diff --git a/RNGL/GLCanvas.m b/RNGL/GLCanvas.m
index b6c00f5be6197b840de4dfaba7f6a1ca2efd07e7..85165c1991ac2df9df5d38b261a69a3d6b5515b4 100644
--- a/RNGL/GLCanvas.m
+++ b/RNGL/GLCanvas.m
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-init)
 
 - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
 {
+  self.layer.opaque = _opaque;
+  [self syncEventsThrough];
   
   if (!_preloadingDone) {
     glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
@@ -308,9 +310,6 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-init)
 - (void)render
 {
   if (!_renderData) return;
-
-  self.layer.opaque = _opaque;
-  [self syncEventsThrough];
   
   CGFloat scale = RCTScreenScale();
   
@@ -355,12 +354,19 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-init)
       glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
     };
     
+    // DRAWING THE SCENE
+    
     glGetIntegerv(GL_FRAMEBUFFER_BINDING, &defaultFBO);
     
+    glDisable(GL_BLEND);
+    
     [self syncContentTextures];
     
     recDraw(_renderData);
     
+    glEnable(GL_BLEND);
+    glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+    
     glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, defaultFBO);
   }
 }
diff --git a/RNGL/GLShader.m b/RNGL/GLShader.m
index 1dd692e0cae98adf145ff13f292f90828104b15a..2271400bec1d2e384a581f018e31d39c225e17b7 100644
--- a/RNGL/GLShader.m
+++ b/RNGL/GLShader.m
@@ -345,9 +345,6 @@ GLuint compileShader (NSString* shaderName, NSString* shaderString, GLenum shade
 - (void) makeProgram
 {
   if (![self ensureContext]) return;
-  
-  glEnable(GL_BLEND);
-  glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 
   GLuint vertex = compileShader(_name, _vert, GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
   if (vertex == -1) return;