diff --git a/lua/core/screen.lua b/lua/core/screen.lua
index d4de20c32..b2633a21e 100644
--- a/lua/core/screen.lua
+++ b/lua/core/screen.lua
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ _norns.screen_circle = function(x, y, r)
   _norns.screen_arc(x, y, r, 0, math.pi*2)
 end
 
---- export png
+--- export screenshot
 -- @param filename: saved to dust/data/(script)/(filename).png
-Screen.export_png = function(filename) _norns.screen_export_png(norns.state.data..filename..'.png') end
+Screen.export_screenshot = function(filename) _norns.screen_export_screenshot(norns.state.data..filename..'.png') end
 
 --- display png
 -- @param filename
diff --git a/matron/src/hardware/screen.c b/matron/src/hardware/screen.c
index 6eaf43d15..e56176e56 100644
--- a/matron/src/hardware/screen.c
+++ b/matron/src/hardware/screen.c
@@ -395,6 +395,11 @@ double *screen_text_extents(const char *s) {
 }
 
 extern void screen_export_png(const char *s) {
+		CHECK_CR
+		cairo_surface_write_to_png(surface, s);
+}
+
+extern void screen_export_screenshot(const char *s) {
     CHECK_CR
     static cairo_surface_t *png;
     static cairo_t *temp; // for bg fill
diff --git a/matron/src/hardware/screen.h b/matron/src/hardware/screen.h
index cdc91fed6..623c37bc6 100644
--- a/matron/src/hardware/screen.h
+++ b/matron/src/hardware/screen.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ extern void screen_clear(void);
 extern void screen_close_path(void);
 extern double *screen_text_extents(const char *s);
 extern void screen_export_png(const char *s);
+extern void screen_export_screenshot(const char *s);
 extern void screen_display_png(const char *filename, double x, double y);
 extern char *screen_peek(int x, int y, int *w, int *h);
 extern void screen_poke(int x, int y, int w, int h, unsigned char *buf);
diff --git a/matron/src/weaver.c b/matron/src/weaver.c
index 0c83169b3..170ce2f25 100644
--- a/matron/src/weaver.c
+++ b/matron/src/weaver.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static int _screen_clear(lua_State *l);
 static int _screen_close(lua_State *l);
 static int _screen_text_extents(lua_State *l);
 static int _screen_export_png(lua_State *l);
+static int _screen_export_screenshot(lua_State *l);
 static int _screen_display_png(lua_State *l);
 static int _screen_peek(lua_State *l);
 static int _screen_poke(lua_State *l);
@@ -463,6 +464,7 @@ void w_init(void) {
     lua_register_norns("screen_close", &_screen_close);
     lua_register_norns("screen_text_extents", &_screen_text_extents);
     lua_register_norns("screen_export_png", &_screen_export_png);
+    lua_register_norns("screen_export_screenshot", &_screen_export_screenshot);
     lua_register_norns("screen_display_png", &_screen_display_png);
     lua_register_norns("screen_peek", &_screen_peek);
     lua_register_norns("screen_poke", &_screen_poke);
@@ -956,6 +958,19 @@ int _screen_export_png(lua_State *l) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+/***
+ * screen: export_screenshot
+ * @function s_export_screenshot
+ * @tparam string filename
+ */
+int _screen_export_screenshot(lua_State *l) {
+    lua_check_num_args(1);
+    const char *s = luaL_checkstring(l, 1);
+    screen_export_screenshot(s);
+    lua_settop(l, 0);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /***
  * screen: display_png
  * @function s_display_png