diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp
index 60b1cabe5..dd0902853 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,48 @@ namespace love {
 				return new Buffer(this, settings, format, data, size, arraylength);
 			}
 
+			// FIXME: clear stencil and depth missing.
+			void Graphics::clear(OptionalColorD color, OptionalInt stencil, OptionalDouble depth) {
+				VkClearAttachment attachment{};
+
+				if (color.hasValue) {
+					attachment.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT;
+					attachment.clearValue.color.float32[0] = static_cast<float>(color.value.r);
+					attachment.clearValue.color.float32[1] = static_cast<float>(color.value.g);
+					attachment.clearValue.color.float32[2] = static_cast<float>(color.value.b);
+					attachment.clearValue.color.float32[3] = static_cast<float>(color.value.a);
+				}
+
+				VkClearRect rect{};
+				rect.layerCount = 1;
+				rect.rect.extent.width = currentViewportWidth;
+				rect.rect.extent.height = currentViewportHeight;
+
+				vkCmdClearAttachments(commandBuffers[imageIndex], 1, &attachment, 1, &rect);
+			}
+
+			void Graphics::clear(const std::vector<OptionalColorD>& colors, OptionalInt stencil, OptionalDouble depth) {
+				std::vector<VkClearAttachment> attachments;
+				for (const auto& color : colors) {
+					VkClearAttachment attachment{};
+					if (color.hasValue) {
+						attachment.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT;
+						attachment.clearValue.color.float32[0] = static_cast<float>(color.value.r);
+						attachment.clearValue.color.float32[1] = static_cast<float>(color.value.g);
+						attachment.clearValue.color.float32[2] = static_cast<float>(color.value.b);
+						attachment.clearValue.color.float32[3] = static_cast<float>(color.value.a);
+					}
+					attachments.push_back(attachment);
+				}
+
+				VkClearRect rect{};
+				rect.layerCount = 1;
+				rect.rect.extent.width = currentViewportWidth;
+				rect.rect.extent.height = currentViewportHeight;
+
+				vkCmdClearAttachments(commandBuffers[imageIndex], static_cast<uint32_t>(attachments.size()), attachments.data(), 1, &rect);
+			}
+
 			void Graphics::present(void* screenshotCallbackdata) {
 				flushBatchedDraws();
 
@@ -1235,22 +1277,20 @@ namespace love {
 				VkRenderingAttachmentInfo colorAttachmentInfo{};
 				colorAttachmentInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDERING_ATTACHMENT_INFO;
 				colorAttachmentInfo.imageLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL;
+					colorAttachmentInfo.loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE;
 				if (texture) {
 					colorAttachmentInfo.imageView = texture->getImageView();
-					colorAttachmentInfo.loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;	// fixme: we want to clear a canvas sometimes.
 					auto vulkanFormat = Vulkan::getTextureFormat(texture->getPixelFormat());
 					currentFramebufferOutputFormat = vulkanFormat.internalFormat;
 
 					renderTargetTexture = texture;
 				} else {
 					colorAttachmentInfo.imageView = swapChainImageViews[imageIndex];
-					colorAttachmentInfo.loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;
 					currentFramebufferOutputFormat = swapChainImageFormat;
 
 					renderTargetTexture = nullptr;
 				}
 				colorAttachmentInfo.storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_STORE;
-				colorAttachmentInfo.clearValue = clearColor;
 
 				VkRenderingInfo renderingInfo{};
 				renderingInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDERING_INFO;
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.h b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.h
index 984e09cb9..e4cf80fc2 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.h
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ namespace love {
 				// implementation for virtual functions
 				love::graphics::Texture* newTexture(const love::graphics::Texture::Settings& settings, const love::graphics::Texture::Slices* data = nullptr) override;
 				love::graphics::Buffer* newBuffer(const love::graphics::Buffer::Settings& settings, const std::vector<love::graphics::Buffer::DataDeclaration>& format, const void* data, size_t size, size_t arraylength) override;
-				void clear(OptionalColorD color, OptionalInt stencil, OptionalDouble depth) override { }
-				void clear(const std::vector<OptionalColorD>& colors, OptionalInt stencil, OptionalDouble depth) override { }
+				void clear(OptionalColorD color, OptionalInt stencil, OptionalDouble depth) override;
+				void clear(const std::vector<OptionalColorD>& colors, OptionalInt stencil, OptionalDouble depth) override;
 				Matrix4 computeDeviceProjection(const Matrix4& projection, bool rendertotexture) const override;
 				void discard(const std::vector<bool>& colorbuffers, bool depthstencil) override { }
 				void present(void* screenshotCallbackdata) override;
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ namespace love {
 				std::vector<VkPipelineLayout> graphicsPipelineLayouts;
 				VkCommandPool commandPool = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 				std::vector<VkCommandBuffer> commandBuffers;
-				VkClearValue clearColor = { {{0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f}} };
 				VkDescriptorPool descriptorPool = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 				std::vector<VkSemaphore> imageAvailableSemaphores;
 				std::vector<VkSemaphore> renderFinishedSemaphores;
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/ShaderStage.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/ShaderStage.cpp
index 6b6b98724..b377fc6bc 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/ShaderStage.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/ShaderStage.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ namespace love {
 				bool forwardCompat = true;
 
 				if (!tshader->parse(&defaultTBuiltInResource, defaultVersio, defaultProfile, forceDefault, forwardCompat, EShMsgSuppressWarnings)) {
-					std::cout << "error while parsing shader" << std::endl;
+					const char* msg1 = tshader->getInfoLog();
+					const char* msg2 = tshader->getInfoDebugLog();
 
 					throw love::Exception("error while parsing shader");
 				}