diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs
index 9712dd8417..9bb57d1b50 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 
 	public class GraphicSettings
 	{
-		public string Renderer = "Cg";
+		public string Renderer = "Gl";
 		public WindowMode Mode = WindowMode.PseudoFullscreen;
 		public int2 FullscreenSize = new int2(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
 		public int2 WindowedSize = new int2(1024, 768);
diff --git a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA b/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
index 5be9c55465..98406f50e8 100755
--- a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
+++ b/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fi
 
 # Run the game
 cd "${GAME_PATH}"
-"${EXE_PATH}"mono --debug "OpenRA.Game.exe" Game.Mods=$MOD Graphics.Renderer=Gl SupportDir=~/Library/"Application Support"/OpenRA
+"${EXE_PATH}"mono --debug "OpenRA.Game.exe" Game.Mods=$MOD SupportDir=~/Library/"Application Support"/OpenRA
 
 # Did we crash?
 STATUS=$?