diff --git a/client/renderers/EGL/egl.c b/client/renderers/EGL/egl.c
index ccd6f79b..8712d5fb 100644
--- a/client/renderers/EGL/egl.c
+++ b/client/renderers/EGL/egl.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ bool egl_render_startup(void * opaque)
 
   EGLint attr[] =
   {
-    EGL_BUFFER_SIZE    , 32,
+    EGL_BUFFER_SIZE    , 24,
     EGL_RENDERABLE_TYPE, EGL_OPENGL_ES2_BIT,
     EGL_SAMPLE_BUFFERS , maxSamples > 0 ? 1 : 0,
     EGL_SAMPLES        , maxSamples,
diff --git a/client/renderers/EGL/help.c b/client/renderers/EGL/help.c
index f94dbb76..0a659b31 100644
--- a/client/renderers/EGL/help.c
+++ b/client/renderers/EGL/help.c
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ void egl_help_render(EGL_Help * help, const float scaleX, const float scaleY)
     return;
 
   glEnable(GL_BLEND);
-  glBlendColor(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-  glBlendFunc(GL_CONSTANT_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_ALPHA);
+  glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 
   // render the background first
   egl_shader_use(help->shaderBG);
@@ -195,8 +194,6 @@ void egl_help_render(EGL_Help * help, const float scaleX, const float scaleY)
   glUniform2f(help->uSizeBG  , help->width, help->height);
   egl_model_render(help->model);
 
-  glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
-
   // render the texture over the background
   egl_shader_use(help->shader);
   glUniform2f(help->uScreen, scaleX     , scaleY      );
diff --git a/client/renderers/EGL/shader/help_bg.frag b/client/renderers/EGL/shader/help_bg.frag
index 3171af14..5a33e8d1 100644
--- a/client/renderers/EGL/shader/help_bg.frag
+++ b/client/renderers/EGL/shader/help_bg.frag
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ out highp vec4 color;
 
 void main()
 {
-  color = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0);
+  color = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.5);
 }