diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index c2e3af7..8befaad 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ SYMBOL_INTERNAL void Console_Unload(struct Game* game) {
 SYMBOL_INTERNAL void* GamestateLoadingThread(void* arg) {
 	struct GamestateLoadingThreadData* data = arg;
 	data->game->_priv.loading.in_progress = true;
-	al_set_new_bitmap_flags(data->bitmap_flags);
+	al_restore_state(&data->state);
 	data->gamestate->data = data->gamestate->api->load(data->game, &GamestateProgress);
 	if (data->game->_priv.loading.progress != data->gamestate->progress_count) {
 		PrintConsole(data->game, "[%s] WARNING: Gamestate_ProgressCount does not match the number of progress invokations (%d)!", data->gamestate->name, data->game->_priv.loading.progress);
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ SYMBOL_INTERNAL void* GamestateLoadingThread(void* arg) {
 		}
 #endif
 	}
-	data->bitmap_flags = al_get_new_bitmap_flags();
+	al_store_state(&data->state, ALLEGRO_STATE_NEW_FILE_INTERFACE | ALLEGRO_STATE_NEW_BITMAP_PARAMETERS | ALLEGRO_STATE_BLENDER);
+
 	data->game->_priv.loading.in_progress = false;
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 1107888..df57fe6 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct List {
 struct GamestateLoadingThreadData {
 	struct Game* game;
 	struct Gamestate* gamestate;
-	int bitmap_flags;
+	ALLEGRO_STATE state;
 };
 
 struct ScreenshotThreadData {
diff --git a/src/mainloop.c b/src/mainloop.c
index 8458a73..78a10b8 100644
--- a/src/mainloop.c
+++ b/src/mainloop.c
@@ -349,7 +349,8 @@ static inline bool MainloopTick(struct Game* game) {
 				game->_priv.loading.current = tmp;
 				game->_priv.current_gamestate = tmp;
 
-				struct GamestateLoadingThreadData data = {.game = game, .gamestate = tmp, .bitmap_flags = al_get_new_bitmap_flags()};
+				struct GamestateLoadingThreadData data = {.game = game, .gamestate = tmp};
+				al_store_state(&data.state, ALLEGRO_STATE_NEW_FILE_INTERFACE | ALLEGRO_STATE_NEW_BITMAP_PARAMETERS | ALLEGRO_STATE_BLENDER);
 				game->_priv.loading.in_progress = true;
 				double time = al_get_time();
 				game->_priv.loading.time = time;
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ static inline bool MainloopTick(struct Game* game) {
 #endif
 				al_convert_memory_bitmaps();
 
-				al_set_new_bitmap_flags(data.bitmap_flags);
+				al_restore_state(&data.state);
 
 				ReloadShaders(game, false);