diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6a1bc9e3..c115c69d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ jar {
   archiveFileName.set(jarName)
   duplicatesStrategy(DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE)
   from { configurations.compileClasspath.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) } }
-  exclude('META-INF/INDEX.LIST', 'META-INF/*.SF', 'META-INF/*.DSA', 'META-INF/*.RSA',
-  'gdx.dll')
+  exclude('META-INF/INDEX.LIST', 'META-INF/*.SF', 'META-INF/*.DSA', 'META-INF/*.RSA')
   dependencies {
-    exclude('META-INF/INDEX.LIST', 'META-INF/maven/**', 'windows/x86/**')
+    exclude('META-INF/INDEX.LIST', 'META-INF/maven/**')
   }
   doLast {
     file(archiveFile).setExecutable(true, false)
@@ -148,22 +147,24 @@ dependencies {
 ////  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-stb:$lwjgl3Version:natives-windows-x86"
 ////  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl:$lwjgl3Version:natives-windows-x86"
 
-  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion"
-  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-windows"
+//  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion"
+//  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-windows"
 //  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-windows-x86"
-  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux"
-  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux-arm32"
-  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux-arm64"
-  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-macos"
-  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-macos-arm64"
-
-
-//  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
-//  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-windows"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
-//  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-windows-x86"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
-//  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
-//  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-macos"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
-//  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-macos-arm64"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
+//  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux"
+//  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux-arm32"
+//  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux-arm64"
+//  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-macos"
+//  implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-macos-arm64"
+
+
+  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
+  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-windows"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
+  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-windows-x86"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
+  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
+  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux-arm32"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
+  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-linux-arm64"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
+  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-macos"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
+  implementation("org.lwjgl:lwjgl-nfd:$nfdVersion:natives-macos-arm64"){ exclude group: 'org.lwjgl', module: 'lwjgl' }
 
 
   // necessary because the current gdx-autumn-desktop-fcs has an implementation dep on this, and we need it here.
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index cf444f57..774b08f6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ org.gradle.daemon=false
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms512M -Xmx1G -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dconsole.encoding=UTF-8
 liftoffVersion=1.13.0.2-SNAPSHOT
 kotlinVersion=2.0.21
-gdxVersion=1.13.0
+gdxVersion=1.12.1
 lmlVersion=1.10.1.12.1
 #visUiVersion=1.5.3
 visUiVersion=1aef382077
 commonsExecVersion=1.3
-lwjgl3Version=3.3.4
-nfdVersion=3.3.4
+lwjgl3Version=3.3.3
+nfdVersion=3.3.1
 iconizerVersion=0.1.0
diff --git a/src/main/java/gdx/liftoff/Main.java b/src/main/java/gdx/liftoff/Main.java
index e9fb1505..8a6c6d3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gdx/liftoff/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gdx/liftoff/Main.java
@@ -431,11 +431,10 @@ public static void pickDirectory(FileHandle initialFolder, FileChooserAdapter ca
             initialPath = initialPath.replace("/", "\\");
         }
 
-        NativeFileDialog.NFD_Init();
         PointerBuffer pathPointer = memAllocPointer(1);
 
         try {
-            int status = NativeFileDialog.NFD_PickFolder(pathPointer, initialPath);
+            int status = NativeFileDialog.NFD_PickFolder(initialPath, pathPointer);
 
             if (status == NativeFileDialog.NFD_CANCEL) {
                 callback.canceled();
@@ -448,7 +447,7 @@ public static void pickDirectory(FileHandle initialFolder, FileChooserAdapter ca
             }
 
             String folder = pathPointer.getStringUTF8(0);
-            NativeFileDialog.nNFD_FreePath(pathPointer.get(0));
+            NativeFileDialog.nNFD_Free(pathPointer.get(0));
 
             Array<FileHandle> array = new Array<>();
             array.add(Gdx.files.absolute(folder));
@@ -469,7 +468,6 @@ public static void pickDirectory(FileHandle initialFolder, FileChooserAdapter ca
 
             stage.addActor(fileChooser.fadeIn());
         } finally {
-            NativeFileDialog.NFD_Quit();
             memFree(pathPointer);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/gdx/liftoff/data/platforms/Lwjgl3.kt b/src/main/kotlin/gdx/liftoff/data/platforms/Lwjgl3.kt
index 966c5dd2..bf5e5a3f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/gdx/liftoff/data/platforms/Lwjgl3.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/gdx/liftoff/data/platforms/Lwjgl3.kt
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jar {
 // these "exclude" lines remove some unnecessary duplicate files in the output JAR.
   exclude('META-INF/INDEX.LIST', 'META-INF/*.SF', 'META-INF/*.DSA', 'META-INF/*.RSA')
   dependencies {
-    exclude('META-INF/INDEX.LIST', 'META-INF/maven/**')
+    exclude('META-INF/INDEX.LIST', 'META-INF/maven/**'${if(project.advanced.gdxVersion == "1.13.0") ", 'windows/x86/**'" else ""})
   }
 // setting the manifest makes the JAR runnable.
   manifest {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/gdx/liftoff/views/MainView.kt b/src/main/kotlin/gdx/liftoff/views/MainView.kt
index fff77652..0eef1749 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/gdx/liftoff/views/MainView.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/gdx/liftoff/views/MainView.kt
@@ -125,11 +125,10 @@ class MainView : ActionContainer {
       initialPath = initialPath.replace("/", "\\")
     }
 
-    NativeFileDialog.NFD_Init()
     val pathPointer = memAllocPointer(1)
 
     try {
-      val status = NativeFileDialog.NFD_PickFolder(pathPointer, initialPath)
+      val status = NativeFileDialog.NFD_PickFolder(initialPath, pathPointer)
 
       if (status == NativeFileDialog.NFD_CANCEL) {
         callback.canceled()
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ class MainView : ActionContainer {
       }
 
       val folder = pathPointer.getStringUTF8(0)
-      NativeFileDialog.nNFD_FreePath(pathPointer.get(0))
+      NativeFileDialog.nNFD_Free(pathPointer.get(0))
 
       val array = GdxArray<FileHandle>()
       array.add(Gdx.files.absolute(folder))
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ class MainView : ActionContainer {
 
       form.stage.addActor(fileChooser.fadeIn())
     } finally {
-      NativeFileDialog.NFD_Quit()
       memFree(pathPointer)
     }
   }