diff --git a/coordinator/renderer.lua b/coordinator/renderer.lua
index 11ffa1e..f76c0b3 100644
--- a/coordinator/renderer.lua
+++ b/coordinator/renderer.lua
@@ -92,18 +92,21 @@ function renderer.start_ui()
 end
 
 -- close out the UI
----@param recolor? boolean true to restore to color palette from style
-function renderer.close_ui(recolor)
+function renderer.close_ui()
     -- report ui as not ready
     engine.ui_ready = false
 
+    -- hide to stop animation callbacks
+    ui.main_layout.hide()
+    for i = 1, #ui.unit_layouts do
+        ui.unit_layouts[i].hide()
+        engine.monitors.unit_displays[i].clear()
+    end
+
     -- clear root UI elements
     ui.main_layout = nil
     ui.unit_layouts = {}
 
-    -- reset displays
-    renderer.reset(recolor)
-
     -- re-draw dmesg
     engine.dmesg_window.setVisible(true)
     engine.dmesg_window.redraw()
diff --git a/coordinator/startup.lua b/coordinator/startup.lua
index 6c26267..4df19bf 100644
--- a/coordinator/startup.lua
+++ b/coordinator/startup.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local config       = require("coordinator.config")
 local coordinator  = require("coordinator.coordinator")
 local renderer     = require("coordinator.renderer")
 
-local COORDINATOR_VERSION = "alpha-v0.4.8"
+local COORDINATOR_VERSION = "alpha-v0.4.9"
 
 local print = util.print
 local println = util.println
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ local function init_start_ui()
 
     local ui_ok, message = pcall(renderer.start_ui)
     if not ui_ok then
-        renderer.close_ui(config.RECOLOR)
+        renderer.close_ui()
         log_graphics(util.c("UI crashed: ", message))
         println_ts("UI crashed")
         log.fatal(util.c("ui crashed with error ", message))
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ while ui_ok do
     end
 end
 
-renderer.close_ui(config.RECOLOR)
+renderer.close_ui()
 log_sys("system shutdown")
 
 println_ts("exited")