diff --git a/source/code/MenuSystem.cpp b/source/code/MenuSystem.cpp
index 5c2a26b..09bfcf1 100644
--- a/source/code/MenuSystem.cpp
+++ b/source/code/MenuSystem.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void Button::drawToScreen() {
 	else {
 		gfx->unmarked.Draw(screen, SDL_GetTicks(), x, y);
 	}
-	gfx->thefont.draw(screen, x+gfx->xsize/2,y+gfx->ysize/2-gfx->thefont.getHeight("%s", label.c_str())/2, NFont::CENTER, "%s", label.c_str());
+	gfx->thefont->draw(screen, x+gfx->xsize/2,y+gfx->ysize/2-gfx->thefont->getHeight("%s", label.c_str())/2, NFont::CENTER, "%s", label.c_str());
 }
 
 void Button::setPopOnRun(bool popOnRun) {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void Menu::drawSelf() {
 		(*it)->drawToScreen();
 	}
 	exit.drawToScreen();
-	standardButton.thefont.draw(screen, 50, 50, "%s", title.c_str());
+	standardButton.thefont->draw(screen, 50, 50, "%s", title.c_str());
 	mouse.Draw(screen, SDL_GetTicks(), mousex, mousey);
 }
 
diff --git a/source/code/MenuSystem.h b/source/code/MenuSystem.h
index 6212cf2..a443e23 100644
--- a/source/code/MenuSystem.h
+++ b/source/code/MenuSystem.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct ButtonGfx
 	int xsize;
 	int ysize;
 	//A TTFont used for writing the label on the buttons
-	NFont thefont;
+	NFont* thefont;
 	void setSurfaces(sago::SagoSprite& marked, sago::SagoSprite& unmarked);
 };
 
diff --git a/source/code/main.cpp b/source/code/main.cpp
index e587f68..58126d9 100644
--- a/source/code/main.cpp
+++ b/source/code/main.cpp
@@ -301,12 +301,15 @@ static int InitImages(sago::SagoSpriteHolder& holder) {
 	nf_button_color.b = 255;
 	nf_button_color.g = 255;
 	nf_button_color.r = 255;
+	nf_button_color.a = 255;
 	nf_standard_blue_color.b = 255;
 	nf_standard_blue_color.g = 0;
 	nf_standard_blue_color.r = 0;
+	nf_standard_blue_color.a = 255;
 	nf_standard_small_color.b = 0;
 	nf_standard_small_color.g = 0;
 	nf_standard_small_color.r = 200;
+	nf_standard_small_color.a = 255;
 	nf_button_font.load(screen, holder.GetDataHolder().getFontPtr("freeserif", 24), nf_button_color);
 	nf_standard_blue_font.load(screen, holder.GetDataHolder().getFontPtr("freeserif", 30), nf_standard_blue_color);
 	nf_standard_small_font.load(screen, holder.GetDataHolder().getFontPtr("freeserif", 16), nf_standard_small_color);
diff --git a/source/code/mainVars.hpp b/source/code/mainVars.hpp
index 4f66632..8d4756b 100644
--- a/source/code/mainVars.hpp
+++ b/source/code/mainVars.hpp
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ static bool bNearDeathPrev;                    //Near death status last time che
 bool bFullscreen;			//true if game is running fullscreen
 static bool puzzleLoaded;          //true if the puzzle levels have been loaded
 static bool drawBalls;             //if true balls are drawed to the screen, this might lower framerate too much
-static bool standardBackground;
 bool highPriority;
 
 static bool editorMode = false;
diff --git a/source/code/menudef.cpp b/source/code/menudef.cpp
index 5b26cad..f5e4b22 100644
--- a/source/code/menudef.cpp
+++ b/source/code/menudef.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void Button_changekey::doAction() {
 
 void InitMenues() {
 	standardButton.setSurfaces(menuMarked,menuUnmarked);
-	standardButton.thefont = nf_scoreboard_font;
+	standardButton.thefont = &nf_scoreboard_font;
 }
 
 void runGame(int gametype,int level);