diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
index ffdefcdccc..d7f9c0e1f3 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
@@ -314,22 +314,24 @@ Renderer::Renderer()
 
 	s_bHaveFramebufferBlit = strstr(ptoken, "GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit") != NULL;
 	s_bHaveCoverageMSAA = strstr(ptoken, "GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage") != NULL;
-
-	// TODO: Switch over to using glew once 1.6/1.7 becomes more mainstream, seems most people are stuck in 1.5
-	if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack") != NULL)
-		g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding = true;
-	if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object") != NULL)
-		g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO = true;
-	if ((g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding || g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO) && strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location") != NULL)
-		g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLATTRBind = true;
-	if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_get_program_binary") != NULL)
-		g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLCache = true;
-	
-	UpdateActiveConfig();
-	OSD::AddMessage(StringFromFormat("Using GLSL. Supports Binding: %s UBOs: %s Cache: %s",
-			g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding ? "True" : "False",
-			g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO ? "True" : "False",
-			g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLCache ? "True" : "False").c_str(), 5000);
+	if(g_ActiveConfig.bUseGLSL)
+	{
+		// TODO: Switch over to using glew once 1.6/1.7 becomes more mainstream, seems most people are stuck in 1.5
+		if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack") != NULL)
+			g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding = true;
+		if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object") != NULL)
+			g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO = true;
+		if ((g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding || g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO) && strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location") != NULL)
+			g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLATTRBind = true;
+		if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_get_program_binary") != NULL)
+			g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLCache = true;
+		
+		UpdateActiveConfig();
+		OSD::AddMessage(StringFromFormat("Using GLSL. Supports Binding: %s UBOs: %s Cache: %s",
+				g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding ? "True" : "False",
+				g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO ? "True" : "False",
+				g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLCache ? "True" : "False").c_str(), 5000);
+	}
 			
 	s_LastMultisampleMode = g_ActiveConfig.iMultisampleMode;
 	s_MSAASamples = GetNumMSAASamples(s_LastMultisampleMode);
@@ -441,8 +443,8 @@ Renderer::Renderer()
 #else
 	// If we don't have Nvidia CG, we HAVE to use GLSL
 	g_Config.bUseGLSL = true;
-	
 	UpdateActiveConfig();
+	INFO_LOG(VIDEO, "CG not found, switching to GLSL");
 #endif	// HAVE_CG
 
 	int nenvvertparams, nenvfragparams, naddrregisters[2];