diff --git a/iphone/Maps/Classes/EAGLView.mm b/iphone/Maps/Classes/EAGLView.mm
index e0198acef1..122c37f716 100644
--- a/iphone/Maps/Classes/EAGLView.mm
+++ b/iphone/Maps/Classes/EAGLView.mm
@@ -97,8 +97,14 @@
   rmParams.m_rtFormat = fmt;
   
   renderPolicy = CreateRenderPolicy(videoTimer, false, rmParams, renderContext);
+  
+  // check for error
+  if (renderPolicy == 0)
+  {
+    /// terminate program (though this situation is unreal :) )
+  }
+  
   frameBuffer = renderPolicy->GetDrawer()->screen()->frameBuffer();
-
   framework->SetRenderPolicy(renderPolicy);
 }
 
diff --git a/map/render_policy.cpp b/map/render_policy.cpp
index 1bf64bfac1..696a6c9664 100644
--- a/map/render_policy.cpp
+++ b/map/render_policy.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ RenderPolicy::RenderPolicy(shared_ptr<yg::gl::RenderContext> const & primaryRC,
     m_doForceUpdate(false)
 {
   yg::gl::InitExtensions();
-  if (!yg::gl::CheckExtensionSupport())
-    throw std::exception();
+  yg::gl::CheckExtensionSupport();
 }
 
 m2::RectI const RenderPolicy::OnSize(int w, int h)
@@ -136,29 +135,36 @@ RenderPolicy * CreateRenderPolicy(VideoTimer * videoTimer,
                                   yg::ResourceManager::Params const & rmParams,
                                   shared_ptr<yg::gl::RenderContext> const & primaryRC)
 {
-  bool benchmarkingEnabled = false;
-  Settings::Get("IsBenchmarking", benchmarkingEnabled);
-
-  if (benchmarkingEnabled)
+  try
   {
-    bool isBenchmarkingMT = false;
-    Settings::Get("IsBenchmarkingMT", isBenchmarkingMT);
+    bool benchmarkingEnabled = false;
+    Settings::Get("IsBenchmarking", benchmarkingEnabled);
 
-    if (isBenchmarkingMT)
-      return new BenchmarkTilingRenderPolicyMT(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
+    if (benchmarkingEnabled)
+    {
+      bool isBenchmarkingMT = false;
+      Settings::Get("IsBenchmarkingMT", isBenchmarkingMT);
+
+      if (isBenchmarkingMT)
+        return new BenchmarkTilingRenderPolicyMT(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
+      else
+        return new BenchmarkRenderPolicyMT(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
+    }
     else
-      return new BenchmarkRenderPolicyMT(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
-  }
-  else
-  {
+    {
 #ifdef OMIM_OS_ANDROID
-    return new PartialRenderPolicy(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
+      return new PartialRenderPolicy(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
 #endif
 #ifdef OMIM_OS_IPHONE
-    return new RenderPolicyMT(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
+      return new RenderPolicyMT(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
 #endif
 #ifdef OMIM_OS_DESKTOP
-    return new RenderPolicyMT(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
+      return new RenderPolicyMT(videoTimer, useDefaultFB, rmParams, primaryRC);
 #endif
+    }
+  }
+  catch (yg::gl::platform_unsupported const &)
+  {
+    return 0;
   }
 }
diff --git a/yg/internal/opengl.cpp b/yg/internal/opengl.cpp
index f3255ab67b..708cc8bc02 100644
--- a/yg/internal/opengl.cpp
+++ b/yg/internal/opengl.cpp
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ namespace yg
 
     bool g_doDeleteOnDestroy = true;
 
-    bool CheckExtensionSupport()
+    void CheckExtensionSupport()
     {
-      /// this functionality must be supported
-      return (g_isFramebufferSupported && g_isRenderbufferSupported);
+      if (!(g_isFramebufferSupported && g_isRenderbufferSupported))
+        throw platform_unsupported();
     }
 
     void LogError(char const * err, my::SrcPoint const & srcPt)
diff --git a/yg/internal/opengl.hpp b/yg/internal/opengl.hpp
index 6102d010a1..0dac05fdda 100644
--- a/yg/internal/opengl.hpp
+++ b/yg/internal/opengl.hpp
@@ -104,10 +104,14 @@ namespace yg
     void DumpGLInformation();
 
     /// return false to terminate program
-    bool CheckExtensionSupport();
+    /// @throws platform_unsupported - is the platform we are running on is unsupported.
+    void CheckExtensionSupport();
+
+    struct platform_unsupported{};
 
     void CheckError(my::SrcPoint const & srcPt);
     void CheckEGLError(my::SrcPoint const & srcPt);
+
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/yg/internal/opengl_es.cpp b/yg/internal/opengl_es.cpp
index 6525d403d8..b1dc07195c 100644
--- a/yg/internal/opengl_es.cpp
+++ b/yg/internal/opengl_es.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace yg
       glMapBufferFn = &glMapBufferOES;
       glUnmapBufferFn = &glUnmapBufferOES;
 
-      g_isFramebufferSupported = true;
+      g_isFramebufferSupported = HasExtension("GL_OES_framebuffer_object");
 
       glBindFramebufferFn = &glBindFramebufferOES;
       glFramebufferTexture2DFn = &glFramebufferTexture2DOES;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace yg
       glDeleteFramebuffersFn = &glDeleteFramebuffersOES;
       glCheckFramebufferStatusFn = &glCheckFramebufferStatusOES;
 
-      g_isRenderbufferSupported = true;
+      g_isRenderbufferSupported = g_isFramebufferSupported;
 
       glGenRenderbuffersFn = &glGenRenderbuffersOES;
       glDeleteRenderbuffersFn = &glDeleteRenderbuffersOES;