diff --git a/src/Program.cs b/src/Program.cs
index 2bae6ff..bec2844 100644
--- a/src/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Program.cs
@@ -17,5 +17,16 @@ class Program
         => AppBuilder.Configure<App>()
             .UsePlatformDetect()
             .WithInterFont()
-            .LogToTrace();
+            .LogToTrace()
+                .With(new AvaloniaNativePlatformOptions
+                {
+                    // https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/issues/20971
+                    RenderingMode =
+                    [
+                        // put OpenGL first, to have higher priority over Metal
+                        AvaloniaNativeRenderingMode.OpenGl,
+                        AvaloniaNativeRenderingMode.Metal,
+                        AvaloniaNativeRenderingMode.Software
+                    ]
+                });
 }