diff --git a/modules/renderer/private/backend/vk/context/instance.cpp b/modules/renderer/private/backend/vk/context/instance.cpp
index bffd4b0..9211180 100644
--- a/modules/renderer/private/backend/vk/context/instance.cpp
+++ b/modules/renderer/private/backend/vk/context/instance.cpp
@@ -231,10 +231,11 @@ void Instance::initialize_instance()
 
 void Instance::load_library()
 {
-	library = dlopen("libvulkan.so.1", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_NODELETE);
+	constexpr auto runtime_loader_flags = RTLD_NOW | RTLD_DEEPBIND | RTLD_LOCAL | RTLD_NODELETE;
+	library = dlopen("libvulkan.so.1", runtime_loader_flags);
 	if (!library)
 	{
-		library = dlopen("libvulkan.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_NODELETE);
+		library = dlopen("libvulkan.so", runtime_loader_flags);
 	}
 	ensure(library, "Failed to dlopen vulkan library");
 
@@ -256,8 +257,8 @@ void Instance::unload_library()
 	// eg. https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/89
 	// with no noticable gains, so we just don't bother closing it.
 
-	dlclose(library);
-	library = nullptr;
+	// dlclose(library);
+	// library = nullptr;
 }
 
 void Instance::load_global_functions()