auto hw = new HardwareRenderer(this);
+        this->createWinId();
+        auto hw = new HardwareRenderer(this->windowHandle());
         connect(this, &RendererStack::blitToRenderer, hw, &HardwareRenderer::onBlit, Qt::QueuedConnection);
         hw->setRenderType(HardwareRenderer::RenderType::OpenGL);
-        current.reset(hw);
+        current.reset(this->createWindowContainer(hw, this));
         break;
     }
     case Renderer::OpenGLES:
     {
-        auto hw = new HardwareRenderer(this);
+        this->createWinId();
+        auto hw = new HardwareRenderer(this->windowHandle());
         connect(this, &RendererStack::blitToRenderer, hw, &HardwareRenderer::onBlit, Qt::QueuedConnection);
         hw->setRenderType(HardwareRenderer::RenderType::OpenGLES);
-        current.reset(hw);
+        current.reset(this->createWindowContainer(hw, this));
         break;
     }
     }