diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b95813220..5f59341a0 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -163,3 +163,16 @@ if BOXMODEL_RASPI
 neutrino_LDADD += \
 	-L/opt/vc/lib/ -lbcm_host -lvcos -lvchiq_arm -lpthread -lrt
 endif
+
+if BOXTYPE_COOL
+if BOXMODEL_APOLLO
+else
+bin_PROGRAMS += uncoolinit
+uncoolinit_SOURCES = uncoolinit.cpp
+uncoolinit_LDADD = \
+	@AVFORMAT_LIBS@ \
+	@AVCODEC_LIBS@ \
+	-lcoolstream-mt -lca-sc -lnxp \
+	-lOpenThreads -lrt
+endif
+endif
diff --git a/src/uncoolinit.cpp b/src/uncoolinit.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f20d5caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uncoolinit.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * (C) 2013 Stefan Seyfried, License: GPL v3+
+ *
+ * uncoolinit -- work around driver initalization bug on
+ * (at least) Coolstream HD1 "first fifty edition".
+ * When starting up with 720p, the HDMI output is pink-tinted
+ * and without sound until switching resolution once.
+ *
+ * work around the issue by initializing the videodecoder in
+ * 1080i mode.
+ *
+ * This is really just a workaround for crappy drivers, but
+ * better than nothing :-)
+ */
+
+#include <cs_api.h>
+#include <video_cs.h>
+#include <dmx_cs.h>
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <time.h>
+
+cVideo *v = NULL;
+cDemux *d = NULL;
+
+int main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct timespec s, e;
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &s);
+	printf("\nuncoolinit by seife -- working around crappy drivers since 2009!\n");
+	/* initialize everything */
+	cs_api_init();
+	d = new cDemux();		/* dummy demux for getChannel() and getBuffer() */
+	d->Open(DMX_VIDEO_CHANNEL);	/* do we really need to open it? */
+
+	/* this enables output in 1080i mode */
+	v = new cVideo(VIDEO_STD_1080I50, d->getChannel(), d->getBuffer());
+
+	/* should we slow down booting even more by showing a picture? */
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		v->ShowPicture(argv[1]);
+		if (argc > 2)
+			sleep(atoi(argv[2]));
+		v->StopPicture();
+	}
+
+	/* clean up after ourselves, or the drivers will be *very* unhappy */
+	delete v;
+	delete d;
+	cs_api_exit();
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &e);
+	printf("uncoolinit ends, took %lld ms\n",
+		(e.tv_sec*1000 + e.tv_nsec/1000000LL) - (s.tv_sec*1000 + s.tv_nsec/1000000LL));
+	return 0;
+}