diff --git a/app/render/backend/renderbackend.cpp b/app/render/backend/renderbackend.cpp
index e62c94a57..87b68d78b 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/renderbackend.cpp
+++ b/app/render/backend/renderbackend.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ RenderTicketPtr RenderBackend::RenderFrame(const rational &time)
 
   render_queue_.push_back(ticket);
 
-  RunNextJob();
+  QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "RunNextJob", Qt::QueuedConnection);
 
   return ticket;
 }
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ RenderTicketPtr RenderBackend::RenderAudio(const TimeRange &r)
 
   render_queue_.push_back(ticket);
 
-  RunNextJob();
+  QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "RunNextJob", Qt::QueuedConnection);
 
   return ticket;
 }
diff --git a/app/render/backend/renderbackend.h b/app/render/backend/renderbackend.h
index 59efca316..c31632aef 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/renderbackend.h
+++ b/app/render/backend/renderbackend.h
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ private:
   Node *CopyNodeConnections(Node *src_node);
   void CopyNodeMakeConnection(NodeInput *src_input, NodeInput *dst_input);
 
-  void RunNextJob();
-
   ViewerOutput* viewer_node_;
 
   // VIDEO MEMBERS
@@ -150,6 +148,8 @@ private:
 private slots:
   void WorkerFinished();
 
+  void RunNextJob();
+
 };
 
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_EXIT
diff --git a/app/task/cache/cache.cpp b/app/task/cache/cache.cpp
index 411a6d96a..bae2f6ab9 100644
--- a/app/task/cache/cache.cpp
+++ b/app/task/cache/cache.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ bool CacheTask::Run()
     }
   }
 
-  Render(video_range, audio_range, QMatrix4x4(), true);
+  Render(video_range, audio_range, true);
 
   download_threads_.waitForDone();
 
diff --git a/app/task/export/export.cpp b/app/task/export/export.cpp
index 5cc667a9e..fbd7f905e 100644
--- a/app/task/export/export.cpp
+++ b/app/task/export/export.cpp
@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ bool ExportTask::Run()
 
   frame_time_ = Timecode::time_to_timestamp(range.in(), viewer()->video_params().time_base());
 
-  QMatrix4x4 mat;
-
   if (params_.video_enabled()) {
 
     // If a transformation matrix is applied to this video, create it here
     if (params_.video_scaling_method() != ExportParams::kStretch) {
-      mat = ExportParams::GenerateMatrix(params_.video_scaling_method(),
-                                         viewer()->video_params().width(),
-                                         viewer()->video_params().height(),
-                                         params_.video_params().width(),
-                                         params_.video_params().height());
+      QMatrix4x4 mat = ExportParams::GenerateMatrix(params_.video_scaling_method(),
+                                                    viewer()->video_params().width(),
+                                                    viewer()->video_params().height(),
+                                                    params_.video_params().width(),
+                                                    params_.video_params().height());
+
+      backend()->SetVideoDownloadMatrix(mat);
     }
 
     // Create color processor
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ bool ExportTask::Run()
     audio_data_.SetLength(range.length());
   }
 
-  Render(video_range, audio_range, mat, false);
+  Render(video_range, audio_range, false);
 
   bool success = true;
 
diff --git a/app/task/render/render.cpp b/app/task/render/render.cpp
index 76b54ea98..31da11f17 100644
--- a/app/task/render/render.cpp
+++ b/app/task/render/render.cpp
@@ -78,11 +78,8 @@ struct HashDownloadFuturePair {
 
 void RenderTask::Render(const TimeRangeList& video_range,
                         const TimeRangeList &audio_range,
-                        const QMatrix4x4& mat,
                         bool use_disk_cache)
 {
-  backend_->SetVideoDownloadMatrix(mat);
-
   double progress_counter = 0;
   double total_length = 0;
   double video_frame_sz = video_params().time_base().toDouble();
@@ -245,8 +242,10 @@ void RenderTask::Render(const TimeRangeList& video_range,
     }
   }
 
-  // `Close` will block until all jobs are done making a safe deletion
-  backend_->Close();
+  if (backend_is_ours_) {
+    // `Close` will block until all jobs are done making a safe deletion
+    backend_->Close();
+  }
 }
 
 void RenderTask::SetAnchorPoint(const rational &r)
diff --git a/app/task/render/render.h b/app/task/render/render.h
index 978a45982..77b655c24 100644
--- a/app/task/render/render.h
+++ b/app/task/render/render.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public:
 protected:
   void Render(const TimeRangeList &video_range,
               const TimeRangeList &audio_range,
-              const QMatrix4x4 &mat,
               bool use_disk_cache);
 
   virtual QFuture<void> DownloadFrame(FramePtr frame, const QByteArray &hash) = 0;