diff --git a/src/ui/Renderer2D.js b/src/ui/Renderer2D.js
index 88e2d611..dedfa802 100644
--- a/src/ui/Renderer2D.js
+++ b/src/ui/Renderer2D.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   renderPlaceholder,
   renderPotatoPlaceholder,
   renderOverlay,
+  renderSmallPOverlay,
 } from './render2Delements';
 import PixelPainterControls from '../controls/PixelPainterControls';
 
@@ -273,7 +274,6 @@ class Renderer2D extends Renderer {
 
     const [x, y] = getPixelFromChunkOffset(i, j, offset, canvasSize);
 
-    // TODO centerChunk is scaled!
     const [canX, canY] = this.centerChunk
       .map((z) => (z + 0.5) * TILE_SIZE - canvasSize / 2);
     const { width: canvasWidth, height: canvasHeight } = this.canvas;
@@ -423,10 +423,12 @@ class Renderer2D extends Renderer {
     }
     context.restore();
     // TODO conditions
-    renderOverlay(
-      this.canvas, chunkPosition, canvasSize, scale,
-      this.tiledScale, this.scaleThreshold,
-    );
+    if (false) {
+      renderOverlay(
+        state, this.canvas, chunkPosition, scale,
+        this.tiledScale, this.scaleThreshold,
+      );
+    }
   }
 
 
@@ -552,6 +554,11 @@ class Renderer2D extends Renderer {
       );
     }
 
+    // TODO conditions
+    if (viewscale >= 5) {
+      renderSmallPOverlay(viewport, _view, viewscale);
+    }
+
     if (showGrid && viewscale >= 8) {
       renderGrid(state, viewport, _view, viewscale, isLightGrid);
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/Template.js b/src/ui/Template.js
index a1a390e6..7ddb8195 100644
--- a/src/ui/Template.js
+++ b/src/ui/Template.js
@@ -19,11 +19,46 @@ class Template {
   height;
   // if image is loaded
   ready = false;
+  // small pixels image
+  #imageSmall;
 
   constructor(imageId) {
     this.id = imageId;
   }
 
+  get imageSmall() {
+    if (!this.#imageSmall) {
+      const imgData = this.image.getContext('2d').getImageData(
+        0, 0, this.width, this.height,
+      );
+      const imageSmall = document.createElement('canvas');
+      imageSmall.width = this.width * 3;
+      imageSmall.height = this.height * 3;
+      const targetContext = imageSmall.getContext('2d');
+      const targetData = targetContext.getImageData(
+        0, 0, imageSmall.width, imageSmall.height,
+      );
+
+      let c = 0;
+      let o = targetData.width * 4 + 4;
+      while (c < imgData.data.length) {
+        for (let r = 0; r < imgData.width; r += 1) {
+          targetData.data[o] = imgData.data[c];
+          targetData.data[++o] = imgData.data[++c];
+          targetData.data[++o] = imgData.data[++c];
+          targetData.data[++o] = imgData.data[++c];
+          o += 1 + 2 * 4;
+          c += 1;
+        }
+        o += targetData.width * 4 * 2;
+      }
+      targetContext.putImageData(targetData, 0, 0);
+      this.#imageSmall = imageSmall;
+    }
+
+    return this.#imageSmall;
+  }
+
   async arrayBuffer() {
     return canvasToBuffer(this.image);
   }
diff --git a/src/ui/render2Delements.js b/src/ui/render2Delements.js
index b15bb7a5..1b72c940 100644
--- a/src/ui/render2Delements.js
+++ b/src/ui/render2Delements.js
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ export function renderPotatoPlaceholder(
 ) {
   const viewportCtx = $viewport.getContext('2d');
 
-  const { hover } = state.canvas;
-  const { palette, selectedColor } = state.canvas;
+  const { palette, selectedColor, hover } = state.canvas;
 
   const [sx, sy] = worldToScreen(view, scale, $viewport, hover);
 
@@ -107,13 +106,14 @@ export function renderGrid(
  * Overlay draws onto offscreen canvas, so its doing weirder math
  */
 export function renderOverlay(
+  state,
   $canvas,
   centerChunk,
-  canvasSize,
   scale,
   tiledScale,
   scaleThreshold,
 ) {
+  const { canvasSize } = state.canvas;
   // world coordinates of center of center chunk
   const [x, y] = centerChunk
     .map((z) => z * TILE_SIZE / tiledScale
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ export function renderOverlay(
   for (const template of templates) {
     const image = templateLoader.getTemplateSync(template.imageId);
     if (!image) continue;
+
     context.drawImage(image,
       template.x - x + width / 2 / offscreenScale,
       template.y - y + height / 2 / offscreenScale,
@@ -145,3 +146,38 @@ export function renderOverlay(
   }
   context.restore();
 }
+
+/*
+ * Small pixel overlay draws into viewport, because it needs
+ * high scale values
+ */
+export function renderSmallPOverlay(
+  $viewport,
+  view,
+  scale,
+) {
+  const [x, y] = view;
+  const { width, height } = $viewport;
+  const horizontalRadius = width / 2 / scale;
+  const verticalRadius = height / 2 / scale;
+  const templates = templateLoader.getTemplatesInView(
+    x, y, horizontalRadius, verticalRadius,
+  );
+
+  if (!templates.length) return;
+  const context = $viewport.getContext('2d');
+  if (!context) return;
+
+  const relScale = scale / 3;
+  context.save();
+  context.scale(relScale, relScale);
+  for (const template of templates) {
+    const image = templateLoader.getSmallTemplateSync(template.imageId);
+    if (!image) continue;
+    context.drawImage(image,
+      (template.x - x) * 3 + width / 2 / relScale,
+      (template.y - y) * 3 + height / 2 / relScale,
+    );
+  }
+  context.restore();
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/templateLoader.js b/src/ui/templateLoader.js
index f4c99089..aee6e53d 100644
--- a/src/ui/templateLoader.js
+++ b/src/ui/templateLoader.js
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ class TemplateLoader {
     return null;
   }
 
+  getSmallTemplateSync(id) {
+    if (!this.ready) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const template = this.#templates.get(id);
+    if (template) {
+      return template.imageSmall;
+    }
+    // TODO some store action when available
+    this.loadExistingTemplate(id);
+    return null;
+  }
+
   getTemplatesInView(x, y, horizontalRadius, verticalRadius) {
     const topX = x - horizontalRadius;
     const topY = y - verticalRadius;