diff --git a/example/QCefViewTest/MainWindow.cpp b/example/QCefViewTest/MainWindow.cpp
index fad86d5..ae253ac 100644
--- a/example/QCefViewTest/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/example/QCefViewTest/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -98,18 +98,24 @@ MainWindow::createRightCefView()
 #endif
   setting.setWindowlessFrameRate(240);
   setting.setHardwareAcceleration(true);
-  // setting.setBackgroundColor(Qt::cyan);
-  // setting.setBackgroundColor(QColor::fromRgba(qRgba(255, 255, 220, 255)));
+  QColor background(18, 18, 20, 255);
+  setting.setBackgroundColor(background);
 
   // create the QCefView widget and add it to the layout container
   // m_pRightCefViewWidget = new QCefView(RIGHT_INDEX_URL, &setting, this);
   m_pRightCefViewWidget = new QCefView("https://www.testufo.com/", &setting, this);
 
-  auto vl = new QVBoxLayout(m_pRightCefViewWidget);
-  auto btn = new QPushButton("TEST BUTTON OVERLAY", m_pRightCefViewWidget);
-  vl->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
-  vl->addWidget(btn);
-  m_pRightCefViewWidget->setLayout(vl);
+  // auto vl = new QVBoxLayout(m_pRightCefViewWidget);
+  // auto btn = new QPushButton("TEST BUTTON OVERLAY", m_pRightCefViewWidget);
+  //// btn->setFixedSize(320, 240);
+  // btn->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgba(1, 1, 1, 0);");
+  // btn->setAttribute(Qt::WA_TranslucentBackground);
+  // btn->setWindowFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
+  // btn->setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoSystemBackground);
+  // vl->setAlignment(Qt::AlignVCenter);
+
+  // vl->addWidget(btn);
+  // m_pRightCefViewWidget->setLayout(vl);
 
   // all the following values will disable the context menu for both NCW and OSR mode
   // m_pRightCefViewWidget->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);
diff --git a/example/QCefViewTest/MainWindow.ui b/example/QCefViewTest/MainWindow.ui
index 35fc76b..8aefc20 100644
--- a/example/QCefViewTest/MainWindow.ui
+++ b/example/QCefViewTest/MainWindow.ui
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@
       </property>
       <widget class="QWidget" name="leftCefViewContainer" native="true">
        <property name="styleSheet">
-        <string notr="true">background-color: rgb(217, 183, 255)</string>
+        <string notr="true">QWidget#leftCefViewContainer {
+  background-color: rgb(217, 183, 255);
+}</string>
        </property>
        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_cefContainer">
         <property name="spacing">
@@ -203,7 +205,9 @@
       </widget>
       <widget class="QWidget" name="rightCefViewContainer" native="true">
        <property name="styleSheet">
-        <string notr="true">background-color: rgb(217, 183, 255)</string>
+        <string notr="true">QWidget#rightCefViewContainer {
+  background-color: rgb(217, 183, 255);
+}</string>
        </property>
        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_cefContainer_2">
         <property name="spacing">
diff --git a/src/details/QCefViewPrivate.cpp b/src/details/QCefViewPrivate.cpp
index 1f7d819..b4222ad 100644
--- a/src/details/QCefViewPrivate.cpp
+++ b/src/details/QCefViewPrivate.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,18 @@ QCefViewPrivate::createCefBrowser(QCefView* view, const QString& url, const QCef
   if (isOSRModeEnabled_) {
     auto winSize = q_ptr->size();
     auto winBgColor = browserSettings.background_color;
-    std::shared_ptr<ICefViewRenderer> renderer;
 
+    // set QWidget background
+    QPalette palette = q_ptr->palette();
+    palette.setColor(q_ptr->backgroundRole(),         //
+                     QColor(CefColorGetR(winBgColor), //
+                            CefColorGetG(winBgColor), //
+                            CefColorGetB(winBgColor), //
+                            CefColorGetA(winBgColor)) //
+    );
+    q_ptr->setPalette(palette);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<ICefViewRenderer> renderer;
 #if defined(OS_WINDOWS)
     // if hardware is enabled
     if (setting && setting->hardwareAcceleration_) {
diff --git a/src/win/details/render/hardware/DX11RenderBackend.cpp b/src/win/details/render/hardware/DX11RenderBackend.cpp
index a37f4bd..44b19bf 100644
--- a/src/win/details/render/hardware/DX11RenderBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/win/details/render/hardware/DX11RenderBackend.cpp
@@ -61,12 +61,11 @@ float4 main(VS_OUTPUT input) : SV_Target
 bool
 DX11RenderBackend::CreateDeviceAndSwapchain()
 {
-  // we don't render directly to the window, but we
   // use the DirectComposition to render the CefView
-
   // Create D3D11 device and context
   ComPtr<ID3D11Device> pD3dDevice;
   ComPtr<ID3D11DeviceContext> pD3dContext;
+#if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x602
   HR_CHECK(S_OK == ::D3D11CreateDevice(nullptr,
                                        D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE,
                                        nullptr,
@@ -135,6 +134,40 @@ DX11RenderBackend::CreateDeviceAndSwapchain()
   // Save
   m_dcompositionTarget = pDCompositionTarget;
   m_dcompositionDevice = pDecompositionDevice;
+#else
+  // create device and swapchain
+  DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC sd = {};
+  sd.BufferCount = 1;
+  sd.BufferDesc.Width = m_width;
+  sd.BufferDesc.Height = m_height;
+  sd.BufferDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM;
+  sd.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Numerator = 60;
+  sd.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Denominator = 1;
+
+  sd.BufferUsage = DXGI_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_OUTPUT;
+  sd.OutputWindow = m_hWnd;
+  sd.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
+  sd.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
+  sd.Windowed = TRUE;
+
+  ComPtr<IDXGISwapChain> pSwapChain;
+  HRESULT hr = ::D3D11CreateDeviceAndSwapChain(nullptr,
+                                               D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+                                               nullptr,
+                                               0,
+                                               nullptr,
+                                               0,
+                                               D3D11_SDK_VERSION,
+                                               &sd,
+                                               pSwapChain.ReleaseAndGetAddressOf(),
+                                               pD3dDevice.ReleaseAndGetAddressOf(),
+                                               nullptr,
+                                               pD3dContext.ReleaseAndGetAddressOf());
+  if (FAILED(hr)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+#endif
+
   m_swapChain = pSwapChain;
   m_d3dContext = pD3dContext;
   m_d3dDevice = pD3dDevice;
@@ -413,7 +446,7 @@ DX11RenderBackend::UpdateTextureResource(Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<ID3D11Texture2D>
 
   // need to recreate?
   bool needRecreate = false;
-  if (needRecreate                                            //
+  if (!pTargetTexture                                         //
       || sharedTextureDesc.Width != targetTextureDesc.Width   //
       || sharedTextureDesc.Height != targetTextureDesc.Height //
       || sharedTextureDesc.Format != targetTextureDesc.Format //
@@ -469,10 +502,10 @@ DX11RenderBackend::ClearTargetView()
 {
   // clear the back buffer (RGBA)
   float clearColor[4] = {
-    static_cast<float>(CefColorGetR(m_backgroundColor)),
-    static_cast<float>(CefColorGetG(m_backgroundColor)),
-    static_cast<float>(CefColorGetB(m_backgroundColor)),
-    static_cast<float>(CefColorGetA(m_backgroundColor)),
+    static_cast<float>(CefColorGetR(m_backgroundColor) / 255.f),
+    static_cast<float>(CefColorGetG(m_backgroundColor) / 255.f),
+    static_cast<float>(CefColorGetB(m_backgroundColor) / 255.f),
+    static_cast<float>(CefColorGetA(m_backgroundColor) / 255.f),
   };
   m_d3dContext->ClearRenderTargetView(m_renderTargetView.Get(), clearColor);
 }
@@ -495,7 +528,7 @@ DX11RenderBackend::DrawCefView()
 void
 DX11RenderBackend::DrawCefPopup()
 {
-  if (!m_showPopup) {
+  if (!m_showPopup || !m_popupSRV) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -580,6 +613,11 @@ DX11RenderBackend::initialize(void* wid, int width, int height, float scale, con
 void
 DX11RenderBackend::uninitialize()
 {
+#if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x602
+  m_dcompositionDevice.Reset();
+  m_dcompositionTarget.Reset();
+#endif
+
   // Release resources
   m_inputLayout.Reset();
   m_vertexShader.Reset();
@@ -654,6 +692,11 @@ void
 DX11RenderBackend::updatePopupVisibility(bool visible)
 {
   m_showPopup = visible;
+
+  if (!m_showPopup) {
+    m_popupTexture.Reset();
+    m_popupSRV.Reset();
+  }
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/win/details/render/hardware/DX11RenderBackend.h b/src/win/details/render/hardware/DX11RenderBackend.h
index e99214e..1bc66e7 100644
--- a/src/win/details/render/hardware/DX11RenderBackend.h
+++ b/src/win/details/render/hardware/DX11RenderBackend.h
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
 #include <d3d11.h>
 #include <d3d11_1.h>
 #include <d3d11_2.h>
-#include <dcomp.h>
 #include <dxgi.h>
 #include <dxgi1_2.h>
 #include <wrl.h>
 
+#if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x602
+#include <dcomp.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <mutex>
 
 #include "details/render/ICefViewRenderer.h"
@@ -33,12 +36,18 @@ class DX11RenderBackend : public ICefViewRenderer
   // lock
   std::mutex m_d3dContextLock;
 
-  // device/context/swapchain
+  // device/context
   Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<ID3D11Device> m_d3dDevice;
   Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<ID3D11DeviceContext> m_d3dContext;
+
+  // only works for windows 8
+#if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x602
+  Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDXGISwapChain> m_swapChain;
   Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDCompositionDevice> m_dcompositionDevice;
   Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDCompositionTarget> m_dcompositionTarget;
-  Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDXGISwapChain1> m_swapChain;
+#else
+  Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDXGISwapChain> m_swapChain;
+#endif
 
   // IA stage
   Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<ID3D11InputLayout> m_inputLayout;