diff --git a/dgl/src/Window.cpp b/dgl/src/Window.cpp
index dd3b4ea7..c4b3a9d8 100644
--- a/dgl/src/Window.cpp
+++ b/dgl/src/Window.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public:
           xDisplay(nullptr),
           xWindow(0)
 #elif defined(DGL_OS_MAC)
-          fNeedsIdle(true) // FIXME - set false?
+          fNeedsIdle(false)
 #else
           _dummy('\0')
 #endif
diff --git a/dgl/src/pugl/pugl_osx.m b/dgl/src/pugl/pugl_osx.m
index 706e8bde..a60673df 100644
--- a/dgl/src/pugl/pugl_osx.m
+++ b/dgl/src/pugl/pugl_osx.m
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ puglCreate(PuglNativeWindow parent,
 	[NSAutoreleasePool new];
 	[NSApplication sharedApplication];
 
+	[NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular];
+	[NSApp finishLaunching];
+
 	NSString* titleString = [[NSString alloc]
 		                        initWithBytes:title
 		                               length:strlen(title)