diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Graphics.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Graphics.cpp
index 39980aa5..f5842e5c 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Graphics.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Graphics.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ void Graphics::destroy(void)
 #undef CLEAR_ARRAY
 }
 
+static SDL_Surface* tempFilterSrc = NULL;
+static SDL_Surface* tempFilterDest = NULL;
+
 void Graphics::create_buffers(void)
 {
 #define CREATE_TEXTURE_WITH_DIMENSIONS(w, h) \
@@ -212,6 +215,8 @@ void Graphics::destroy_buffers(void)
     VVV_freefunc(SDL_DestroyTexture, tempScrollingTexture);
     VVV_freefunc(SDL_DestroyTexture, towerbg.texture);
     VVV_freefunc(SDL_DestroyTexture, titlebg.texture);
+    VVV_freefunc(SDL_FreeSurface, tempFilterSrc);
+    VVV_freefunc(SDL_FreeSurface, tempFilterDest);
 }
 
 void Graphics::drawspritesetcol(int x, int y, int t, int c)
@@ -3153,7 +3158,7 @@ void Graphics::screenshake(void)
 {
     if (gameScreen.badSignalEffect)
     {
-        ApplyFilter();
+        ApplyFilter(tempFilterSrc, tempFilterDest);
     }
 
     set_render_target(menuoffTexture);
@@ -3191,7 +3196,7 @@ void Graphics::render(void)
 {
     if (gameScreen.badSignalEffect)
     {
-        ApplyFilter();
+        ApplyFilter(tempFilterSrc, tempFilterDest);
     }
 
     set_render_target(NULL);
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/GraphicsUtil.cpp b/desktop_version/src/GraphicsUtil.cpp
index ea2d9eb2..ba478d4e 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/GraphicsUtil.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/GraphicsUtil.cpp
@@ -144,11 +144,17 @@ void UpdateFilter(void)
     }
 }
 
-void ApplyFilter(void)
+void ApplyFilter(SDL_Surface* src, SDL_Surface* dest)
 {
-    // Copy the screen to a temporary surface
-    SDL_Surface* src = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, SCREEN_WIDTH_PIXELS, SCREEN_HEIGHT_PIXELS, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0);
     if (src == NULL)
+    {
+        src = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, SCREEN_WIDTH_PIXELS, SCREEN_HEIGHT_PIXELS, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+    }
+    if (dest == NULL)
+    {
+        dest = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, SCREEN_WIDTH_PIXELS, SCREEN_HEIGHT_PIXELS, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+    }
+    if (src == NULL || dest == NULL)
     {
         return;
     }
@@ -161,18 +167,6 @@ void ApplyFilter(void)
         return;
     }
 
-    Uint32 rawFormat;
-
-    if (graphics.query_texture(graphics.gameTexture, &rawFormat, NULL, NULL, NULL) != 0)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    SDL_PixelFormat* format = SDL_AllocFormat(rawFormat);
-
-    // Have a second surface to do work on
-    SDL_Surface* dest = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, SCREEN_WIDTH_PIXELS, SCREEN_HEIGHT_PIXELS, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-
     const int red_offset = rand() % 4;
 
     for (int x = 0; x < src->w; x++)
@@ -226,10 +220,5 @@ void ApplyFilter(void)
         }
     }
 
-    SDL_FreeFormat(format);
-
     SDL_UpdateTexture(graphics.gameTexture, NULL, dest->pixels, dest->pitch);
-
-    SDL_FreeSurface(src);
-    SDL_FreeSurface(dest);
 }
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/GraphicsUtil.h b/desktop_version/src/GraphicsUtil.h
index c4544d9c..3552f40b 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/GraphicsUtil.h
+++ b/desktop_version/src/GraphicsUtil.h
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ void DrawPixel(SDL_Surface* surface, int x, int y, SDL_Color color);
 SDL_Color ReadPixel(const SDL_Surface* surface, int x, int y);
 
 void UpdateFilter(void);
-void ApplyFilter(void);
+void ApplyFilter(SDL_Surface* src, SDL_Surface* dest);
 
 #endif /* GRAPHICSUTIL_H */