diff --git a/src/OpenTK.GLWidget/GLWidget.cs b/src/OpenTK.GLWidget/GLWidget.cs
index 67e51da8..fd6f27f2 100644
--- a/src/OpenTK.GLWidget/GLWidget.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTK.GLWidget/GLWidget.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ namespace OpenTK
 
         private IGraphicsContext _GraphicsContext;
         private IWindowInfo _WindowInfo;
+        private GraphicsContextFlags _GraphicsContextFlags;
         private bool _Initialized;
 
         #endregion
@@ -112,7 +113,17 @@ namespace OpenTK
         /// <summary>
         /// The set <see cref="GraphicsContextFlags"/> for this widget.
         /// </summary>
-        public GraphicsContextFlags GraphicsContextFlags { get; set; }
+        public GraphicsContextFlags GraphicsContextFlags
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _GraphicsContextFlags;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                _GraphicsContextFlags = value;
+            }
+        }
 
         #endregion
 
@@ -375,7 +386,7 @@ namespace OpenTK
                 _WindowInfo = XWindowInfoInitializer.Initialize(graphicsMode, this.Display.Handle, this.Screen.Number, this.Window.Handle, this.RootWindow.Handle);
 
             // GraphicsContext
-            _GraphicsContext = new GraphicsContext(graphicsMode, _WindowInfo, GlVersionMajor, GlVersionMinor, this.GraphicsContextFlags);
+            _GraphicsContext = new GraphicsContext(graphicsMode, _WindowInfo, GlVersionMajor, GlVersionMinor, _GraphicsContextFlags);
             _GraphicsContext.MakeCurrent(_WindowInfo);
 
             if (GraphicsContext.ShareContexts)