diff --git a/Prowl.Runtime/Graphics/Graphics.cs b/Prowl.Runtime/Graphics/Graphics.cs
index af122eb20..fd3792b3c 100644
--- a/Prowl.Runtime/Graphics/Graphics.cs
+++ b/Prowl.Runtime/Graphics/Graphics.cs
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ private static void RenderThreadLoop()
 
                 if (job.IsFrameEnd)
                 {
+                    // VSync changes are requested from the main thread but SwapInterval needs the context,
+                    // which lives on this thread for the whole run. Applied next to SwapBuffers because that
+                    // is the call the interval governs.
+                    try { Window.ApplyPendingSwapInterval(); }
+                    catch (Exception ex) { Debug.LogError($"SwapInterval failed: {ex}"); }
+
                     try { Window.InternalWindow.GLContext!.SwapBuffers(); }
                     catch (Exception ex) { Debug.LogError($"SwapBuffers failed: {ex}"); }
                     finally { s_renderFrameDone.Set(); }
diff --git a/Prowl.Runtime/Window.cs b/Prowl.Runtime/Window.cs
index 69bf4883c..2078a4f46 100644
--- a/Prowl.Runtime/Window.cs
+++ b/Prowl.Runtime/Window.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading;
 
 using Silk.NET.Input;
 using Silk.NET.Maths;
@@ -127,10 +128,35 @@ public static bool IsVisible
         set { InternalWindow.IsVisible = value; }
     }
 
+    // Requested swap interval, or -1 for "nothing pending".
+    private static int s_pendingSwapInterval = -1;
+
     public static bool VSync
     {
         get { return InternalWindow.VSync; }
-        set { InternalWindow.VSync = value; }
+        set
+        {
+            InternalWindow.VSync = value;
+
+            // IWindow.VSync is only read by Silk.NET's automatic Render path, which does not run under the manual loop - so setting it alone changes nothing.
+            // SwapInterval is the call that matters, but it needs the GL context current, and Start() hands the context to the render thread without it ever returning to main.
+            // So record the request and let the render thread apply it.
+            Interlocked.Exchange(ref s_pendingSwapInterval, value ? 1 : 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Applies a pending <see cref="VSync"/> change. **Render thread only** - the caller must hold the GL context current.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static void ApplyPendingSwapInterval()
+    {
+        int pending = Interlocked.Exchange(ref s_pendingSwapInterval, -1);
+        if (pending < 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        InternalWindow.GLContext?.SwapInterval(pending);
     }
 
     public static float FramesPerSecond