diff --git a/src/gui/game/GameView.cpp b/src/gui/game/GameView.cpp
index 282238856..fbd18c6e1 100644
--- a/src/gui/game/GameView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/game/GameView.cpp
@@ -2470,6 +2470,10 @@ void GameView::OnDraw()
 		g->fillrect(0, 0, WINDOWW, WINDOWH, 0, 0, 0, introText>51?102:introText*2);
 		g->drawtext(16, 20, (char*)introTextMessage.c_str(), 255, 255, 255, introText>51?255:introText*5);
 	}
+
+	// Clear menu areas, to ensure particle graphics don't overlap
+	memset(g->vid+((XRES+BARSIZE)*YRES), 0, (PIXELSIZE*(XRES+BARSIZE))*MENUSIZE);
+	g->clearrect(XRES, 1, BARSIZE, YRES-1);
 }
 
 ui::Point GameView::lineSnapCoords(ui::Point point1, ui::Point point2)