diff --git a/vulkan.d b/vulkan.d
index 221fa93..eca0997 100644
--- a/vulkan.d
+++ b/vulkan.d
@@ -2613,7 +2613,17 @@ SelectSwapchainFormats(Vulkan* vk)
 		}
 	}
 
-	vk.surface_format = formats[0];
+	VkSurfaceFormatKHR surface_format = formats[0];
+	foreach(format; formats)
+	{
+		if (format.format == VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM)
+		{
+			surface_format = format;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	vk.surface_format = surface_format;
 	vk.present_mode = present_mode;
 }