diff --git a/src/PowderToyFontEditor.cpp b/src/PowderToyFontEditor.cpp
index c6b84b042..b2ba9ac29 100644
--- a/src/PowderToyFontEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/PowderToyFontEditor.cpp
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 
 	SDLOpen();
 
+	StopTextInput();
+
 	ui::Engine::Ref().g = new Graphics();
 	ui::Engine::Ref().Scale = scale;
 	ui::Engine::Ref().SetResizable(resizable);
diff --git a/src/PowderToySDL.cpp b/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
index c86654332..c5a843dbc 100644
--- a/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
+++ b/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 #endif
+
+	StopTextInput();
+
 	ui::Engine::Ref().g = new Graphics();
 	ui::Engine::Ref().Scale = scale;
 	ui::Engine::Ref().SetResizable(resizable);