diff --git a/src/kitty.rs b/src/kitty.rs
index 6be9672..c805b67 100644
--- a/src/kitty.rs
+++ b/src/kitty.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ use ratatui::prelude::Rect;
 
 use crate::converter::MaybeTransferred;
 
+pub enum KittyDisplay<'tui> {
+	NoChange,
+	ClearImages,
+	DisplayImages(Vec<(usize, &'tui mut MaybeTransferred, Rect)>)
+}
+
 pub struct DbgWriter<W: Write> {
 	w: W,
 	#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
@@ -82,7 +88,7 @@ pub async fn do_shms_work(ev_stream: &mut EventStream) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub async fn display_kitty_images<'es>(
-	images: Vec<(usize, &mut MaybeTransferred, Rect)>,
+	display: KittyDisplay<'_>,
 	ev_stream: &'es mut EventStream
 ) -> Result<
 	(),
@@ -92,15 +98,26 @@ pub async fn display_kitty_images<'es>(
 		TransmitError<<&'es mut EventStream as AsyncInputReader>::Error>
 	)
 > {
-	run_action(
-		Action::Delete(DeleteConfig {
-			effect: ClearOrDelete::Clear,
-			which: WhichToDelete::All
-		}),
-		ev_stream
-	)
-	.await
-	.map_err(|e| (vec![], "Couldn't clear previous images", e))?;
+	let images = match display {
+		KittyDisplay::NoChange => return Ok(()),
+		KittyDisplay::DisplayImages(_) | KittyDisplay::ClearImages => {
+			run_action(
+				Action::Delete(DeleteConfig {
+					effect: ClearOrDelete::Clear,
+					which: WhichToDelete::All
+				}),
+				ev_stream
+			)
+			.await
+			.map_err(|e| (vec![], "Couldn't clear previous images", e))?;
+
+			let KittyDisplay::DisplayImages(images) = display else {
+				return Ok(());
+			};
+
+			images
+		}
+	};
 
 	let mut err = None;
 	for (page_num, img, area) in images {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 95a6c81..80acbf7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use ratatui_image::picker::{Picker, ProtocolType};
 use tdf::{
 	PrerenderLimit,
 	converter::{ConvertedPage, ConverterMsg, run_conversion_loop},
-	kitty::{display_kitty_images, do_shms_work, run_action},
+	kitty::{KittyDisplay, display_kitty_images, do_shms_work, run_action},
 	renderer::{self, RenderError, RenderInfo, RenderNotif},
 	tui::{BottomMessage, InputAction, MessageSetting, Tui}
 };
@@ -422,34 +422,32 @@ async fn enter_redraw_loop(
 		}
 
 		if needs_redraw {
-			let mut to_display = vec![];
+			let mut to_display = KittyDisplay::NoChange;
 			term.draw(|f| {
 				to_display = tui.render(f, &main_area);
 			})?;
 
-			if !to_display.is_empty() {
-				let maybe_err = display_kitty_images(to_display, &mut ev_stream).await;
+			let maybe_err = display_kitty_images(to_display, &mut ev_stream).await;
 
-				if let Err((to_replace, err_desc, enum_err)) = maybe_err {
-					match enum_err {
-						// This is the error that kitty & ghostty provide us when they delete an
-						// image due to memory constraints, so if we get it, we just fix it by
-						// re-rendering so it don't display it to the user
-						//
-						// [TODO] maybe when we detect that an image was deleted, we probe the
-						// terminal for the pages around it to see if they were deleted too and if
-						// they were, we re-render them? idk
-						TransmitError::Terminal(TerminalError::NoEntity(_)) => (),
-						_ => tui.set_msg(MessageSetting::Some(BottomMessage::Error(format!(
-							"{err_desc}: {enum_err}"
-						))))
-					}
+			if let Err((to_replace, err_desc, enum_err)) = maybe_err {
+				match enum_err {
+					// This is the error that kitty & ghostty provide us when they delete an
+					// image due to memory constraints, so if we get it, we just fix it by
+					// re-rendering so it don't display it to the user
+					//
+					// [TODO] maybe when we detect that an image was deleted, we probe the
+					// terminal for the pages around it to see if they were deleted too and if
+					// they were, we re-render them? idk
+					TransmitError::Terminal(TerminalError::NoEntity(_)) => (),
+					_ => tui.set_msg(MessageSetting::Some(BottomMessage::Error(format!(
+						"{err_desc}: {enum_err}"
+					))))
+				}
 
-					for page_num in to_replace {
-						tui.page_failed_display(page_num);
-						// So that they get re-rendered and sent over again
-						to_renderer.send(RenderNotif::PageNeedsReRender(page_num))?;
-					}
+				for page_num in to_replace {
+					tui.page_failed_display(page_num);
+					// So that they get re-rendered and sent over again
+					to_renderer.send(RenderNotif::PageNeedsReRender(page_num))?;
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/tui.rs b/src/tui.rs
index 2224cff..d232863 100644
--- a/src/tui.rs
+++ b/src/tui.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use ratatui_image::Image;
 
 use crate::{
 	converter::{ConvertedImage, MaybeTransferred},
+	kitty::KittyDisplay,
 	renderer::{RenderError, fill_default},
 	skip::Skip
 };
@@ -133,10 +134,10 @@ impl Tui {
 		&'s mut self,
 		frame: &mut Frame<'_>,
 		full_layout: &RenderLayout
-	) -> Vec<(usize, &'s mut MaybeTransferred, Rect)> {
+	) -> KittyDisplay<'s> {
 		if self.showing_help_msg {
 			self.render_help_msg(frame);
-			return vec![];
+			return KittyDisplay::ClearImages;
 		}
 
 		if let Some((top_area, bottom_area)) = full_layout.top_and_bottom {
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ impl Tui {
 			// be written and set to skip it so that ratatui doesn't spend a lot of time diffing it
 			// each re-render
 			frame.render_widget(Skip::new(true), img_area);
-			vec![]
+			KittyDisplay::NoChange
 		} else {
 			// here we calculate how many pages can fit in the available area.
 			let mut test_area_w = img_area.width;
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ impl Tui {
 			if page_widths.is_empty() {
 				// If none are ready to render, just show the loading thing
 				Self::render_loading_in(frame, img_area);
-				vec![]
+				KittyDisplay::ClearImages
 			} else {
 				execute!(stdout(), BeginSynchronizedUpdate).unwrap();
 
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ impl Tui {
 				// then the whole diffing thing messes it up
 				self.last_render.rect = size;
 
-				to_display
+				KittyDisplay::DisplayImages(to_display)
 			}
 		}
 	}