diff --git a/VoidDisplay/Features/Capture/Views/ZeroCopyPreviewRenderer.swift b/VoidDisplay/Features/Capture/Views/ZeroCopyPreviewRenderer.swift
index 76ea630..06a33cd 100644
--- a/VoidDisplay/Features/Capture/Views/ZeroCopyPreviewRenderer.swift
+++ b/VoidDisplay/Features/Capture/Views/ZeroCopyPreviewRenderer.swift
@@ -164,23 +164,23 @@ final class ZeroCopyHostView: NSView {
     private weak var displayLayer: AVSampleBufferDisplayLayer?
 
     func hostDisplayLayer(_ layer: AVSampleBufferDisplayLayer) {
+        if displayLayer === layer {
+            return
+        }
+
         wantsLayer = true
+        if self.layer == nil {
+            self.layer = CALayer()
+        }
         layerContentsRedrawPolicy = .duringViewResize
         layer.frame = bounds
+        layer.autoresizingMask = [.layerWidthSizable, .layerHeightSizable]
+        displayLayer?.removeFromSuperlayer()
         self.layer?.addSublayer(layer)
         displayLayer = layer
         syncLayerScale()
     }
 
-    override func layout() {
-        super.layout()
-        CATransaction.begin()
-        CATransaction.setDisableActions(true)
-        displayLayer?.frame = bounds
-        CATransaction.commit()
-        syncLayerScale()
-    }
-
     override func viewDidMoveToWindow() {
         super.viewDidMoveToWindow()
         syncLayerScale()
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ final class ZeroCopyHostView: NSView {
 
     private func syncLayerScale() {
         let scale = max(1, window?.backingScaleFactor ?? NSScreen.main?.backingScaleFactor ?? 1)
-        layer?.contentsScale = scale
         displayLayer?.contentsScale = scale
     }
 }
diff --git a/VoidDisplayTests/Features/Capture/Views/ZeroCopyPreviewRendererTests.swift b/VoidDisplayTests/Features/Capture/Views/ZeroCopyPreviewRendererTests.swift
index b610bde..c75fb05 100644
--- a/VoidDisplayTests/Features/Capture/Views/ZeroCopyPreviewRendererTests.swift
+++ b/VoidDisplayTests/Features/Capture/Views/ZeroCopyPreviewRendererTests.swift
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import AppKit
+import AVFoundation
 import CoreGraphics
 import Testing
 @testable import VoidDisplay
@@ -92,6 +94,18 @@ struct ZeroCopyPreviewRendererTests {
         #expect(renderer.hasReceivedFrame == false)
     }
 
+    @Test func hostViewDoesNotDuplicateHostedLayer() {
+        let view = ZeroCopyHostView(frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 320, height: 180))
+        let layer = AVSampleBufferDisplayLayer()
+
+        view.hostDisplayLayer(layer)
+        view.hostDisplayLayer(layer)
+
+        #expect(view.layer != nil)
+        #expect(view.layer?.sublayers?.count == 1)
+        #expect(view.layer?.sublayers?.first === layer)
+    }
+
     private func waitUntil(
         timeout: Duration = .seconds(1),
         condition: @escaping @Sendable () async -> Bool