diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index 6a354290..29ce87b5 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ static void event_loop(void) {
                 SDL_LogDebug(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION, "User requested to quit");
                 return;
             case EVENT_NEW_FRAME:
+                if (!screen.has_frame) {
+                    screen.has_frame = SDL_TRUE;
+                    // this is the very first frame, show the window
+                    screen_show_window(&screen);
+                }
                 if (!screen_update_frame(&screen, &frames)) {
                     return;
                 }
@@ -101,6 +106,11 @@ SDL_bool scrcpy(const char *serial, Uint16 local_port, Uint16 max_size, Uint32 b
 
     SDL_bool ret = SDL_TRUE;
 
+    if (!sdl_init_and_configure()) {
+        ret = SDL_FALSE;
+        goto finally_destroy_server;
+    }
+
     // to reduce startup time, we could be tempted to init other stuff before blocking here
     // but we should not block after SDL_Init since it handles the signals (Ctrl+C) in its
     // event loop: blocking could lead to deadlock
@@ -149,11 +159,6 @@ SDL_bool scrcpy(const char *serial, Uint16 local_port, Uint16 max_size, Uint32 b
         goto finally_destroy_controller;
     }
 
-    if (!sdl_init_and_configure()) {
-        ret = SDL_FALSE;
-        goto finally_stop_and_join_controller;
-    }
-
     if (!screen_init_rendering(&screen, device_name, frame_size)) {
         ret = SDL_FALSE;
         goto finally_stop_and_join_controller;
diff --git a/app/src/screen.c b/app/src/screen.c
index b56f8861..613bdabe 100644
--- a/app/src/screen.c
+++ b/app/src/screen.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ SDL_bool screen_init_rendering(struct screen *screen, const char *device_name, s
 
     struct size window_size = get_initial_optimal_size(frame_size);
     screen->window = SDL_CreateWindow(device_name, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
-                                      window_size.width, window_size.height, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN | SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
+                                      window_size.width, window_size.height, SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN | SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
     if (!screen->window) {
         SDL_LogCritical(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_SYSTEM, "Could not create window: %s", SDL_GetError());
         return SDL_FALSE;
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ SDL_bool screen_init_rendering(struct screen *screen, const char *device_name, s
     return SDL_TRUE;
 }
 
+void screen_show_window(struct screen *screen) {
+    SDL_ShowWindow(screen->window);
+}
+
 void screen_destroy(struct screen *screen) {
     if (screen->texture) {
         SDL_DestroyTexture(screen->texture);
@@ -231,7 +235,6 @@ static SDL_bool prepare_for_frame(struct screen *screen, struct size new_frame_s
 
 // write the frame into the texture
 static void update_texture(struct screen *screen, const AVFrame *frame) {
-    screen->texture_initialized = SDL_TRUE;
     SDL_UpdateYUVTexture(screen->texture, NULL,
             frame->data[0], frame->linesize[0],
             frame->data[1], frame->linesize[1],
@@ -255,9 +258,7 @@ SDL_bool screen_update_frame(struct screen *screen, struct frames *frames) {
 
 void screen_render(struct screen *screen) {
     SDL_RenderClear(screen->renderer);
-    if (screen->texture_initialized) {
-        SDL_RenderCopy(screen->renderer, screen->texture, NULL, NULL);
-    }
+    SDL_RenderCopy(screen->renderer, screen->texture, NULL, NULL);
     SDL_RenderPresent(screen->renderer);
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/screen.h b/app/src/screen.h
index 1dc31904..13103eaa 100644
--- a/app/src/screen.h
+++ b/app/src/screen.h
@@ -14,24 +14,24 @@ struct screen {
     struct size frame_size;
     //used only in fullscreen mode to know the windowed window size
     struct size windowed_window_size;
-    SDL_bool texture_initialized;
+    SDL_bool has_frame;
     SDL_bool fullscreen;
 };
 
-#define SCREEN_INITIALIZER {          \
-    .window = NULL,                   \
-    .renderer = NULL,                 \
-    .texture = NULL,                  \
-    .frame_size = {                   \
-        .width = 0,                   \
-        .height = 0,                  \
-    },                                \
-    .windowed_window_size = {         \
-        .width = 0,                   \
-        .height = 0,                  \
-    },                                \
-    .texture_initialized = SDL_FALSE, \
-    .fullscreen = SDL_FALSE,          \
+#define SCREEN_INITIALIZER {  \
+    .window = NULL,           \
+    .renderer = NULL,         \
+    .texture = NULL,          \
+    .frame_size = {           \
+        .width = 0,           \
+        .height = 0,          \
+    },                        \
+    .windowed_window_size = { \
+        .width = 0,           \
+        .height = 0,          \
+    },                        \
+    .has_frame = SDL_FALSE,   \
+    .fullscreen = SDL_FALSE,  \
 }
 
 // init SDL and set appropriate hints
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ SDL_bool sdl_init_and_configure(void);
 // initialize default values
 void screen_init(struct screen *screen);
 
-// initialize screen, create window, renderer and texture
+// initialize screen, create window, renderer and texture (window is hidden)
 SDL_bool screen_init_rendering(struct screen *screen,
                                const char *device_name,
                                struct size frame_size);
 
+// show the window
+void screen_show_window(struct screen *screen);
+
 // destroy window, renderer and texture (if any)
 void screen_destroy(struct screen *screen);