diff --git a/source/core/screenjob.cpp b/source/core/screenjob.cpp
index bf8277344..a4746a580 100644
--- a/source/core/screenjob.cpp
+++ b/source/core/screenjob.cpp
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ ScreenJobRunner *runner;
 void RunScreenJob(JobDesc* jobs, int count, CompletionFunc completion, bool clearbefore, bool blockingui)
 {
 	assert(completion != nullptr);
+	videoclearFade();
 	if (count)
 	{
 		runner = new ScreenJobRunner(jobs, count, completion, clearbefore);
diff --git a/source/games/duke/src/game_misc.cpp b/source/games/duke/src/game_misc.cpp
index 93f732d3e..501c5fdbb 100644
--- a/source/games/duke/src/game_misc.cpp
+++ b/source/games/duke/src/game_misc.cpp
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ void displayrest(double smoothratio)
 	if (blend[3])
 	{
 		// result must be multiplied by 4 and normalised to 255. (4*255 = 1020)
-		auto comp = [&](int i) { return clamp(int(blend[i] * 1020), 0, 255); };
-		videoFadePalette(comp(0), comp(1), comp(2), comp(3)); 
+		auto comp = [&](int i, int maxv=255) { return clamp(int(blend[i] * 1020), 0, maxv); };
+		videoFadePalette(comp(0), comp(1), comp(2), comp(3, 192)); // Never fully saturate the alpha channel
 	}
 	else
 		videoclearFade();