diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index ec2b1c1..d0ac38a 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -2231,6 +2231,7 @@ setup(void)
 	wlr_viewporter_create(dpy);
 	wlr_single_pixel_buffer_manager_v1_create(dpy);
 	wlr_fractional_scale_manager_v1_create(dpy, 1);
+	wlr_presentation_create(dpy, backend);
 
 	/* Initializes the interface used to implement urgency hints */
 	activation = wlr_xdg_activation_v1_create(dpy);
@@ -2385,8 +2386,6 @@ setup(void)
 	LISTEN_STATIC(&output_mgr->events.apply, outputmgrapply);
 	LISTEN_STATIC(&output_mgr->events.test, outputmgrtest);
 
-	wlr_scene_set_presentation(scene, wlr_presentation_create(dpy, backend));
-
 	/* Make sure XWayland clients don't connect to the parent X server,
 	 * e.g when running in the x11 backend or the wayland backend and the
 	 * compositor has Xwayland support */