diff --git a/ClassicalSharp/GraphicsAPI/Direct3D9Api.cs b/ClassicalSharp/GraphicsAPI/Direct3D9Api.cs
index 623f0422e..f02b01fc8 100644
--- a/ClassicalSharp/GraphicsAPI/Direct3D9Api.cs
+++ b/ClassicalSharp/GraphicsAPI/Direct3D9Api.cs
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ namespace ClassicalSharp.GraphicsAPI {
 		
 		internal override void UpdateApiInfo() {
 			float mem = VideoMemoryMB;
-			ApiInfo[3] = "Video memory: " + totalMem + " MB total, " + mem + " now";
+			ApiInfo[3] = "Video memory: " + totalMem + " MB total, " + mem + " free";
 		}
 
 		public override void TakeScreenshot(Stream output, int width, int height) {
diff --git a/ClassicalSharp/GraphicsAPI/OpenGLApi.cs b/ClassicalSharp/GraphicsAPI/OpenGLApi.cs
index 7f08e817f..f4d84f103 100644
--- a/ClassicalSharp/GraphicsAPI/OpenGLApi.cs
+++ b/ClassicalSharp/GraphicsAPI/OpenGLApi.cs
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ namespace ClassicalSharp.GraphicsAPI {
 			
 			if (totalKb <= 0 || curKb <= 0) return;
 			float total = totalKb / 1024f, cur = curKb / 1024f;
-			ApiInfo[4] = "Video memory: " + total + " MB total, " + cur + " now";
+			ApiInfo[4] = "Video memory: " + total + " MB total, " + cur + " free";
 		}
 		
 		public override bool WarnIfNecessary(Chat chat) {
diff --git a/src/AsyncDownloader.c b/src/AsyncDownloader.c
index 3a6572697..091daedbd 100644
--- a/src/AsyncDownloader.c
+++ b/src/AsyncDownloader.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static void AsyncDownloader_Init(void) {
 	async_pendingMutex = Mutex_Create();
 	async_processedMutex = Mutex_Create();
 	async_curRequestMutex = Mutex_Create();
-	async_workerThread = Thread_Start(AsyncDownloader_WorkerFunc);
+	async_workerThread = Thread_Start(AsyncDownloader_WorkerFunc, false);
 }
 
 static void AsyncDownloader_Reset(void) {
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ static void AsyncDownloader_Free(void) {
 	async_terminate = true;
 	AsyncDownloader_Reset();
 	Thread_Join(async_workerThread);
-	Thread_FreeHandle(async_workerThread);
 
 	AsyncRequestList_Free(&async_pending);
 	AsyncRequestList_Free(&async_processed);
diff --git a/src/Audio.c b/src/Audio.c
index 2840446bb..d8c2bc1df 100644
--- a/src/Audio.c
+++ b/src/Audio.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static void Music_Init(void) {
 	if (music_thread) return;
 	music_pendingStop = false;
 	Audio_Init(&music_out, AUDIO_MAX_CHUNKS);
-	music_thread = Thread_Start(Music_RunLoop);
+	music_thread = Thread_Start(Music_RunLoop, false);
 }
 
 static void Music_Free(void) {
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ static void Music_Free(void) {
 	if (music_out == -1) return;
 
 	Thread_Join(music_thread);
-	Thread_FreeHandle(music_thread);
 	Audio_Free(music_out);
 	music_out = -1;
 	music_thread = NULL;
diff --git a/src/Core.h b/src/Core.h
index 90710b524..ca75ae0e3 100644
--- a/src/Core.h
+++ b/src/Core.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct FontDesc { void* Handle; UInt16 Size, Style; };
 #define UInt32_MaxValue ((UInt32)4294967295UL)
 
 #define CC_BUILD_GL11 false
-#define CC_BUILD_D3D9 false
+#define CC_BUILD_D3D9 true
 
 #define CC_BUILD_WIN true
 #define CC_BUILD_OSX false
diff --git a/src/D3D9Api.c b/src/D3D9Api.c
index cb42ef5f7..2f3020f44 100644
--- a/src/D3D9Api.c
+++ b/src/D3D9Api.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ void Gfx_MakeApiInfo(void) {
 void Gfx_UpdateApiInfo(void) {
 	Real32 mem = IDirect3DDevice9_GetAvailableTextureMem(device) / (1024.0f * 1024.0f);
 	Gfx_ApiInfo[3].length = 0;
-	String_Format2(&Gfx_ApiInfo[3], "Video memory: %f2 MB total, %f2 now", &d3d9_totalMem, &mem);
+	String_Format2(&Gfx_ApiInfo[3], "Video memory: %f2 MB total, %f2 free", &d3d9_totalMem, &mem);
 }
 
 void Gfx_OnWindowResize(void) {
diff --git a/src/OpenGLApi.c b/src/OpenGLApi.c
index 69f90d298..c22ebfea9 100644
--- a/src/OpenGLApi.c
+++ b/src/OpenGLApi.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ void Gfx_UpdateApiInfo(void) {
 	if (totalKb <= 0 || curKb <= 0) return;
 	Gfx_ApiInfo[4].length = 0;
 	Real32 total = totalKb / 1024.0f, cur = curKb / 1024.0f;
-	String_Format2(&Gfx_ApiInfo[4], "Video memory: %f2 MB total, %f2 now", &total, &cur);
+	String_Format2(&Gfx_ApiInfo[4], "Video memory: %f2 MB total, %f2 free", &total, &cur);
 }
 
 bool Gfx_WarnIfNecessary(void) {
diff --git a/src/Platform.c b/src/Platform.c
index 4b70cb41e..8e033b676 100644
--- a/src/Platform.c
+++ b/src/Platform.c
@@ -506,23 +506,26 @@ DWORD WINAPI Thread_StartCallback(LPVOID lpParam) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void* Thread_Start(Thread_StartFunc* func) {
+static void Thread_FreeHandle(void* handle) {
+	if (!CloseHandle((HANDLE)handle)) {
+		ErrorHandler_FailWithCode(GetLastError(), "Freeing thread handle");
+	}
+}
+
+void* Thread_Start(Thread_StartFunc* func, bool detach) {
 	DWORD threadID;
 	void* handle = CreateThread(NULL, 0, Thread_StartCallback, func, 0, &threadID);
 	if (!handle) {
 		ErrorHandler_FailWithCode(GetLastError(), "Creating thread");
 	}
+
+	if (detach) Thread_FreeHandle(handle);
 	return handle;
 }
 
 void Thread_Join(void* handle) {
 	WaitForSingleObject((HANDLE)handle, INFINITE);
-}
-
-void Thread_FreeHandle(void* handle) {
-	if (!CloseHandle((HANDLE)handle)) {
-		ErrorHandler_FailWithCode(GetLastError(), "Freeing thread handle");
-	}
+	Thread_FreeHandle(handle);
 }
 
 CRITICAL_SECTION mutexList[3]; Int32 mutexIndex;
@@ -568,12 +571,16 @@ void* Thread_StartCallback(void* lpParam) {
 }
 
 pthread_t threadList[3]; Int32 threadIndex;
-void* Thread_Start(Thread_StartFunc* func) {
+void* Thread_Start(Thread_StartFunc* func, bool detach) {
 	if (threadIndex == Array_Elems(threadList)) ErrorHandler_Fail("Cannot allocate thread");
 	pthread_t* ptr = &threadList[threadIndex];
 	int result = pthread_create(ptr, NULL, Thread_StartCallback, func);
-
 	ErrorHandler_CheckOrFail(result, "Creating thread");
+
+	if (detach) {
+		result = pthread_detach(*ptr);
+		ErrorHandler_CheckOrFail(result, "Detaching thread");
+	}
 	threadIndex++; return ptr;
 }
 
@@ -582,11 +589,6 @@ void Thread_Join(void* handle) {
 	ErrorHandler_CheckOrFail(result, "Joining thread");
 }
 
-void Thread_FreeHandle(void* handle) {
-	int result = pthread_detach(*((pthread_t*)handle));
-	ErrorHandler_CheckOrFail(result, "Detaching thread");
-}
-
 pthread_mutex_t mutexList[3]; Int32 mutexIndex;
 void* Mutex_Create(void) {
 	if (mutexIndex == Array_Elems(mutexList)) ErrorHandler_Fail("Cannot allocate mutex");
diff --git a/src/Platform.h b/src/Platform.h
index 0fb5d44b2..7e1972300 100644
--- a/src/Platform.h
+++ b/src/Platform.h
@@ -74,10 +74,8 @@ ReturnCode File_Length(void* file, UInt32* length);
 
 void Thread_Sleep(UInt32 milliseconds);
 typedef void Thread_StartFunc(void);
-void* Thread_Start(Thread_StartFunc* func);
+void* Thread_Start(Thread_StartFunc* func, bool detach);
 void Thread_Join(void* handle);
-/* Frees handle to thread - NOT THE THREAD ITSELF */
-void Thread_FreeHandle(void* handle);
 
 void* Mutex_Create(void);
 void  Mutex_Free(void* handle);
diff --git a/src/Screens.c b/src/Screens.c
index 84ae228a8..35bc03e3d 100644
--- a/src/Screens.c
+++ b/src/Screens.c
@@ -620,12 +620,10 @@ static void GeneratingScreen_Init(void* screen) {
 
 	void* threadHandle;
 	if (Gen_Vanilla) {
-		threadHandle = Thread_Start(&NotchyGen_Generate);
+		Thread_Start(&NotchyGen_Generate, true);
 	} else {
-		threadHandle = Thread_Start(&FlatgrassGen_Generate);
+		Thread_Start(&FlatgrassGen_Generate, true);
 	}
-	/* don't leak thread handle here */
-	Thread_FreeHandle(threadHandle);
 }
 
 static void GeneratingScreen_EndGeneration(void) {