diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/DesktopSession/useDesktopSession.tsx b/web/packages/teleport/src/DesktopSession/useDesktopSession.tsx
index 9863154875d7f..fb4d5b3f1e0eb 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/DesktopSession/useDesktopSession.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/DesktopSession/useDesktopSession.tsx
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export default function useDesktopSession() {
             }));
           }
           const bmpFrame = bmpBuffer[i];
-          if (ctx) {
+          if (ctx && bmpFrame.image_data.data.length != 0) {
             ctx.putImageData(bmpFrame.image_data, bmpFrame.left, bmpFrame.top);
           }
         }
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/TdpClientCanvas/TdpClientCanvas.tsx b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/TdpClientCanvas/TdpClientCanvas.tsx
index 38b8e846091ae..783fff54bc90e 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/TdpClientCanvas/TdpClientCanvas.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/TdpClientCanvas/TdpClientCanvas.tsx
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ function TdpClientCanvas(props: Props) {
   } = props;
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    // Empty dependency array ensures this runs only once after initial render.
-    // This code will run after the component has been mounted and the canvasRef has been assigned.
     const canvas = canvasRef.current;
     if (canvas) {
       // Make the canvas a focusable keyboard listener
@@ -66,6 +64,7 @@ function TdpClientCanvas(props: Props) {
     canvas.addEventListener('focusout', onFocusOut);
 
     return () => {
+      console.log('!!!!canvas cleaning up!!!!!');
       window.removeEventListener('resize', windowOnResize);
       canvas.removeEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove);
       canvas.removeEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu);
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/client.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/client.ts
index 52a4a269b059a..2309d4382ce29 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/client.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/client.ts
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export default class Client extends EventEmitterWebAuthnSender {
       this.codec.decodeRdpConnectionActivated(buffer);
     const spec = { width: screenWidth, height: screenHeight };
     this.logger.info(
-      `screen spec received from server ${spec.width} x ${spec.height}`
+      `received screen size from server (${spec.width} x ${spec.height})`
     );
 
     this.initFastPathProcessor(ioChannelId, userChannelId, {
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ export default class Client extends EventEmitterWebAuthnSender {
 
   sendClientScreenSpec(spec: ClientScreenSpec) {
     this.logger.info(
-      `requesting screen spec from client ${spec.width} x ${spec.height}`
+      `sending screen size to server (${spec.width}x${spec.height})`
     );
     this.send(this.codec.encodeClientScreenSpec(spec));
   }