diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp
index c4c966458e..8642d78cc1 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ static void InitBackendInfo()
 
 void VideoBackend::ShowConfig(void *_hParent)
 {
-	InitBackendInfo();
+	if (!s_BackendInitialized)
+		InitBackendInfo();
 	Host_ShowVideoConfig(_hParent, GetDisplayName(), "gfx_opengl");
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp
index d0f02dd327..63f55ba612 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ void VideoConfig::Load(const std::string& ini_file)
 	// triplicated for each video backend.
 	if (bEnableShaderDebugging)
 		OSD::AddMessage("Warning: Shader Debugging is enabled, performance will suffer heavily", 15000);
+
+	VerifyValidity();
 }
 
 void VideoConfig::GameIniLoad()