diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager_WorkingBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager_WorkingBeatmap.cs
index 43ae30f780..cc70aa783f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager_WorkingBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager_WorkingBeatmap.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
-using osu.Game.Graphics.Textures;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
 using osu.Game.Storyboards;
 
@@ -45,6 +44,10 @@ protected override IBeatmap GetBeatmap()
 
             private string getPathForFile(string filename) => BeatmapSetInfo.Files.First(f => string.Equals(f.Filename, filename, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)).FileInfo.StoragePath;
 
+            private LargeTextureStore textureStore;
+
+            protected override bool BackgroundStillValid(Texture b) => false; // bypass lazy logic. we want to return a new background each time for refcounting purposes.
+
             protected override Texture GetBackground()
             {
                 if (Metadata?.BackgroundFile == null)
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ protected override Texture GetBackground()
 
                 try
                 {
-                    return new LargeTextureStore(new RawTextureLoaderStore(store)).Get(getPathForFile(Metadata.BackgroundFile));
+                    return (textureStore ?? (textureStore = new LargeTextureStore(new RawTextureLoaderStore(store)))).Get(getPathForFile(Metadata.BackgroundFile));
                 }
                 catch
                 {
@@ -73,6 +76,14 @@ protected override Track GetTrack()
                 }
             }
 
+            public override void TransferTo(WorkingBeatmap other)
+            {
+                base.TransferTo(other);
+
+                if (other is BeatmapManagerWorkingBeatmap owb && textureStore != null && BeatmapInfo.BackgroundEquals(other.BeatmapInfo))
+                    owb.textureStore = textureStore;
+            }
+
             protected override Waveform GetWaveform()
             {
                 try
diff --git a/osu.Game/Graphics/Backgrounds/Background.cs b/osu.Game/Graphics/Backgrounds/Background.cs
index d5825a8c42..6fc8b0e070 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Graphics/Backgrounds/Background.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Graphics/Backgrounds/Background.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
-using osu.Game.Graphics.Textures;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Backgrounds
 {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Graphics/Textures/LargeTextureStore.cs b/osu.Game/Graphics/Textures/LargeTextureStore.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dcbb1220d..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/Graphics/Textures/LargeTextureStore.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
-// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
-
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
-using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Textures
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// A texture store that bypasses atlasing.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class LargeTextureStore : TextureStore
-    {
-        public LargeTextureStore(IResourceStore<RawTexture> store = null) : base(store, false)
-        {
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index bada2a794d..a72abb8d4e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Game.Audio;
 using osu.Game.Database;
-using osu.Game.Graphics.Textures;
 using osu.Game.Input;
 using osu.Game.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Game.IO;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Storyboards/Drawables/DrawableStoryboard.cs b/osu.Game/Storyboards/Drawables/DrawableStoryboard.cs
index d746bb90c4..d0d4c678bf 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Storyboards/Drawables/DrawableStoryboard.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Storyboards/Drawables/DrawableStoryboard.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class DrawableStoryboard : Container<DrawableStoryboardLayer>
         public override bool HandleMouseInput => false;
 
         private bool passing = true;
+
         public bool Passing
         {
             get { return passing; }
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public bool Passing
         public override bool RemoveCompletedTransforms => false;
 
         private DependencyContainer dependencies;
+
         protected override IReadOnlyDependencyContainer CreateChildDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer parent) =>
             dependencies = new DependencyContainer(base.CreateChildDependencies(parent));
 
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ public DrawableStoryboard(Storyboard storyboard)
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(FileStore fileStore)
         {
-            dependencies.Cache(new TextureStore(new RawTextureLoaderStore(fileStore.Store), false) { ScaleAdjust = 1, });
+            dependencies.Cache(new TextureStore(new RawTextureLoaderStore(fileStore.Store), false, scaleAdjust: 1));
 
             foreach (var layer in Storyboard.Layers)
                 Add(layer.CreateDrawable());