diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d8d361a3c..71457ad6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ fmodapi*linux/
 .vscode
 .cache
 *.kate-swp
+*.geany
 
 # private dev files
 *.user
diff --git a/src/common/startscreen/startscreen.cpp b/src/common/startscreen/startscreen.cpp
index 8800fb0fa..35ceeedb6 100644
--- a/src/common/startscreen/startscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/common/startscreen/startscreen.cpp
@@ -667,6 +667,13 @@ void FStartScreen::Render(bool force)
 	// Do not refresh too often. This function gets called a lot more frequently than the screen can update.
 	if (nowtime - screen->FrameTime > minwaittime || force)
 	{
+		if (setmodeneeded)
+		{
+			setmodeneeded = false;
+			screen->ToggleFullscreen(vid_fullscreen);
+			V_OutputResized(screen->GetWidth(), screen->GetHeight());
+		}
+		
 		screen->FrameTime = nowtime;
 		screen->BeginFrame();
 		twod->ClearClipRect();
@@ -694,13 +701,6 @@ void FStartScreen::Render(bool force)
 			DrawTexture(twod, StartupTexture, 0, 0, DTA_VirtualWidthF, displaywidth, DTA_VirtualHeightF, displayheight, TAG_END);
 		}
 
-		if (setmodeneeded)
-		{
-			setmodeneeded = false;
-			screen->ToggleFullscreen(vid_fullscreen);
-			V_OutputResized(screen->GetWidth(), screen->GetHeight());
-		}
-
 		twod->End();
 		screen->Update();
 		twod->OnFrameDone();
diff --git a/src/d_main.cpp b/src/d_main.cpp
index 06d27e2ba..a2d65314c 100644
--- a/src/d_main.cpp
+++ b/src/d_main.cpp
@@ -3353,6 +3353,7 @@ static int D_InitGame(const FIWADInfo* iwad_info, std::vector<std::string>& allw
 	FBaseCVar::EnableCallbacks ();
 
 	StartScreen = nostartscreen? nullptr : GetGameStartScreen(per_shader_progress > 0 ? max_progress * 10 / 9 : max_progress + 3);
+	setmodeneeded = true;
 	if (StartScreen != nullptr) StartScreen->Render();
 	
 	// +compatmode cannot be used on the command line, so use this as a substitute
@@ -3543,7 +3544,6 @@ static int D_InitGame(const FIWADInfo* iwad_info, std::vector<std::string>& allw
 		{
 			return 0;
 		}
-		setmodeneeded = true;
 	}
 
 	// [SP] Force vanilla transparency auto-detection to re-detect our game lumps now