diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/Common/UI/UIController.cpp b/Minecraft.Client/Common/UI/UIController.cpp
index 00afeae..8230d69 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/Common/UI/UIController.cpp
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/Common/UI/UIController.cpp
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ void UIController::SetupFont()
 // TICKING
 void UIController::tick()
 {
+#ifdef USE_VULKAN_RENDERER
+	return;
+#endif
 	if(m_navigateToHomeOnReload && !ui.IsReloadingSkin())
 	{
 		ui.CleanUpSkinReload();
diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/Platform_Libs/Dev/RenderVk/VulkanRenderManager.cpp b/Minecraft.Client/Platform_Libs/Dev/RenderVk/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
index 7f9ea01..bf9ad85 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/Platform_Libs/Dev/RenderVk/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/Platform_Libs/Dev/RenderVk/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
@@ -1438,7 +1438,13 @@ HRESULT C4JRender::LoadTextureData(const char *szFilename, D3DXIMAGE_INFO *pSrcI
     return E_FAIL;
   }
 
-  FILE *file = std::fopen(szFilename, "rb");
+  char fixedPath[1024];
+  std::strncpy(fixedPath, szFilename, sizeof(fixedPath) - 1);
+  fixedPath[sizeof(fixedPath) - 1] = '\0';
+  for (char *p = fixedPath; *p; ++p)
+    if (*p == '\\') *p = '/';
+
+  FILE *file = std::fopen(fixedPath, "rb");
   if (file == nullptr)
   {
 #ifdef _DEBUG