diff --git a/pupil_src/launchables/eye.py b/pupil_src/launchables/eye.py
index 2bb94f8985..2ebfffa3f0 100644
--- a/pupil_src/launchables/eye.py
+++ b/pupil_src/launchables/eye.py
@@ -236,9 +236,10 @@ def consume_events_and_render_buffer():
             glfw.glfwMakeContextCurrent(main_window)
             clear_gl_screen()
 
-            glViewport(0, 0, *g_pool.camera_render_size)
-            for p in g_pool.plugins:
-                p.gl_display()
+            if all(c > 0 for c in g_pool.camera_render_size):
+                glViewport(0, 0, *g_pool.camera_render_size)
+                for p in g_pool.plugins:
+                    p.gl_display()
 
             glViewport(0, 0, *window_size)
             # render graphs
@@ -289,6 +290,11 @@ def on_resize(window, w, h):
             nonlocal window_size
             nonlocal content_scale
 
+            is_minimized = bool(glfw.glfwGetWindowAttrib(window, glfw.GLFW_ICONIFIED))
+
+            if is_minimized:
+                return
+
             # Always clear buffers on resize to make sure that there are no overlapping
             # artifacts from previous frames.
             gl_utils.glClear(gl_utils.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT)