diff --git a/src/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_framebuffer.cpp b/src/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_framebuffer.cpp
index 03ea17eb9..50c595b1f 100644
--- a/src/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_framebuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_framebuffer.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ VulkanFrameBuffer::VulkanFrameBuffer(void *hMonitor, bool fullscreen, VulkanDevi
 {
 	device = dev;
 	SetViewportRects(nullptr);
+	InitPalette();
 }
 
 VulkanFrameBuffer::~VulkanFrameBuffer()
@@ -264,6 +265,8 @@ void VulkanFrameBuffer::SetVSync(bool vsync)
 
 void VulkanFrameBuffer::CleanForRestart()
 {
+	// force recreation of the SW scene drawer to ensure it gets a new set of resources.
+	swdrawer.reset();
 }
 
 IHardwareTexture *VulkanFrameBuffer::CreateHardwareTexture()
diff --git a/src/rendering/vulkan/textures/vk_hwtexture.cpp b/src/rendering/vulkan/textures/vk_hwtexture.cpp
index 9ee3b6edd..a6b1df4d1 100644
--- a/src/rendering/vulkan/textures/vk_hwtexture.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/vulkan/textures/vk_hwtexture.cpp
@@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ void VkHardwareTexture::AllocateBuffer(int w, int h, int texelsize)
 	{
 		auto fb = GetVulkanFrameBuffer();
 
+		VkFormat format = texelsize == 4 ? VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM : VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM;
+
 		ImageBuilder imgbuilder;
-		imgbuilder.setFormat(VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM);
+		imgbuilder.setFormat(format);
 		imgbuilder.setSize(w, h);
 		imgbuilder.setUsage(VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_CPU_TO_GPU);
 		imgbuilder.setLinearTiling();
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ void VkHardwareTexture::AllocateBuffer(int w, int h, int texelsize)
 		mTexelsize = texelsize;
 
 		ImageViewBuilder viewbuilder;
-		viewbuilder.setImage(mImage.get(), texelsize == 4 ? VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM : VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM);
+		viewbuilder.setImage(mImage.get(), format);
 		mImageView = viewbuilder.create(fb->device);
 
 		auto cmdbuffer = fb->GetUploadCommands();