diff --git a/src/game/area.c b/src/game/area.c
index 9eed10b2..48b10b75 100644
--- a/src/game/area.c
+++ b/src/game/area.c
@@ -425,8 +425,13 @@ void render_game(void) {
 
         gDPSetScissor(gDisplayListHead++, G_SC_NON_INTERLACE, 0, BORDER_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH,
                       SCREEN_HEIGHT - BORDER_HEIGHT);
-        if (gDjuiRenderBehindHud && !gDjuiPanelPauseCreated) {
-            djui_render();
+
+        if (!gDjuiDisabled && gDjuiRenderBehindHud) {
+            djui_reset_hud_params();
+            create_dl_ortho_matrix();
+            djui_gfx_displaylist_begin();
+            smlua_call_event_hooks_with_reset_func(HOOK_ON_HUD_RENDER, djui_reset_hud_params);
+            djui_gfx_displaylist_end();
         }
         render_hud();
 
diff --git a/src/game/game_init.c b/src/game/game_init.c
index 0cbace7d..59e6500f 100644
--- a/src/game/game_init.c
+++ b/src/game/game_init.c
@@ -260,10 +260,8 @@ void end_master_display_list(void) {
         draw_profiler();
     }
 
-    if (!gDjuiRenderBehindHud || gDjuiPanelPauseCreated) {
-        extern void djui_render(void);
-        djui_render();
-    }
+    extern void djui_render(void);
+    djui_render();
 
     gDPFullSync(gDisplayListHead++);
     gSPEndDisplayList(gDisplayListHead++);
diff --git a/src/pc/djui/djui.c b/src/pc/djui/djui.c
index fa13b55f..b15acda1 100644
--- a/src/pc/djui/djui.c
+++ b/src/pc/djui/djui.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void djui_lua_error(char* text) {
     sDjuiLuaErrorTimeout = 30 * 5;
 }
 
-static void djui_reset_hud_params(void) {
+void djui_reset_hud_params(void) {
     djui_hud_set_resolution(RESOLUTION_DJUI);
     djui_hud_set_font(FONT_NORMAL);
     djui_hud_set_rotation(0, 0, 0);
@@ -108,8 +108,10 @@ void djui_render(void) {
     create_dl_ortho_matrix();
     djui_gfx_displaylist_begin();
 
-    djui_reset_hud_params();
-    smlua_call_event_hooks_with_reset_func(HOOK_ON_HUD_RENDER, djui_reset_hud_params);
+    if (!gDjuiRenderBehindHud) {
+        djui_reset_hud_params();
+        smlua_call_event_hooks_with_reset_func(HOOK_ON_HUD_RENDER, djui_reset_hud_params);
+    }
 
     djui_panel_update();
     djui_popup_update();
diff --git a/src/pc/djui/djui.h b/src/pc/djui/djui.h
index 6aef4f3e..2c7f1f61 100644
--- a/src/pc/djui/djui.h
+++ b/src/pc/djui/djui.h
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ void djui_init(void);
 void djui_connect_menu_open(void);
 void djui_lua_error(char* text);
 void djui_render(void);
+void djui_reset_hud_params(void);