diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/qt_window.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/qt_window.cc
index f71cea04e9..8d3d7cf72e 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/qt_window.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/qt_window.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ void setMainWindow(QWidget *w) {
   wl_surface *s = reinterpret_cast<wl_surface*>(native->nativeResourceForWindow("surface", w->windowHandle()));
   wl_surface_set_buffer_transform(s, WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_270);
   wl_surface_commit(s);
-  w->showFullScreen();
+
+  w->setWindowState(Qt::WindowFullScreen);
+  w->setVisible(true);
 
   // ensure we have a valid eglDisplay, otherwise the ui will silently fail
   void *egl = native->nativeResourceForWindow("egldisplay", w->windowHandle());