diff --git a/subwave_nowplaying.star b/subwave_nowplaying.star
index 03cab5d..ca571ac 100644
--- a/subwave_nowplaying.star
+++ b/subwave_nowplaying.star
@@ -527,8 +527,24 @@ def _glitch_jitter(zoom):
             # GLITCH_STATE_POOL entries have those nearly or exactly
             # cancel out, e.g. -2 and 2, which silently zeroed out the
             # jitter in about half the states when this was tried before).
+            #
+            # +-2px was tried as a more-visible alternative and reopened
+            # the black border (10 corner hits across 130 frames, vs 0 at
+            # +-1px) -- the margin _glitch_shift relies on genuinely isn't
+            # big enough for +-2px in every zoom_position/origin
+            # combination, even though it read as safe in an earlier,
+            # narrower check. So the position shift stays capped at
+            # +-1px, and a brief hue tint (filter.Hue, the same mechanism
+            # _glitch_band already used before the RGB-split bands were
+            # disabled) is layered onto each shifted state instead to
+            # make the burst read clearly against scanlines/corner ticks
+            # -- a color change doesn't touch geometry, so it carries none
+            # of the margin risk a bigger shift does.
             shift = random.number(0, 2) - 1  # random.number requires min >= 0
-            shifted = render.Box(width = ART_SLOT, height = ART_SLOT, child = _glitch_shift(zoom, shift))
+            hue = random.number(0, 1)
+            hue_change = 150.0 if hue == 0 else -60.0
+            tinted = filter.Hue(child = _glitch_shift(zoom, shift), change = hue_change)
+            shifted = render.Box(width = ART_SLOT, height = ART_SLOT, child = tinted)
             for _ in range(GLITCH_HOLD_TICKS):
                 children.append(shifted)
         rest = render.Box(width = ART_SLOT, height = ART_SLOT, child = zoom)