diff --git a/imgui-SFML.cpp b/imgui-SFML.cpp
index 5ef1556..aaf1482 100644
--- a/imgui-SFML.cpp
+++ b/imgui-SFML.cpp
@@ -239,15 +239,15 @@ WindowContext* s_currWindowCtx = NULL;
 
 namespace ImGui {
 namespace SFML {
-void Init(sf::RenderWindow& window, bool loadDefaultFont) {
-    Init(window, window, loadDefaultFont);
+bool Init(sf::RenderWindow& window, bool loadDefaultFont) {
+    return Init(window, window, loadDefaultFont);
 }
 
-void Init(sf::Window& window, sf::RenderTarget& target, bool loadDefaultFont) {
-    Init(window, static_cast<sf::Vector2f>(target.getSize()), loadDefaultFont);
+bool Init(sf::Window& window, sf::RenderTarget& target, bool loadDefaultFont) {
+    return Init(window, static_cast<sf::Vector2f>(target.getSize()), loadDefaultFont);
 }
 
-void Init(sf::Window& window, const sf::Vector2f& displaySize, bool loadDefaultFont) {
+bool Init(sf::Window& window, const sf::Vector2f& displaySize, bool loadDefaultFont) {
 #if __cplusplus < 201103L // runtime assert when using earlier than C++11 as no
                           // static_assert support
     assert(sizeof(GLuint) <= sizeof(ImTextureID)); // ImTextureID is not large enough to fit
@@ -314,8 +314,10 @@ void Init(sf::Window& window, const sf::Vector2f& displaySize, bool loadDefaultF
     if (loadDefaultFont) {
         // this will load default font automatically
         // No need to call AddDefaultFont
-        UpdateFontTexture();
+        return UpdateFontTexture();
     }
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 void SetCurrentWindow(const sf::Window& window) {
@@ -572,7 +574,7 @@ void Shutdown() {
     s_windowContexts.clear();
 }
 
-void UpdateFontTexture() {
+bool UpdateFontTexture() {
     assert(s_currWindowCtx);
 
     ImGuiIO& io = ImGui::GetIO();
@@ -582,11 +584,16 @@ void UpdateFontTexture() {
     io.Fonts->GetTexDataAsRGBA32(&pixels, &width, &height);
 
     sf::Texture& texture = *s_currWindowCtx->fontTexture;
-    texture.create(width, height);
+    if (!texture.create(width, height)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     texture.update(pixels);
 
     ImTextureID texID = convertGLTextureHandleToImTextureID(texture.getNativeHandle());
     io.Fonts->SetTexID(texID);
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 sf::Texture& GetFontTexture() {
diff --git a/imgui-SFML.h b/imgui-SFML.h
index 79b7564..60ad7e8 100644
--- a/imgui-SFML.h
+++ b/imgui-SFML.h
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 
 #include "imgui-SFML_export.h"
 
+#if __cplusplus >= 201703L // C++17 and above
+#define IMGUI_SFML_NODISCARD [[nodiscard]]
+#else
+#define IMGUI_SFML_NODISCARD
+#endif
+
 namespace sf {
 class Event;
 class RenderTarget;
@@ -21,10 +27,12 @@ class Window;
 
 namespace ImGui {
 namespace SFML {
-IMGUI_SFML_API void Init(sf::RenderWindow& window, bool loadDefaultFont = true);
-IMGUI_SFML_API void Init(sf::Window& window, sf::RenderTarget& target, bool loadDefaultFont = true);
-IMGUI_SFML_API void Init(sf::Window& window, const sf::Vector2f& displaySize,
-                         bool loadDefaultFont = true);
+IMGUI_SFML_NODISCARD IMGUI_SFML_API bool Init(sf::RenderWindow& window,
+                                              bool loadDefaultFont = true);
+IMGUI_SFML_NODISCARD IMGUI_SFML_API bool Init(sf::Window& window, sf::RenderTarget& target,
+                                              bool loadDefaultFont = true);
+IMGUI_SFML_NODISCARD IMGUI_SFML_API bool Init(sf::Window& window, const sf::Vector2f& displaySize,
+                                              bool loadDefaultFont = true);
 
 IMGUI_SFML_API void SetCurrentWindow(const sf::Window& window);
 IMGUI_SFML_API void ProcessEvent(const sf::Event& event); // DEPRECATED: use (window,
@@ -44,7 +52,7 @@ IMGUI_SFML_API void Shutdown(const sf::Window& window);
 // Shuts down all ImGui contexts
 IMGUI_SFML_API void Shutdown();
 
-IMGUI_SFML_API void UpdateFontTexture();
+IMGUI_SFML_NODISCARD IMGUI_SFML_API bool UpdateFontTexture();
 IMGUI_SFML_API sf::Texture& GetFontTexture();
 
 // joystick functions