diff --git a/src/gui/chanOsc.cpp b/src/gui/chanOsc.cpp
index e88bb8d56..4c5e29439 100644
--- a/src/gui/chanOsc.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/chanOsc.cpp
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawChanOsc() {
             ImGui::ItemSize(size,style.FramePadding.y);
             if (ImGui::ItemAdd(rect,ImGui::GetID("chOscDisplay"))) {
               if (!e->isRunning()) {
-                if (newOscCode) {
+                if (settings.shaderOsc) {
                   memset(fft->oscTex,0,2048*sizeof(float));
                 } else {
                   for (unsigned short j=0; j<precision; j++) {
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawChanOsc() {
                   }
                   if (maxavg>0.0000001) maxavg=0.5/maxavg;
 
-                  if (newOscCode) {
+                  if (settings.shaderOsc) {
                     for (unsigned short j=0; j<precision && j<2048; j++) {
                       float y;
                       if (j>=precision/2) {
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawChanOsc() {
                   }
                   dcOff=(minLevel+maxLevel)*0.5f;
 
-                  if (newOscCode) {
+                  if (settings.shaderOsc) {
                     for (unsigned short j=0; j<precision; j++) {
                       float y=(float)buf->data[(unsigned short)(fft->needle+(j*displaySize/precision))]/32768.0f;
                       y-=dcOff;
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawChanOsc() {
                 color=chanOscGrad.get(xVal,1.0f-yVal);
               }
 
-              if (rend->supportsDrawOsc() && newOscCode) {
+              if (rend->supportsDrawOsc() && settings.shaderOsc) {
                 fft->drawOp.gui=this;
                 fft->drawOp.data=fft->oscTex;
                 fft->drawOp.len=precision;
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.cpp b/src/gui/gui.cpp
index 641647c44..7bff8b9ac 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -7298,7 +7298,6 @@ FurnaceGUI::FurnaceGUI():
   safeMode(false),
   midiWakeUp(true),
   makeDrumkitMode(false),
-  newOscCode(true),
   audioEngineChanged(false),
   settingsChanged(false),
   debugFFT(false),
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index 2735228be..d2da82511 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -1507,7 +1507,6 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
   bool safeMode;
   bool midiWakeUp;
   bool makeDrumkitMode;
-  bool newOscCode;
   bool audioEngineChanged, settingsChanged, debugFFT;
   bool willExport[DIV_MAX_CHIPS];
   int vgmExportVersion;
@@ -1776,6 +1775,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
     int selectAssetOnLoad;
     int basicColors;
     int playbackTime;
+    int shaderOsc;
     unsigned int maxUndoSteps;
     String mainFontPath;
     String headFontPath;
@@ -1976,6 +1976,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
       selectAssetOnLoad(1),
       basicColors(1),
       playbackTime(1),
+      shaderOsc(1),
       maxUndoSteps(100),
       mainFontPath(""),
       headFontPath(""),
diff --git a/src/gui/osc.cpp b/src/gui/osc.cpp
index d32d7aa60..82af807a7 100644
--- a/src/gui/osc.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/osc.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawOsc() {
 
       if ((oscWidth-24)>0) {
         if (settings.oscMono) {
-          if (rend->supportsDrawOsc() && newOscCode) {
+          if (rend->supportsDrawOsc() && settings.shaderOsc) {
             _do.gui=this;
             _do.data=&oscValuesAverage[12];
             _do.len=oscWidth-24;
diff --git a/src/gui/render/renderGL.cpp b/src/gui/render/renderGL.cpp
index a4a8d94c5..9692fd948 100644
--- a/src/gui/render/renderGL.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/render/renderGL.cpp
@@ -178,14 +178,14 @@ const char* sh_oscRender_srcF=
   "    if (val<valmin) valmin=val;\n"
   "  }\n"
   "  float slope=abs(valmax-valmin)*uResolution.y*0.5;\n"
-  "  float slopeDiv=min(uAdvance,2.0*(uAdvance/slope));\n"
+  "  float slopeDiv=min(uAdvance,(uAdvance/slope));\n"
   "  float xRight=uv.x+((uLineWidth)/uResolution.x);\n"
   "  for (float x=max(0.0,uv.x-(uLineWidth/uResolution.x)); x<=xRight; x+=slopeDiv) {\n"
   "    float val=texture(oscVal,x).x*uResolution.y*0.5;\n"
   "    alpha+=clamp(uLineWidth-distance(vec2(fur_fragCoord.x,fur_fragCoord.y),vec2(x*uResolution.x,val)),0.0,1.0);\n"
   "  }\n"
   "  if (slope>1.0) {\n"
-  "    fur_FragColor = vec4(uColor.xyz,uColor.w*clamp(alpha/uLineWidth,0.0,1.0));\n"
+  "    fur_FragColor = vec4(uColor.xyz,uColor.w*clamp(alpha/(uLineWidth+sqrt(slope*0.125)),0.0,1.0));\n"
   "  } else {\n"
   "    fur_FragColor = vec4(uColor.xyz,uColor.w*clamp(alpha/uLineWidth,0.0,1.0));\n"
   "  }\n"
diff --git a/src/gui/settings.cpp b/src/gui/settings.cpp
index 56c146647..abe4acf9e 100644
--- a/src/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -465,6 +465,22 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawSettings() {
         }
         popWarningColor();
 
+        ImGui::Text("Oscilloscope rendering engine:");
+        ImGui::Indent();
+        if (ImGui::RadioButton("ImGui line plot",settings.shaderOsc==0)) {
+          settings.shaderOsc=0;
+        }
+        if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
+          ImGui::SetTooltip("render using Dear ImGui's built-in line drawing functions.");
+        }
+        if (ImGui::RadioButton("GLSL/HLSL (if available)",settings.shaderOsc==1)) {
+          settings.shaderOsc=1;
+        }
+        if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
+          ImGui::SetTooltip("render using shaders that run on the graphics card.\nonly available in OpenGL render backend.");
+        }
+        ImGui::Unindent();
+
         // SUBSECTION FILE
         CONFIG_SUBSECTION("File");
 
@@ -3805,6 +3821,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::readConfig(DivConfig& conf, FurnaceGUISettingGroups groups) {
 
     settings.chanOscThreads=conf.getInt("chanOscThreads",0);
     settings.renderPoolThreads=conf.getInt("renderPoolThreads",0);
+    settings.shaderOsc=conf.getInt("shaderOsc",1);
     settings.showPool=conf.getInt("showPool",0);
     settings.writeInsNames=conf.getInt("writeInsNames",0);
     settings.readInsNames=conf.getInt("readInsNames",1);
@@ -4245,6 +4262,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::readConfig(DivConfig& conf, FurnaceGUISettingGroups groups) {
   clampSetting(settings.selectAssetOnLoad,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.basicColors,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.playbackTime,0,1);
+  clampSetting(settings.shaderOsc,0,1);
 
   if (settings.exportLoops<0.0) settings.exportLoops=0.0;
   if (settings.exportFadeOut<0.0) settings.exportFadeOut=0.0;  
@@ -4270,6 +4288,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::writeConfig(DivConfig& conf, FurnaceGUISettingGroups groups) {
     
     conf.set("chanOscThreads",settings.chanOscThreads);
     conf.set("renderPoolThreads",settings.renderPoolThreads);
+    conf.set("shaderOsc",settings.shaderOsc);
     conf.set("showPool",settings.showPool);
     conf.set("writeInsNames",settings.writeInsNames);
     conf.set("readInsNames",settings.readInsNames);