diff --git a/runtime/image-utils.reds b/runtime/image-utils.reds
index 14fabb4b88..34d3686f30 100644
--- a/runtime/image-utils.reds
+++ b/runtime/image-utils.reds
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ image-utils: context [
 		src.h: as float! sh
 		size: rect.w * rect.h * 4
 		rgba: as int-ptr! allocate size
-		set-memory as byte-ptr! rgba #"^(FF)" size
+		set-memory as byte-ptr! rgba #"^(00)" size
 		i: 0 j: 0
 		loop rect.h [
 			i: 0
diff --git a/runtime/platform/image-gdk.reds b/runtime/platform/image-gdk.reds
index adf51fb91f..f3bcac8e31 100644
--- a/runtime/platform/image-gdk.reds
+++ b/runtime/platform/image-gdk.reds
@@ -296,9 +296,7 @@ OS-image: context [
 			b: p/1
 			p/1: p/3
 			p/3: b
-			either alpha? [
-				p/4: #"^(FF)" - p/4
-			][
+			unless alpha? [
 				p/4: #"^(FF)"
 			]
 			dst/offset: old