diff --git a/pkgs/maps/main.fnl b/pkgs/maps/main.fnl
index 3dc0bd4..e0a42ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/maps/main.fnl
+++ b/pkgs/maps/main.fnl
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ label.readout {
            cairo.Content.COLOR
            (* tile-size (+ 4 num-tiles-x))
            (* tile-size (+ 4 num-tiles-y)))
+          seen-road-names {}
           g (cairo.Context.create map-surface)]
 
       (g:set_source_rgb 0.7 0.8 0.8)
@@ -164,7 +165,8 @@ label.readout {
                   ext  (g:text_extents n)
                   w ext.width
                   h ext.height]
-              (when (and x y)
+              (when (and x y (not (. seen-road-names n)))
+                (tset seen-road-names n true)
                 (g:save)
                 (g:set_line_width h)
                 (g:set_source_rgb 1 1 1)