diff --git a/scripts/release-win32.sh b/scripts/release-win32.sh
index b0c1c2ff..206e4e6c 100755
--- a/scripts/release-win32.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-win32.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fi
 cd win32build
 
 # TODO: potential Arch-ism?
-i686-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2 -march=i686" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -march=i686" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSUPPORT_XP=OFF -DWITH_RENDER_DX11=ON .. || exit 1
+i686-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2 -march=i586" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -march=i586" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSUPPORT_XP=OFF -DWITH_RENDER_DX11=ON -DUSE_BACKWARD=OFF .. || exit 1
 make -j8 || exit 1
 
 cd ..
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.cpp b/src/gui/gui.cpp
index 1053f202..07be9fef 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -6513,10 +6513,12 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::init() {
     logW("could not list render drivers! %s",SDL_GetError());
   } else {
     SDL_RendererInfo ri;
+    logV("available render drivers:");
     for (int i=0; i<numDrivers; i++) {
       int r=SDL_GetRenderDriverInfo(i,&ri);
       if (r!=0) continue;
       availRenderDrivers.push_back(String(ri.name));
+      logV("- %s",ri.name);
     }
   }
 
@@ -6526,6 +6528,7 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::init() {
 
   logD("starting render backend...");
   if (!rend->init(sdlWin)) {
+    logE("it failed...");
     if (settings.renderBackend!="SDL") {
       settings.renderBackend="SDL";
       e->setConf("renderBackend","SDL");
@@ -6542,6 +6545,7 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::init() {
     }
     return false;
   }
+  logV("render backend started");
 
   // try acquiring the canvas size
   if (!rend->getOutputSize(canvasW,canvasH)) {
diff --git a/src/gui/render/renderSDL.cpp b/src/gui/render/renderSDL.cpp
index 0fe6b988..de1e28d3 100644
--- a/src/gui/render/renderSDL.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/render/renderSDL.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "renderSDL.h"
 #include "backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer2.h"
+#include "../../ta-log.h"
 
 class FurnaceSDLTexture: public FurnaceGUITexture {
   public:
@@ -143,7 +144,9 @@ void FurnaceGUIRenderSDL::preInit() {
 }
 
 bool FurnaceGUIRenderSDL::init(SDL_Window* win) {
+  logV("creating SDL renderer...");
   sdlRend=SDL_CreateRenderer(win,-1,SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED|SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC|SDL_RENDERER_TARGETTEXTURE);
+  logV("(post creation)");
   return (sdlRend!=NULL);
 }