diff --git a/hui-glium/shaders/fragment.frag b/hui-glium/shaders/fragment.frag
index a0e632e..eda6845 100644
--- a/hui-glium/shaders/fragment.frag
+++ b/hui-glium/shaders/fragment.frag
@@ -9,5 +9,10 @@ in vec2 vtx_uv;
 uniform sampler2D tex;
 
 void main() {
+  //HACK: if vtx_uv is (0, 0) then the texture is not used
+  if (vtx_uv.x == 0.0 && vtx_uv.y == 0.0) {
+    out_color = vtx_color;
+    return;
+  }
   out_color = texture(tex, vtx_uv) * vtx_color;
 }