diff --git a/g.py b/g.py
index 27e786a..3004c7e 100644
--- a/g.py
+++ b/g.py
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ screens: list[Screen] = []
 console: tcod.console.Console
 """The current main console."""
 
+foreground: tcod.console.Console
+"""The foreground console"""
+
+background: tcod.console.Console
+"""The background console"""
+
 tileset: tcod.tileset.Tileset
 """The tileset to use"""
 
diff --git a/game/screens/__init__.py b/game/screens/__init__.py
index 79a5498..bfbb516 100644
--- a/game/screens/__init__.py
+++ b/game/screens/__init__.py
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@ def main_draw() -> None:
     """Render and present the active screen."""
     if not g.screens:
         return
-    g.console.clear()
-    g.screens[-1].on_draw(g.console)
+    g.background.clear()
+    g.foreground.clear()
+    g.screens[-1].on_draw(g.background)
     # g.context.present(g.console)
-    g.sdl_renderer.copy(g.console_render.render(g.console))
+
+    g.sdl_renderer.copy(g.console_render.render(g.background))
+
+    # g.sdl_renderer.copy(g.console_render.render(g.foreground))
+    g.foreground.blit(g.background, fg_alpha=1.0, bg_alpha=0.0)
+    g.sdl_renderer.copy(g.console_render.render(g.background))
     g.sdl_renderer.present()
 
 
diff --git a/game/screens/game_screens.py b/game/screens/game_screens.py
index eb2445d..96997b5 100644
--- a/game/screens/game_screens.py
+++ b/game/screens/game_screens.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def _draw_entity(entity: tcod.ecs.Entity, camera_pos, camera_radius_x, camera_ra
     map_pos = world_pos_to_map_pos(pos)
     if g.world[None].components[Map].fov[map_pos.y, map_pos.x]:
         graphic = entity.components[Graphic]
-        g.console.rgb[["ch", "fg"]][screen_pos.y + camera_radius_y, screen_pos.x + camera_radius_x] = graphic.ch, graphic.fg
+        g.foreground.rgb[["ch", "fg"]][screen_pos.y + camera_radius_y, screen_pos.x + camera_radius_x] = graphic.ch, graphic.fg
 
 
 @attrs.define()
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 8a59ea8..23690db 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     #tcod.tileset.procedural_block_elements(tileset=tileset)
     g.screens = [MainMenu()]
-    g.console = tcod.console.Console(80, 35)
+    g.background = tcod.console.Console(80, 35)
+    g.foreground = tcod.console.Console(80, 35)
     g.sdl_window = tcod.sdl.video.new_window(
-        g.console.width * g.tileset.tile_width,
-        g.console.height * g.tileset.tile_height,
+        g.background.width * g.tileset.tile_width,
+        g.background.height * g.tileset.tile_height,
         flags=tcod.lib.SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE,
     )
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     
     g.console_render = tcod.render.SDLConsoleRender(atlas=g.atlas)
     
-    with tcod.context.new(console=g.console, tileset=g.tileset) as g.context:
+    with tcod.context.new(console=g.background, tileset=g.tileset) as g.context:
         game.screens.main_loop()