diff --git a/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index d5bcee39..4948a846 100644
--- a/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ if (NOT TARGET SDL3::SDL3)
 		#GIT_TAG 657c0135b1ff1685afa1bad63b0417d92f4bcb46 # tip 09-06-2024
 		#GIT_TAG d65a8146b950abe31b4fbf779f3e2fea731af9bd # tip 16-07-2024 - before string policy changes breaking imgui
 		#GIT_TAG e949f12f63cdfcef4bdf456936ee676e0a3f9de6 # tip 18-07-2024 - broke bmp surface (before too)
-		GIT_TAG 67b973b5fad633b3be76d4daf4fd9fece292c25f # tip 29-07-2024
+		#GIT_TAG 67b973b5fad633b3be76d4daf4fd9fece292c25f # tip 29-07-2024
+		GIT_TAG 6e885d96193a4b0096fe7fed6d4e6c3e5f247283 # tip 09-09-2024
 
 		FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS # for the future
 	)
diff --git a/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt b/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fd69e2b..aabea5e4 100644
--- a/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/sdl_image/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ include(FetchContent)
 if (NOT TARGET SDL3_image::SDL3_image)
 	set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 	# TODO: make pr to make this an option
-	set(SDL3IMAGE_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-	set(SDL3IMAGE_BACKEND_STB OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # important for security
-	set(SDL3IMAGE_BACKEND_IMAGEIO OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # some funky apple cmake bug
-	#set(SDL3IMAGE_JXL ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # default to off
-	set(SDL3IMAGE_QOI OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # we have our own
-	set(SDL3IMAGE_WEBP OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # we have our own
+	set(SDLIMAGE_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+	set(SDLIMAGE_BACKEND_STB OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # important for security
+	set(SDLIMAGE_BACKEND_IMAGEIO OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # some funky apple cmake bug
+	#set(SDLIMAGE_JXL ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # default to off
+	set(SDLIMAGE_QOI OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # we have our own
+	set(SDLIMAGE_WEBP OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # we have our own
 
 	FetchContent_Declare(SDL3_image
 		GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_image
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ if (NOT TARGET SDL3_image::SDL3_image)
 		#GIT_TAG 2fc5310a9a2700fc856663200f94edebeb5e554a # tip 28-05-2024
 		#GIT_TAG 8eff782fa33d795c9ea1ac42dbe7e17cc9874c78 # tip 09-06-2024
 		#GIT_TAG 8abc07df88cc035997e797967ac2f479b0e50981 # tip 18-07-2024
-		GIT_TAG 2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7 # tip 29-07-2024
+		#GIT_TAG 2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7 # tip 29-07-2024
+		GIT_TAG c1b272450d306db3845086cc231acae736b92f4f # tip 09-09-2024
 		FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS # for the future
 	)
 	FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SDL3_image)
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 562c5cf7..11791c39 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -63,34 +63,34 @@
     "sdl3": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1722282731,
-        "narHash": "sha256-02y7JB23xAehjqBp6hj7ExNkD06XkFE8Odxnu0hYx8k=",
+        "lastModified": 1725865005,
+        "narHash": "sha256-4vauaoxf+2LhGYLKRJOugZWKKMqa0bHTJCuR2F01DeM=",
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL",
-        "rev": "67b973b5fad633b3be76d4daf4fd9fece292c25f",
+        "rev": "6e885d96193a4b0096fe7fed6d4e6c3e5f247283",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL",
-        "rev": "67b973b5fad633b3be76d4daf4fd9fece292c25f",
+        "rev": "6e885d96193a4b0096fe7fed6d4e6c3e5f247283",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
     "sdl3_image": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1722000822,
-        "narHash": "sha256-h2vyWcGdLPbg42M6bgJAzskXJfeq9UYTMHi1XdP/otk=",
+        "lastModified": 1725662120,
+        "narHash": "sha256-jLKf3xSqjIL7L6iarQAiwcrmIQlM4R1zC2gXGXcdwPA=",
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL_image",
-        "rev": "2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7",
+        "rev": "c1b272450d306db3845086cc231acae736b92f4f",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL_image",
-        "rev": "2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7",
+        "rev": "c1b272450d306db3845086cc231acae736b92f4f",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f0e95401..59519080 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
       flake = false;
     };
     sdl3 = {
-      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL/67b973b5fad633b3be76d4daf4fd9fece292c25f"; # keep in sync this cmake
+      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL/6e885d96193a4b0096fe7fed6d4e6c3e5f247283"; # keep in sync this cmake
       flake = false;
     };
     sdl3_image = {
-      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL_image/2a27018eda394a4e005cd8ba6bb3bfd0298809c7";
+      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL_image/c1b272450d306db3845086cc231acae736b92f4f";
       flake = false;
     };
   };
diff --git a/src/image_loader_sdl_bmp.cpp b/src/image_loader_sdl_bmp.cpp
index 02a80077..8c92875e 100644
--- a/src/image_loader_sdl_bmp.cpp
+++ b/src/image_loader_sdl_bmp.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ImageLoaderSDLBMP::ImageResult ImageLoaderSDLBMP::loadFromMemoryRGBA(const uint8
 
 	ImageResult res;
 	if (SDL_MUSTLOCK(conv_surf)) {
-		if (SDL_LockSurface(conv_surf) < 0) {
+		if (!SDL_LockSurface(conv_surf)) {
 			std::cerr << "IL_SDLBMP error: " << SDL_GetError() << "\n";
 			SDL_DestroySurface(conv_surf);
 			return {};
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b94cf8b6..9e9eceb3 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	auto last_time_tick = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
 	// actual setup
-	if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
+	if (!SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)) {
 		std::cerr << "SDL_Init failed (" << SDL_GetError() << ")\n";
 		return 1;
 	}