diff --git a/js/game.js b/js/game.js
index af62471..9e82dbf 100644
--- a/js/game.js
+++ b/js/game.js
@@ -1532,8 +1532,8 @@ export class Level extends LevelInterface {
         let dest, direction;
         for ([dest, direction] of teleporter.type.teleport_dest_order(teleporter, this, actor)) {
             // Teleporters already containing an actor are blocked and unusable
-            // FIXME should check collision?
-            if (dest.cell.some(tile => tile.type.is_actor && tile !== actor))
+            // FIXME should check collision?  otherwise this catches non-blocking vfx...
+            if (dest.cell.some(tile => tile.type.is_actor && tile !== actor && ! tile.type.ttl))
                 continue;
 
             // XXX lynx treats this as a slide and does it in a pass in the main loop
@@ -1563,6 +1563,9 @@ export class Level extends LevelInterface {
             this.set_actor_direction(actor, direction);
             this.make_slide(actor, 'teleport');
 
+            this.spawn_animation(actor.cell, 'teleport_flash');
+            this.spawn_animation(dest.cell, 'teleport_flash');
+
             // Now physically move the actor, but their movement waits until next decision phase
             this.remove_tile(actor);
             this.add_tile(actor, dest.cell);
diff --git a/js/tileset.js b/js/tileset.js
index b62eaf6..a9ef498 100644
--- a/js/tileset.js
+++ b/js/tileset.js
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ export const LL_TILESET_LAYOUT = Object.assign({}, CC2_TILESET_LAYOUT, {
 
     // Custom VFX
     splash_slime: [[0, 38], [1, 38], [2, 38], [3, 38]],
+    teleport_flash: [[4, 38], [5, 38], [6, 38], [7, 38]],
     player1_exit: [[8, 38], [9, 38], [10, 38], [11, 38]],
     player2_exit: [[12, 38], [13, 38], [14, 38], [15, 38]],
 
@@ -892,7 +893,6 @@ export const LL_TILESET_LAYOUT = Object.assign({}, CC2_TILESET_LAYOUT, {
     gate_green: [3, 39],
 
     skeleton_key: [4, 39],
-
 });
 
 export class Tileset {
diff --git a/js/tiletypes.js b/js/tiletypes.js
index f352e60..f934234 100644
--- a/js/tiletypes.js
+++ b/js/tiletypes.js
@@ -2693,6 +2693,13 @@ const TILE_TYPES = {
         collision_mask: 0,
         ttl: 8 * 3,
     },
+    teleport_flash: {
+        // TODO probably not the right layer, vfx might need their own idk
+        draw_layer: DRAW_LAYERS.actor,
+        is_actor: true,
+        collision_mask: 0,
+        ttl: 8 * 3,
+    },
 
     // Invalid tiles that appear in some CCL levels because community level
     // designers love to make nonsense