diff --git a/vtm-gdx-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtBitmap.java b/vtm-gdx-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtBitmap.java
index 3f7e405a..e07d3623 100644
--- a/vtm-gdx-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtBitmap.java
+++ b/vtm-gdx-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtBitmap.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.BufferUtils;
 
 public class AwtBitmap implements Bitmap {
-
 	BufferedImage bitmap;
 	int width;
 	int height;
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ public class AwtBitmap implements Bitmap {
 	}
 
 	AwtBitmap(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+
 		this.bitmap = ImageIO.read(inputStream);
 		this.width = this.bitmap.getWidth();
 		this.height = this.bitmap.getHeight();
@@ -62,20 +62,24 @@ public class AwtBitmap implements Bitmap {
 		int[] pixels;
 		IntBuffer buffer;
 
-		if (width == 512 && height == 256) {
+		if (width * height < 512 * 256) {
 			pixels = tmpPixel;
 			buffer = tmpBuffer;
 			buffer.clear();
-			//Log.d("AwtBitmap", "default texture");
 		} else {
 			pixels = new int[width * height];
 			buffer = BufferUtils.newIntBuffer(width * height);
-			//Log.d("AwtBitmap", "create texture buffer " + width + "x" + height);
 		}
 
 		bitmap.getRGB(0, 0, width, height, pixels, 0, width);
 
-		buffer.put(pixels);
+		for (int i = 0, n =  width * height; i < n; i++){
+			int c = pixels[i];
+			// flip blue with red - silly Java
+			pixels[i] =  (c & 0xff00ff00) | (c & 0x00ff0000) >>> 16 | (c & 0x000000ff) << 16;
+		}
+
+		buffer.put(pixels, 0, width * height);
 		buffer.flip();
 
 		Gdx.gl20.glTexImage2D(GL20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL20.GL_RGBA, width,
diff --git a/vtm-gdx-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtPaint.java b/vtm-gdx-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtPaint.java
index 868e0611..58b24565 100644
--- a/vtm-gdx-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtPaint.java
+++ b/vtm-gdx-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtPaint.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.oscim.backend.canvas.Bitmap;
 import org.oscim.backend.canvas.Paint;
 
-import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
-
 public class AwtPaint implements Paint {
 
 	private static int getCap(Cap cap) {