diff --git a/src/gl/renderer/gl_renderbuffers.cpp b/src/gl/renderer/gl_renderbuffers.cpp
index 9f27e63136..9daec41dd7 100644
--- a/src/gl/renderer/gl_renderbuffers.cpp
+++ b/src/gl/renderer/gl_renderbuffers.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void FGLRenderBuffers::CreateBloom(int width, int height)
 
 GLuint FGLRenderBuffers::GetHdrFormat()
 {
-	return ((gl.flags & RFL_NO_RGBA16F) != 0) ? GL_RGBA8 : GL_RGBA16;
+	return ((gl.flags & RFL_NO_RGBA16F) != 0) ? GL_RGBA8 : GL_RGBA16F;
 }
 
 //==========================================================================
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ GLuint FGLRenderBuffers::GetHdrFormat()
 
 GLuint FGLRenderBuffers::Create2DTexture(const FString &name, GLuint format, int width, int height)
 {
-	GLuint type = (format == GL_RGBA16) ? GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT : GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
+	GLuint type = (format == GL_RGBA16F) ? GL_FLOAT : GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
 	GLuint handle = 0;
 	glGenTextures(1, &handle);
 	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, handle);