diff --git a/include/renderer.hpp b/include/renderer.hpp
index ef1d27d4..d32077f6 100644
--- a/include/renderer.hpp
+++ b/include/renderer.hpp
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ class Renderer {
 	virtual void setupGLES() {}
 
 	// Only relevant for Metal renderer on iOS
-	// Passes a SwiftUI MTKView Drawable to the renderer
-	virtual void setMTKDrawable(void* drawable) {};
+	// Passes a SwiftUI MTKView's layer (CAMetalLayer) to the renderer
+	virtual void setMTKLayer(void* layer) {};
 
 	// This function is called on every draw call before parsing vertex data.
 	// It is responsible for things like looking up which vertex/fragment shaders to use, recompiling them if they don't exist, choosing between
diff --git a/include/renderer_mtl/renderer_mtl.hpp b/include/renderer_mtl/renderer_mtl.hpp
index e11485bd..10fac7cd 100644
--- a/include/renderer_mtl/renderer_mtl.hpp
+++ b/include/renderer_mtl/renderer_mtl.hpp
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ class RendererMTL final : public Renderer {
 	virtual void initGraphicsContext([[maybe_unused]] GL::Context* context) override {}
 #endif
 
-	virtual void setMTKDrawable(void* drawable) override;
+	virtual void setMTKLayer(void* layer) override;
 
   private:
 	CA::MetalLayer* metalLayer = nullptr;
-	CA::MetalDrawable* metalDrawable = nullptr;
 
 	MTL::Device* device = nullptr;
 	MTL::CommandQueue* commandQueue = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/core/renderer_mtl/renderer_mtl.cpp b/src/core/renderer_mtl/renderer_mtl.cpp
index 4c40f064..211fa265 100644
--- a/src/core/renderer_mtl/renderer_mtl.cpp
+++ b/src/core/renderer_mtl/renderer_mtl.cpp
@@ -55,29 +55,21 @@ void RendererMTL::reset() {
 	colorRenderTargetCache.reset();
 }
 
-void RendererMTL::setMTKDrawable(void* drawable) {
-	metalDrawable = (CA::MetalDrawable*)drawable;
+void RendererMTL::setMTKLayer(void* layer) {
+	metalLayer = (CA::MetalLayer*)layer;
+    // metalLayer->retain();
 }
 
 void RendererMTL::display() {
-#ifdef PANDA3DS_IOS
-	CA::MetalDrawable* drawable = metalDrawable;
-	if (!drawable) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	MTL::Texture* texture = drawable->texture();
-#else
 	CA::MetalDrawable* drawable = metalLayer->nextDrawable();
 	if (!drawable) {
 		return;
 	}
 
 	MTL::Texture* texture = drawable->texture();
-#endif
 
 	using namespace PICA::ExternalRegs;
-	printf("Device pointer: %p\nDrawable pointer: %p\nTexture pointer: %p\n", device, drawable, texture);
+	printf("Layer pointer: %p\nDevice pointer: %p\nDrawable pointer: %p\nTexture pointer: %p\n", metalLayer, device, drawable, texture);
 
 	// Top screen
 	const u32 topActiveFb = externalRegs[Framebuffer0Select] & 1;
@@ -134,10 +126,9 @@ void RendererMTL::display() {
 
 	// Inform the vertex buffer cache that the frame ended
 	vertexBufferCache.endFrame();
-
-	// Release the drawable (not on iOS cause SwiftUI handles it there)
-#ifndef PANDA3DS_IOS
 	drawable->release();
+#ifdef PANDA3DS_IOS
+    // metalLayer->release();
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ios_driver.mm b/src/ios_driver.mm
index c09768c7..8e965d41 100644
--- a/src/ios_driver.mm
+++ b/src/ios_driver.mm
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ IOS_EXPORT void iosCreateEmulator() {
 	printf("Created emulator\n");
 }
 
-IOS_EXPORT void iosRunFrame(void* drawable) {
+IOS_EXPORT void iosRunFrame(void* layer) {
 	printf("Running a frame\n");
-	emulator->getRenderer()->setMTKDrawable(drawable);
+	emulator->getRenderer()->setMTKLayer(layer);
 	emulator->runFrame();
 	printf("Ran a frame\n");
 }
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