diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs
index 91a47ddeda..99591be5a4 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			"drawPie",
 			"drawIcon",
 			"drawImage",
+			"clearGraphics",
 		};
 
 		public static string[] EmuFunctions = new string[]
@@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			Global.OSD.ClearGUIText();
 		}
 
-		DisplaySurface luaSurface;
+		public DisplaySurface luaSurface;
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// sets the current drawing context to a new surface.
@@ -698,6 +699,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			}
 		}
 
+		public void gui_clearGraphics()
+		{
+			luaSurface.Clear();
+		}
+
 		//----------------------------------------------------
 		//Emu library
 		//----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/tools/LuaConsole.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/tools/LuaConsole.cs
index 1cfcbc9c2a..0949f2eb2d 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/tools/LuaConsole.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/tools/LuaConsole.cs
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 				luaList[x].Enabled = false;
 			Changes(true);
 			UpdateNumberOfScripts();
+			ClearDisplaySurface();
 		}
 
 		public void Restart()
@@ -286,9 +287,17 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			}
 			LuaListView.Refresh();
 			UpdateNumberOfScripts();
+			ClearDisplaySurface();
 			Changes(true);
 		}
 
+		public void ClearDisplaySurface()
+		{
+			LuaImp.gui_drawNew();
+			LuaImp.gui_clearGraphics();
+			LuaImp.gui_drawFinish();
+		}
+
 		public void RunLuaScripts()
 		{
 			for (int x = 0; x < luaList.Count; x++)
@@ -431,6 +440,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 				indexes.Clear();
 				DisplayLuaList();
 			}
+			ClearDisplaySurface();
 			UpdateNumberOfScripts();
 		}