diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 1385e95c65..76eee3235b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ namespace OpenRA
 					Console.WriteLine("Error was: " + e.Message);
 
 					Cursor = new SoftwareCursor(ModData.CursorProvider);
-					Settings.Graphics.HardwareCursors = false;
 				}
 			}
 			else
diff --git a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs
index 51fbbfb5f0..f0824c25fd 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Platforms.Default
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)
 			{
-				throw new InvalidDataException("Failed to create hardware cursor `{0}`".F(name), ex);
+				throw new InvalidDataException("Failed to create hardware cursor `{0}` - {1}".F(name, ex.Message), ex);
 			}
 		}