diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenSourcePicker.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenSourcePicker.tsx
index 0b47381..559e94e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenSourcePicker.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenSourcePicker.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@ export function ScreenSourcePicker({ open, onClose, onStart }: Props) {
       return;
     }
     let cancelled = false;
-    const CONCURRENCY = 4;
+    // Concurrency 2 (down from 4): Windows GDI BitBlt / PrintWindow on
+    // multiple source windows contends for the desktop compositor and
+    // the whole Tauri window stutters while 4+ captures are in flight.
+    // 2 in parallel keeps the compositor breathing and the picker grid
+    // stays scrollable. Total load time goes up marginally since most
+    // individual captures are GDI-bound, not thread-bound.
+    const CONCURRENCY = 2;
     void (async () => {
       const list = await listScreenSources();
       if (cancelled) return;
@@ -310,7 +316,7 @@ function SourceSection({
             key={src.id}
             source={src}
             selected={selectedId === src.id}
-            onClick={() => onSelect(src.id)}
+            onSelect={onSelect}
           />
         ))}
       </div>
@@ -322,20 +328,25 @@ function SourceSection({
 // Keeps re-render work proportional to the number of updates instead of
 // "whole grid on every update" — which was the main reason scrolling felt
 // frozen during the initial thumbnail fan-in.
+//
+// The parent passes `onSelect(id)` rather than an inline `onClick`-arrow
+// so the callback reference stays stable across renders; otherwise
+// React.memo would always see a fresh function prop and re-render every
+// card on every parent update.
 const SourceCard = memo(function SourceCard({
   source,
   selected,
-  onClick,
+  onSelect,
 }: {
   source: ScreenSource;
   selected: boolean;
-  onClick: () => void;
+  onSelect: (id: string) => void;
 }) {
   const thumb = thumbnailDataUrl(source);
   return (
     <button
       type="button"
-      onClick={onClick}
+      onClick={() => onSelect(source.id)}
       aria-pressed={selected}
       title={source.name}
       className={
@@ -347,9 +358,16 @@ const SourceCard = memo(function SourceCard({
     >
       <div className="relative aspect-video w-full overflow-hidden bg-black">
         {thumb ? (
+          // decoding="async" keeps large base64 images off the main-thread
+          // paint step; loading="lazy" means cards outside the viewport
+          // don't ask the browser to decode until the user scrolls to
+          // them. Together they stop the grid from freezing when 20
+          // thumbnails land in quick succession.
           <img
             src={thumb}
             alt=""
+            decoding="async"
+            loading="lazy"
             className="h-full w-full object-contain transition group-hover:brightness-110"
             draggable={false}
           />