diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4d52975..63d95bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3465,7 +3465,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "throttle"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "crossbeam-channel",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2d9c3f0..41949bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "throttle"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "A free, open-source per-process bandwidth monitor and limiter for Windows"
 repository = "https://github.com/FrancescoCoding/Throttle"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d595b94..3bfa6c3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
             .with_min_inner_size([720.0, 480.0])
             .with_icon(app_icon)
             .with_title("Throttle"),
+        wgpu_options: wgpu_options(),
         // With the `persistence` feature eframe keeps the window size and
         // position (clamped to the monitors present) in `%APPDATA%\Throttle\data`.
         // The app opts out of saving egui's other state (see
@@ -201,6 +202,22 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
     }
 }
 
+/// Renderer backends for wgpu. egui-wgpu enables every backend by default, so
+/// wgpu creates a Vulkan instance on Windows even when it renders elsewhere.
+/// Some old Intel drivers (Skylake's igvk64.dll) crash inside that call, so
+/// Vulkan is left out: DX12 first, GL as a fallback. `WGPU_BACKEND` still
+/// overrides this.
+fn wgpu_options() -> eframe::egui_wgpu::WgpuConfiguration {
+    use eframe::{egui_wgpu, wgpu};
+
+    let mut options = egui_wgpu::WgpuConfiguration::default();
+    if let egui_wgpu::WgpuSetup::CreateNew(setup) = &mut options.wgpu_setup {
+        setup.instance_descriptor.backends =
+            wgpu::Backends::from_env().unwrap_or(wgpu::Backends::DX12 | wgpu::Backends::GL);
+    }
+    options
+}
+
 fn setup_logging() {
     if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
         // Use the terminal in debug builds