diff --git a/Source/ui_ios/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard b/Source/ui_ios/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
index 567e0ea9..f4f630a9 100644
--- a/Source/ui_ios/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
+++ b/Source/ui_ios/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
@@ -250,10 +250,10 @@
                         <viewControllerLayoutGuide type="top" id="y3c-jy-aDJ"/>
                         <viewControllerLayoutGuide type="bottom" id="wfy-db-euE"/>
                     </layoutGuides>
-                    <view key="view" contentMode="scaleToFill" id="8bC-Xf-vdC">
+                    <view key="view" contentMode="scaleToFill" id="8bC-Xf-vdC" customClass="GlEsView">
                         <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="667"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
-                        <color key="backgroundColor" red="1" green="1" blue="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="sRGB"/>
+                        <color key="backgroundColor" white="0.0" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
                     </view>
                 </viewController>
                 <placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFirstResponder" id="dkx-z0-nzr" sceneMemberID="firstResponder"/>
diff --git a/Source/ui_ios/EmulatorViewController.mm b/Source/ui_ios/EmulatorViewController.mm
index 60a411fa..6aa71687 100644
--- a/Source/ui_ios/EmulatorViewController.mm
+++ b/Source/ui_ios/EmulatorViewController.mm
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ CPS2VM* g_virtualMachine = nullptr;
 
 -(void)viewDidLoad
 {
-	CGRect screenBounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
-	
-	auto view = [[GlEsView alloc] initWithFrame: screenBounds];
-	self.view = view;
-    
     self.connectObserver = [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName:GCControllerDidConnectNotification object:nil queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue] usingBlock:^(NSNotification *note) {
         if ([[GCController controllers] count] == 1) {
             [self toggleHardwareController:YES];
diff --git a/Source/ui_ios/GlEsView.mm b/Source/ui_ios/GlEsView.mm
index 1a3f23e9..f011cc58 100644
--- a/Source/ui_ios/GlEsView.mm
+++ b/Source/ui_ios/GlEsView.mm
@@ -8,37 +8,52 @@
 	return [CAEAGLLayer class];
 }
 
+-(void)initView
+{
+	hasRetinaDisplay = NO;
+	if([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector: NSSelectorFromString(@"scale")])
+	{
+		if([self respondsToSelector: NSSelectorFromString(@"contentScaleFactor")])
+		{
+			float scale = [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale];
+			self.contentScaleFactor = scale;
+			if(scale == 2.0f)
+			{
+				hasRetinaDisplay = YES;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	CAEAGLLayer* eaglLayer = (CAEAGLLayer*)self.layer;
+	
+	eaglLayer.opaque = TRUE;
+	eaglLayer.drawableProperties = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
+									[NSNumber numberWithBool: FALSE], kEAGLDrawablePropertyRetainedBacking,
+									kEAGLColorFormatRGBA8, kEAGLDrawablePropertyColorFormat,
+									nil];
+}
+
 -(id)initWithFrame: (CGRect)frame
 {
 	self = [super initWithFrame: frame];
 	if(self)
 	{
-		hasRetinaDisplay = NO;
-		if([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector: NSSelectorFromString(@"scale")])
-		{
-			if([self respondsToSelector: NSSelectorFromString(@"contentScaleFactor")])
-			{
-				float scale = [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale];
-				self.contentScaleFactor = scale;
-				if(scale == 2.0f)
-				{
-					hasRetinaDisplay = YES;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		CAEAGLLayer* eaglLayer = (CAEAGLLayer*)self.layer;
-		
-		eaglLayer.opaque = TRUE;
-		eaglLayer.drawableProperties = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
-										[NSNumber numberWithBool: FALSE], kEAGLDrawablePropertyRetainedBacking,
-										kEAGLColorFormatRGBA8, kEAGLDrawablePropertyColorFormat,
-										nil];
+		[self initView];
 	}
 	
 	return self;
 }
 
+-(id)initWithCoder: (NSCoder*)decoder
+{
+	self = [super initWithCoder: decoder];
+	if(self)
+	{
+		[self initView];
+	}
+	return self;
+}
+
 -(BOOL)hasRetinaDisplay
 {
 	return hasRetinaDisplay;