diff --git a/src/ui.overlay.a b/src/ui.overlay.a
index 8bceebe3c..178316e2d 100644
--- a/src/ui.overlay.a
+++ b/src/ui.overlay.a
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ DrawUI
          jsr   Draw40Chars           ; draw UI line 1 on offscreen page
          jsr   MaybeRedrawUIForDHGR  ; transform for DHGR if this is a DHGR title screen
          plp
+gDrawingOnscreen=*+1
+         lda   #$00                  ; SMC, might be 1
+         bne   @uidone
          +LDADDR UILine2
          jsr   Draw40Chars           ; draw UI line 2 on offscreen page
          jsr   MaybeRedrawUIForDHGR  ; transform for DHGR if this is a DHGR title screen
@@ -230,7 +233,9 @@ DrawUI
          +LDADDR gPathname
          jsr   DrawCenteredString    ; draw cheat UI line 2
          jsr   MaybeRedrawUIForDHGR  ; transform for DHGR if this is a DHGR title screen
-@uidone  clc
+@uidone  lda   #0
+         sta   gDrawingOnscreen
+         clc
          jmp   ShowOtherPage
 
 CheckCheats
diff --git a/src/ui.search.mode.a b/src/ui.search.mode.a
index 5a1069b77..2ca5efc79 100644
--- a/src/ui.search.mode.a
+++ b/src/ui.search.mode.a
@@ -227,12 +227,19 @@ SoftBell
 +
          ldx   BestMatchIndex        ; check if the new best match is the same
          cpx   gGameToLaunch         ; as the current best match
-         bne   +
+         bne   @load
+
          jsr   ToggleOffscreenPage   ; Since we're not loading a new screenshot
                                      ; we fake switching the 'offscreen' page
                                      ; in order to draw on the visible page.
-         bpl   @noload               ; (always branches)
-+        stx   gGameToLaunch
+         lda   #1
+         bne   @noload               ; always branches
+@load
+         stx   gGameToLaunch
          jsr   LoadGameTitleOffscreen
-@noload  jsr   DrawUI
+         lda   #0
+@noload
+         sta   gDrawingOnscreen      ; will minimize flicker in case we're
+         jsr   DrawUI                ; drawing directly onscreen
+
          ; /!\ execution falls through to ui.animation/MaybeAnimateTitle