diff --git a/src/osd/windows/window.cpp b/src/osd/windows/window.cpp
index ffcf2704a75..418c6c6c8f8 100644
--- a/src/osd/windows/window.cpp
+++ b/src/osd/windows/window.cpp
@@ -1096,8 +1096,12 @@ int win_window_info::complete_create()
 	SetWindowLongPtr(hwnd, GWLP_USERDATA, (LONG_PTR)this);
 
 	// skip the positioning stuff for -video none */
-	if (video_config.mode == VIDEO_MODE_NONE)
+	if (video_config.mode == VIDEO_MODE_NONE) 
+	{
+		set_renderer(osd_renderer::make_for_type(video_config.mode, shared_from_this()));
+		renderer().create();
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	// adjust the window position to the initial width/height
 	tempwidth = (m_win_config.width != 0) ? m_win_config.width : 640;
diff --git a/src/zexall/main.cpp b/src/zexall/main.cpp
index b3bcf101b9e..6b7e2c11e1a 100644
--- a/src/zexall/main.cpp
+++ b/src/zexall/main.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void emulator_info::layout_file_cb(xml_data_node &layout) { }
 
 const char * emulator_info::get_appname() { return nullptr; }
 
-const char * emulator_info::get_appname_lower() { return nullptr; }
+const char * emulator_info::get_appname_lower() { return "zexall"; }
 
 const char * emulator_info::get_configname() { return nullptr; }