diff --git a/src/dp_doom/linuxdoom-1.10/ib_sound/ib_sound_nng.c b/src/dp_doom/linuxdoom-1.10/ib_sound/ib_sound_nng.c
index e359be4..3e81167 100644
--- a/src/dp_doom/linuxdoom-1.10/ib_sound/ib_sound_nng.c
+++ b/src/dp_doom/linuxdoom-1.10/ib_sound/ib_sound_nng.c
@@ -35,11 +35,8 @@ int IB_StartupSound(void (*initial_callback)(unsigned int output_sample_rate, vo
 
     audio_callback = _audio_callback;
 
-    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO))
-    {
-        dp_sdl_error("IB_StartupSound: SDL_INIT_AUDIO failed");
-        return 0;
-    }
+    u32 activeSubsystems = SDL_WasInit(0);
+    log_info("IB_StartupSound: initialized SDL subsystems: 0x%08x", activeSubsystems);
 
     desired_audio_specification.freq = 48000;
     desired_audio_specification.format = AUDIO_S16;
@@ -48,6 +45,13 @@ int IB_StartupSound(void (*initial_callback)(unsigned int output_sample_rate, vo
     desired_audio_specification.callback = Callback;
     desired_audio_specification.userdata = user_data;
 
+    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO))
+    {
+        dp_sdl_error("IB_StartupSound: SDL_INIT_AUDIO failed, using hacks");
+        initial_callback(desired_audio_specification.freq, user_data);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     audio_device = SDL_OpenAudioDevice(NULL,
         0, &desired_audio_specification, &obtained_audio_specification,
         SDL_AUDIO_ALLOW_FREQUENCY_CHANGE | SDL_AUDIO_ALLOW_SAMPLES_CHANGE);
@@ -59,9 +63,10 @@ int IB_StartupSound(void (*initial_callback)(unsigned int output_sample_rate, vo
         return 1;
     }
 
-    dp_sdl_error("IB_StartupSound: SDL_INIT_AUDIO failed");
+    dp_sdl_error("IB_StartupSound: SDL_OpenAudioDevice failed, using hacks");
+    initial_callback(desired_audio_specification.freq, user_data);
     SDL_QuitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
-    return 0;
+    return 1;
 }
 
 void IB_ShutdownSound(void)
diff --git a/src/dp_doom/linuxdoom-1.10/ib_video/ib_video_nng.c b/src/dp_doom/linuxdoom-1.10/ib_video/ib_video_nng.c
index 44d74dd..df9ec7f 100644
--- a/src/dp_doom/linuxdoom-1.10/ib_video/ib_video_nng.c
+++ b/src/dp_doom/linuxdoom-1.10/ib_video/ib_video_nng.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void IB_InitGraphics(const char *title, size_t screen_width, size_t screen_heigh
 
     signal(SIGINT, I_Quit_Wrapper);
 
-    log_set_level(LOG_TRACE);
+    log_set_level(LOG_DEBUG);
 
     dp_nng_init_limits(1, 1, 1);