diff --git a/LibDmd/Converter/AbstractConverter.cs b/LibDmd/Converter/AbstractConverter.cs
index e6b77749..441c8fd8 100644
--- a/LibDmd/Converter/AbstractConverter.cs
+++ b/LibDmd/Converter/AbstractConverter.cs
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ public virtual void Convert(DmdFrame frame)
 			}
 #endif
 			_lastDmdFrame = PadSmallFrames && frame.Dimensions.IsSmallerThan(Dimensions.Standard)
-				? frame.Update(Dimensions.Standard, frame.CenterFrame(Dimensions.Standard, frame.Data, frame.BytesPerPixel), frame.BitLength)
-				: frame;
+				? DmdFrame.GetFromPool().Update(Dimensions.Standard, frame.CenterFrame(Dimensions.Standard, frame.Data, frame.BytesPerPixel), frame.BitLength)
+				: DmdFrame.GetFromPool().Update(frame);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ private void Tick(long _)
 		{
 			if (_lastDmdFrame != null) {
 				ConvertClocked(_lastDmdFrame);
+				_lastDmdFrame.ReturnToPool();
 			}
 
 			if (_lastAlphanumFrame != null) {
diff --git a/LibDmd/Frame/DmdFrame.cs b/LibDmd/Frame/DmdFrame.cs
index 9ee7413e..70742aa9 100644
--- a/LibDmd/Frame/DmdFrame.cs
+++ b/LibDmd/Frame/DmdFrame.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ public class DmdFrame : BaseFrame, ICloneable, IEqualityComparer<DmdFrame>
 		public static bool operator == (DmdFrame x, DmdFrame y) => Equals(x, y);
 		public static bool operator != (DmdFrame x, DmdFrame y) => !Equals(x, y);
 
+		private static ObjectPool Pool = new ObjectPool();
+
 		public FrameFormat Format {
 			get {
 				switch (BitLength) {
@@ -554,6 +557,27 @@ public override string ToString()
 
 		#endregion
 
+		#region Pool
+
+		private class ObjectPool
+		{
+			private readonly ConcurrentBag<DmdFrame> _objects;
+
+			public ObjectPool()
+			{
+				_objects = new ConcurrentBag<DmdFrame>();
+			}
+
+			public DmdFrame Get() => _objects.TryTake(out DmdFrame item) ? item : new DmdFrame();
+
+			public void Return(DmdFrame item) => _objects.Add(item);
+		}
+
+		public static DmdFrame GetFromPool() => Pool.Get();
+		public void ReturnToPool() => Pool.Return(this);
+
+		#endregion
+
 		#region Debug
 
 		public void Dump(string path, string prefix = null)