diff --git a/examples/simple_demo_qml/GzRenderer.cc b/examples/simple_demo_qml/GzRenderer.cc
index 4b4756d02..85bd4aa58 100644
--- a/examples/simple_demo_qml/GzRenderer.cc
+++ b/examples/simple_demo_qml/GzRenderer.cc
@@ -222,13 +222,20 @@ void GzRenderer::InitialiseOnMainThread()
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void GzRenderer::Render()
 {
-  // pre-render may regenerate textureId if the size changes
-  this->camera->PreRender();
-  this->textureId = this->camera->RenderTextureGLId();
-
   // render to texture
   this->camera->Update();
 
+  GLuint texIdSrgb = this->camera->RenderTextureGLId();
+
+  if (this->textureId != texIdSrgb)
+  {
+    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texIdSrgb);
+    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_SRGB_DECODE_EXT,
+                    GL_SKIP_DECODE_EXT);
+  }
+
+  this->textureId = texIdSrgb;
+
   // Move camera
   this->UpdateCamera();
 }
@@ -276,10 +283,6 @@ void GzRenderer::InitEngine()
   // quick check on sizing...
   gzmsg << "imageW: " << this->camera->ImageWidth() << "\n";
   gzmsg << "imageH: " << this->camera->ImageHeight() << "\n";
-
-  // pre-render will force texture creation and may update texture id
-  this->camera->PreRender();
-  this->textureId = this->camera->RenderTextureGLId();
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/examples/simple_demo_qml/ThreadRenderer.cpp b/examples/simple_demo_qml/ThreadRenderer.cpp
index 4aff4dee6..5eb75f97c 100644
--- a/examples/simple_demo_qml/ThreadRenderer.cpp
+++ b/examples/simple_demo_qml/ThreadRenderer.cpp
@@ -321,22 +321,25 @@ void TextureNode::NewTexture(int _id, const QSize &_size)
 void TextureNode::PrepareNode()
 {
     this->mutex.lock();
+    // new render engine texture ID
     int newId = this->id;
-    QSize size = this->size;
+    QSize newSize = this->size;
     this->id = 0;
     this->mutex.unlock();
+
     if (newId)
     {
         delete this->texture;
         this->texture = nullptr;
         // note: include QQuickWindow::TextureHasAlphaChannel if the rendered content
         // has alpha.
+
 #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0)
 # ifndef _WIN32
 #   pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #   pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
 # endif
-        this->texture = this->window->createTextureFromId(newId, size);
+        this->texture = this->window->createTextureFromId(newId, newSize);
 # ifndef _WIN32
 #   pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 # endif
@@ -346,7 +349,7 @@ void TextureNode::PrepareNode()
                 QQuickWindow::NativeObjectTexture,
                 static_cast<void *>(&newId),
                 0,
-                size);
+                newSize);
 #endif
         this->setTexture(this->texture);