diff --git a/OSBindings/Qt/main.cpp b/OSBindings/Qt/main.cpp
index b8e70c547..0a32fc02f 100644
--- a/OSBindings/Qt/main.cpp
+++ b/OSBindings/Qt/main.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	// QApplication instance is mandatory on some platforms ... when an
 	// OpenGL core profile context is requested."
 	QSurfaceFormat format;
+
+#ifndef APPLE
+	format.setVersion(3, 0);
+	format.setRenderableType(QSurfaceFormat::RenderableType::OpenGLES);
+#else
 	format.setVersion(3, 2);
 	format.setProfile(QSurfaceFormat::CoreProfile);
+#endif
 	format.setDepthBufferSize(0);
 	format.setStencilBufferSize(0);
+	format.setAlphaBufferSize(0);
 	QSurfaceFormat::setDefaultFormat(format);
 
 	QApplication a(argc, argv);
diff --git a/OSBindings/Qt/scantargetwidget.cpp b/OSBindings/Qt/scantargetwidget.cpp
index daf2c6610..f6a87fa07 100644
--- a/OSBindings/Qt/scantargetwidget.cpp
+++ b/OSBindings/Qt/scantargetwidget.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ void ScanTargetWidget::paintGL() {
 		if(producer) {
 			isConnected = true;
 			framebuffer = defaultFramebufferObject();
-			scanTarget = std::make_unique<Outputs::Display::OpenGL::ScanTarget>(Outputs::Display::OpenGL::API::OpenGL32Core, framebuffer);
+
+			const auto api = format().renderableType() == QSurfaceFormat::RenderableType::OpenGLES ?
+				Outputs::Display::OpenGL::API::OpenGLES3 : Outputs::Display::OpenGL::API::OpenGL32Core;
+			scanTarget = std::make_unique<Outputs::Display::OpenGL::ScanTarget>(api, framebuffer);
+
 			producer->set_scan_target(scanTarget.get());
 			producer = nullptr;
 		}