diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d78517d..7f7a6f38 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
     "react-dom": "16.13.0",
     "ref-napi": "1.4.3",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+    "save-svg-as-png": "^1.4.17",
     "shell-path": "2.1.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
diff --git a/spec/snippingTool.spec.tsx b/spec/snippingTool.spec.tsx
index a769e704..4133fe2c 100644
--- a/spec/snippingTool.spec.tsx
+++ b/spec/snippingTool.spec.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('Snipping Tool', () => {
     wrapper.update();
     await waitForPromisesToResolve();
     expect(spy).toBeCalledWith('upload-snippet', {
-      base64PngData: 'NO CANVAS',
+      mergedImageData: 'MERGE_FAIL',
       screenSnippetPath: '',
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/app/screen-snippet-handler.ts b/src/app/screen-snippet-handler.ts
index 24804066..0f2d839f 100644
--- a/src/app/screen-snippet-handler.ts
+++ b/src/app/screen-snippet-handler.ts
@@ -287,20 +287,28 @@ class ScreenSnippet {
    * @param webContents A browser window's web contents object
    */
   private uploadSnippet(webContents: Electron.webContents) {
-    ipcMain.once('upload-snippet', async (_event, snippetData: { screenSnippetPath: string, base64PngData: string }) => {
-      windowHandler.closeSnippingToolWindow();
-      const [type, data] = snippetData.base64PngData.split(',');
-      const payload = {
-        message: 'SUCCESS',
-        data,
-        type,
-      };
-      this.deleteFile(snippetData.screenSnippetPath);
-      logger.info(
-        `screen-snippet-handler: Snippet captured! Sending data to SFE`,
-      );
-      webContents.send('screen-snippet-data', payload);
-      await this.verifyAndUpdateAlwaysOnTop();
+    ipcMain.once('upload-snippet', async (_event, snippetData: { screenSnippetPath: string, mergedImageData: string }) => {
+      try {
+        windowHandler.closeSnippingToolWindow();
+        const [type, data] = snippetData.mergedImageData.split(',');
+        const payload = {
+          message: 'SUCCESS',
+          data,
+          type,
+        };
+        logger.info(
+          `screen-snippet-handler: Snippet captured! Sending data to SFE`,
+        );
+        webContents.send('screen-snippet-data', payload);
+        await this.verifyAndUpdateAlwaysOnTop();
+      } catch (error) {
+        await this.verifyAndUpdateAlwaysOnTop();
+        logger.error(
+          `screen-snippet-handler: screen capture failed with error: ${error}!`,
+        );
+      } finally {
+        this.deleteFile(snippetData.screenSnippetPath);
+      }
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/snipping-tool.tsx b/src/renderer/components/snipping-tool.tsx
index 21f87cf3..4bb6e4aa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/snipping-tool.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/snipping-tool.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { svgAsPngUri } from 'save-svg-as-png';
 import { i18n } from '../../common/i18n-preload';
 import { analytics, AnalyticsElements, ScreenSnippetActionTypes } from './../../app/analytics-handler';
 import AnnotateArea from './annotate-area';
@@ -168,57 +169,6 @@ const SnippingTool: React.FunctionComponent<ISnippingToolProps> = ({ existingPat
 
   // Utility functions
 
-  const getBase64PngData = () => {
-    const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-    canvas.width = imageDimensions.width;
-    canvas.height = imageDimensions.height;
-
-    // Creates an in memory canvas for mounting img data without adding it to the DOM
-    const ctx = canvas?.getContext('2d') as CanvasRenderingContext2D;
-
-    if (!ctx) {
-      // Will only be the case in headless browsers, such as with unit tests
-      return 'NO CANVAS';
-    }
-
-    const backgroundImage = document.getElementById('backgroundImage') as HTMLImageElement;
-
-    // Fast lane in case there is no drawn SVG paths
-    if (paths.length === 0) {
-      ctx.drawImage(backgroundImage, 0, 0);
-      // Extracts base 64 png img data from the canvas
-      const data = canvas.toDataURL('image/png');
-      return data;
-    }
-
-    // Creates an in memory img without adding it to the DOM
-    const img = document.createElement('img');
-
-    const svg = document.getElementById('annotate-area') as HTMLImageElement;
-    // Parses SVG image to XML data
-    const svgData = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(svg);
-    // Adds the extracted XML data to the in memory img
-    img.setAttribute(
-      'src',
-      'data:image/svg+xml;base64,' + btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(svgData))),
-    );
-
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      // Listens to when the img is loaded in memory and adds the data from the SVG paths + screenSnippet to the canvas
-      img.onload = () => {
-        ctx.drawImage(backgroundImage, 0, 0);
-        ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
-        try {
-          // Extracts base 64 png img data from the canvas
-          const data = canvas.toDataURL('image/png');
-          resolve(data);
-        } catch (e) {
-          reject(e);
-        }
-      };
-    });
-  };
-
   const markChosenColor = (colors: IColor[], chosenColor: string) => {
     return colors.map((color) => {
       if (color.rgbaColor === chosenColor) {
@@ -246,12 +196,13 @@ const SnippingTool: React.FunctionComponent<ISnippingToolProps> = ({ existingPat
   };
 
   const done = async () => {
-    const base64PngData = await getBase64PngData();
+    const svg = document.getElementById('annotate-area');
+    const mergedImageData = svg ? await svgAsPngUri(document.getElementById('annotate-area'), {}) : 'MERGE_FAIL';
     analytics.track({
       element: AnalyticsElements.SCREEN_SNIPPET,
       action_type: ScreenSnippetActionTypes.CAPTURE_SENT,
     });
-    ipcRenderer.send('upload-snippet', { screenSnippetPath, base64PngData });
+    ipcRenderer.send('upload-snippet', { screenSnippetPath, mergedImageData });
   };
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/renderer/styles/snipping-tool.less b/src/renderer/styles/snipping-tool.less
index 9e6201cd..d4ab3f62 100644
--- a/src/renderer/styles/snipping-tool.less
+++ b/src/renderer/styles/snipping-tool.less
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 @text-padding: 10px;
 
 body {
+  overflow: hidden;
   background-color: white;
   margin: 0;
   height: 100%;