diff --git a/FrOSCon26/examples/egl-display.hpp b/FrOSCon26/examples/egl-display.hpp
index 941427c..753e423 100644
--- a/FrOSCon26/examples/egl-display.hpp
+++ b/FrOSCon26/examples/egl-display.hpp
@@ -183,9 +183,10 @@ EglDisplay<PIX,WIDTH,HEIGHT>::openDisplay (Gtk::Window& appWindow)
 
   // use lib-GLEW to manage OpenGL extensions (notably GL Shader Language)
   GLenum glewErr = glewInit();
-  if (GLEW_OK != glewErr)
-    __FAIL ("could not bind OpenGL extensions through lib-GLEW:\n"
-           +string{reinterpret_cast<const char*> (glewGetErrorString(glewErr))});
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////TODO for some reason I get glewErr == 4 ("unknown error"), but it works non the less
+//if (GLEW_OK != glewErr)
+//  __FAIL ("could not bind OpenGL extensions through lib-GLEW:\n"
+//         +string{reinterpret_cast<const char*> (glewGetErrorString(glewErr))});
 
 
   auto compileShader = [](GLenum kind, string code)