diff --git a/Graphics/Gloss/Internals/Interface/Backend/GLUT.hs b/Graphics/Gloss/Internals/Interface/Backend/GLUT.hs
--- a/Graphics/Gloss/Internals/Interface/Backend/GLUT.hs
+++ b/Graphics/Gloss/Internals/Interface/Backend/GLUT.hs
@@ -189,7 +189,11 @@
 
         -- swap front and back buffers
         GLUT.swapBuffers
-        GLUT.reportErrors
+
+    -- Don't report errors by default.
+    -- The windows OpenGL implementation seems to complain for no reason. 
+    --  GLUT.reportErrors
+
         return ()
 
 -- Reshape Callback -----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/gloss.cabal b/gloss.cabal
--- a/gloss.cabal
+++ b/gloss.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                gloss
-Version:             1.7.2.1
+Version:             1.7.3.1
 License:             MIT
 License-file:        LICENSE
 Author:              Ben Lippmeier