diff --git a/src/spice2x/games/loveplus/loveplus.cpp b/src/spice2x/games/loveplus/loveplus.cpp
index 0d02e63..997112a 100644
--- a/src/spice2x/games/loveplus/loveplus.cpp
+++ b/src/spice2x/games/loveplus/loveplus.cpp
@@ -30,16 +30,15 @@ namespace games::loveplus {
         if (!TOUCH_ATTACHED) {
 
             // Find the game window.
-            // We check the foreground window first, then fall back to searching for the window title
-            // All game versions seem to have their model first in the window title
-            HWND wnd = GetForegroundWindow();
-            if (!string_begins_with(GetActiveWindowTitle(), "LovePlus")) {
-                wnd = FindWindowBeginsWith(avs::game::MODEL);
-            }
+            HWND wnd = FindProcessWindowBeginsWith("LovePlusAC");
 
             // attach touch hook
             if (wnd) {
-                log_info("loveplus", "using window handle for touch: {}", fmt::ptr(wnd));
+                log_info(
+                    "loveplus",
+                    "using window handle for touch: {} ({})",
+                    fmt::ptr(wnd),
+                    get_window_title(wnd));
                 touch_create_wnd(wnd);
             } else {
                 log_info("loveplus", "falling back to the DirectX window handle for touch");
diff --git a/src/spice2x/util/utils.h b/src/spice2x/util/utils.h
index 188fd10..4001f91 100644
--- a/src/spice2x/util/utils.h
+++ b/src/spice2x/util/utils.h
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ static inline std::vector<HWND> find_windows_beginning_with(const std::string &t
     return windows;
 }
 
+// exists for compat only; prefer to use FindProcessWindowBeginsWith instead
 static inline HWND FindWindowBeginsWith(std::string title) {
 
     // get all windows
@@ -248,6 +249,28 @@ static inline HWND FindWindowBeginsWith(std::string title) {
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+static inline HWND FindProcessWindowBeginsWith(const std::string &title) {
+    // try foreground window first
+    HWND fg_win = GetForegroundWindow();
+    if (string_begins_with(get_window_title(fg_win), title)) {
+        DWORD fg_pid;
+        GetWindowThreadProcessId(fg_win, &fg_pid);
+        if (fg_pid == GetCurrentProcessId()) {
+            return fg_win;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // try different windows
+    for (const auto window : find_windows_beginning_with(title)) {
+        DWORD fg_pid;
+        GetWindowThreadProcessId(window, &fg_pid);
+        if (fg_pid == GetCurrentProcessId()) {
+            return window;
+        }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
 static inline std::string get_last_error_string() {
 
     // get error