diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/RendererShaderVk.cpp b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/RendererShaderVk.cpp
index 970f5517..437ef51d 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/RendererShaderVk.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/RendererShaderVk.cpp
@@ -129,19 +129,18 @@ class _ShaderVkThreadPool
 public:
 	void StartThreads()
 	{
-		if (s_threads.empty())
-		{
-			// create thread pool
-			m_shutdownThread.store(false);
-			const uint32 threadCount = 2;
-			for (uint32 i = 0; i < threadCount; ++i)
-				s_threads.emplace_back(&_ShaderVkThreadPool::CompilerThreadFunc, this);
-		}
+		if (m_threadsActive.exchange(true))
+			return;
+		// create thread pool
+		const uint32 threadCount = 2;
+		for (uint32 i = 0; i < threadCount; ++i)
+			s_threads.emplace_back(&_ShaderVkThreadPool::CompilerThreadFunc, this);
 	}
 
 	void StopThreads()
 	{
-		m_shutdownThread.store(true);
+		if (!m_threadsActive.exchange(false))
+			return;
 		for (uint32 i = 0; i < s_threads.size(); ++i)
 			s_compilationQueueCount.increment();
 		for (auto& it : s_threads)
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ public:
 
 	void CompilerThreadFunc()
 	{
-		while (!m_shutdownThread.load(std::memory_order::relaxed))
+		while (m_threadsActive.load(std::memory_order::relaxed))
 		{
 			s_compilationQueueCount.decrementWithWait();
 			s_compilationQueueMutex.lock();
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ public:
 		}
 	}
 
-	bool HasThreadsRunning() const { return !m_shutdownThread; }
+	bool HasThreadsRunning() const { return m_threadsActive; }
 
 public:
 	std::vector<std::thread> s_threads;
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ public:
 	std::mutex s_compilationQueueMutex;
 
 private:
-	std::atomic<bool> m_shutdownThread;
+	std::atomic<bool> m_threadsActive;
 }ShaderVkThreadPool;
 
 RendererShaderVk::RendererShaderVk(ShaderType type, uint64 baseHash, uint64 auxHash, bool isGameShader, bool isGfxPackShader, const std::string& glslCode)
diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp
index 5285e4ac..876baa07 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ VulkanRenderer::~VulkanRenderer()
 	SubmitCommandBuffer();
 	WaitDeviceIdle();
 	WaitCommandBufferFinished(GetCurrentCommandBufferId());
-	// shut down compilation threads
+	// make sure compilation threads have been shut down
 	RendererShaderVk::Shutdown();
 	// shut down pipeline save thread
 	m_destructionRequested = true;
@@ -1558,12 +1558,12 @@ void VulkanRenderer::Shutdown()
 	Renderer::Shutdown();
 	SubmitCommandBuffer();
 	WaitDeviceIdle();
-
 	if (m_imguiRenderPass != VK_NULL_HANDLE)
 	{
 		vkDestroyRenderPass(m_logicalDevice, m_imguiRenderPass, nullptr);
 		m_imguiRenderPass = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 	}
+	RendererShaderVk::Shutdown();
 }
 
 void VulkanRenderer::UnrecoverableError(const char* errMsg) const