diff --git a/client/src/main.cpp b/client/src/main.cpp
index 439a753..b878fde 100644
--- a/client/src/main.cpp
+++ b/client/src/main.cpp
@@ -45,9 +45,17 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   /* Initialise GLEW. */
   glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
   GLenum glewError = glewInit();
-  if(glewError != GLEW_OK) {
-    printf("Error initialising GLEW! %s\n", glewGetErrorString(glewError));
-    return 1;
+  if (glewError != GLEW_OK) {
+    /* NOTE:
+     * Dear future self, or other intrepid developer:
+     * In some environments (like the Fedora VM I tested),
+     * glewInit() returns an error here even when the context is valid.
+     * This is a known quirk. We print the error but continue anyway,
+     * because it's not fatal. Don't "fix" this by making it exit. Thank you.
+     * It's GLEW, not you.
+     */
+    fprintf(stderr, "Warning: glewInit failed with error code %u: %s. Attempting to continue anyway.\n",
+            glewError, glewGetErrorString(glewError));
   }
 
   /* Configure OpenGL. */