diff --git a/vlib/gg/image.c.v b/vlib/gg/image.c.v
index ac6cc2dd0a..3c3f53c000 100644
--- a/vlib/gg/image.c.v
+++ b/vlib/gg/image.c.v
@@ -84,9 +84,22 @@ pub fn (mut img Image) init_sokol_image() &Image {
 		label: img.path.str
 		d3d11_texture: 0
 	}
+
+	// NOTE the following code, sometimes, result in hard-to-detect visual errors/bugs:
+	// img_size := usize(img.nr_channels * img.width * img.height)
+	// As an example see https://github.com/vlang/vab/issues/239
+	// The image will come out blank for some reason and no SOKOL_ASSERT
+	// nor any CI check will/can currently catch this.
+	// Since all of gg currently runs with more or less *defaults* from sokol_gfx/sokol_gl
+	// we should currently just use the sum of each of the RGB and A channels (= 4) here instead.
+	// Optimized PNG images that have no alpha channel is often optimized to only have
+	// 3 (or less) channels which stbi will correctly detect and set as `img.nr_channels`
+	// but the current sokol_gl context setup expects 4. It *should* be the same with
+	// all other stbi supported formats.
+	img_size := usize(4 * img.width * img.height)
 	img_desc.data.subimage[0][0] = gfx.Range{
 		ptr: img.data
-		size: usize(img.nr_channels * img.width * img.height)
+		size: img_size
 	}
 	img.simg = gfx.make_image(&img_desc)
 	img.simg_ok = true
diff --git a/vlib/stbi/stbi.c.v b/vlib/stbi/stbi.c.v
index 2c662d7375..4d5609c776 100644
--- a/vlib/stbi/stbi.c.v
+++ b/vlib/stbi/stbi.c.v
@@ -117,14 +117,9 @@ pub fn load(path string) !Image {
 		ext: ext
 		data: 0
 	}
-	// flag := if ext == 'png' { C.STBI_rgb_alpha } else { 0 }
-	desired_channels := if ext in ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg'] { 4 } else { 0 }
 	res.data = C.stbi_load(&char(path.str), &res.width, &res.height, &res.nr_channels,
-		desired_channels)
-	if desired_channels == 4 && res.nr_channels == 3 {
-		// Fix an alpha png bug
-		res.nr_channels = 4
-	}
+		C.STBI_rgb_alpha)
+
 	if isnil(res.data) {
 		return error('stbi_image failed to load from "${path}"')
 	}