diff --git a/react/features/screenshot-capture/actions.js b/react/features/screenshot-capture/actions.js
index ec028d09a6..211f182a7e 100644
--- a/react/features/screenshot-capture/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/screenshot-capture/actions.js
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 import { createScreenshotCaptureEffect } from '../stream-effects/screenshot-capture';
 import { getLocalVideoTrack } from '../../features/base/tracks';
-
+import logger from './logger';
 import { SET_SCREENSHOT_CAPTURE } from './actionTypes';
 
+let ongoingEffect;
+
 /**
  * Marks the on-off state of screenshot captures.
  *
@@ -28,19 +30,34 @@ function setScreenshotCapture(enabled) {
 * @returns {Promise}
 */
 export function toggleScreenshotCaptureEffect(enabled: boolean) {
-    return function(dispatch: (Object) => Object, getState: () => any) {
+    return async function(dispatch: (Object) => Object, getState: () => any) {
         const state = getState();
 
         if (state['features/screenshot-capture'].capturesEnabled !== enabled) {
             const { jitsiTrack } = getLocalVideoTrack(state['features/base/tracks']);
 
+            if (!ongoingEffect) {
+                ongoingEffect = await createScreenshotCaptureEffect(state);
+            }
+
             // Screenshot capture effect doesn't return a modified stream. Therefore, we don't have to
             // switch the stream at the conference level, starting/stopping the effect will suffice here.
-            return createScreenshotCaptureEffect(state)
-                .then(effect => {
-                    enabled ? effect.startEffect(jitsiTrack.getOriginalStream()) : effect.stopEffect();
+            if (enabled) {
+                try {
+                    await ongoingEffect.startEffect(
+                        jitsiTrack.getOriginalStream(),
+                        jitsiTrack.videoType
+                    );
                     dispatch(setScreenshotCapture(enabled));
-                });
+                } catch {
+
+                    // Handle promise rejection from {@code startEffect} due to stream type not being desktop.
+                    logger.error('Unsupported stream type.');
+                }
+            } else {
+                ongoingEffect.stopEffect();
+                dispatch(setScreenshotCapture(enabled));
+            }
         }
 
         return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/react/features/screenshot-capture/logger.js b/react/features/screenshot-capture/logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbbcf07ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/features/screenshot-capture/logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { getLogger } from '../base/logging/functions';
+
+export default getLogger('features/screenshot-capture');
diff --git a/react/features/stream-effects/screenshot-capture/ScreenshotCaptureEffect.js b/react/features/stream-effects/screenshot-capture/ScreenshotCaptureEffect.js
index b940ab6fe4..ee2e2785ee 100644
--- a/react/features/stream-effects/screenshot-capture/ScreenshotCaptureEffect.js
+++ b/react/features/stream-effects/screenshot-capture/ScreenshotCaptureEffect.js
@@ -50,40 +50,36 @@ export default class ScreenshotCaptureEffect {
         this._streamWorker.onmessage = this._handleWorkerAction;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Checks if the local track supports this effect.
-     *
-     * @param {JitsiLocalTrack} jitsiLocalTrack - Targeted local track.
-     * @returns {boolean} - Returns true if this effect can run on the specified track, false otherwise.
-     */
-    isEnabled(jitsiLocalTrack: Object) {
-        return jitsiLocalTrack.isVideoTrack() && jitsiLocalTrack.videoType === 'desktop';
-    }
-
     /**
      * Starts the screenshot capture event on a loop.
      *
      * @param {MediaStream} stream - The desktop stream from which screenshots are to be sent.
-     * @returns {MediaStream} - The same stream, with the interval set.
+     * @param {string} videoType - The type of the media stream.
+     * @returns {Promise} - Promise that resolves once effect has started or rejects if the
+     * videoType parameter is not desktop.
      */
-    startEffect(stream: MediaStream) {
-        const desktopTrack = stream.getVideoTracks()[0];
-        const { height, width }
-            = desktopTrack.getSettings() ?? desktopTrack.getConstraints();
+    startEffect(stream: MediaStream, videoType: string) {
+        return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+            if (videoType !== 'desktop') {
+                reject();
+            }
+            const desktopTrack = stream.getVideoTracks()[0];
+            const { height, width }
+                = desktopTrack.getSettings() ?? desktopTrack.getConstraints();
 
-        this._streamHeight = height;
-        this._streamWidth = width;
-        this._currentCanvas.height = parseInt(height, 10);
-        this._currentCanvas.width = parseInt(width, 10);
-        this._videoElement.height = parseInt(height, 10);
-        this._videoElement.width = parseInt(width, 10);
-        this._videoElement.srcObject = stream;
-        this._videoElement.play();
+            this._streamHeight = height;
+            this._streamWidth = width;
+            this._currentCanvas.height = parseInt(height, 10);
+            this._currentCanvas.width = parseInt(width, 10);
+            this._videoElement.height = parseInt(height, 10);
+            this._videoElement.width = parseInt(width, 10);
+            this._videoElement.srcObject = stream;
+            this._videoElement.play();
 
-        // Store first capture for comparisons in {@code this._handleScreenshot}.
-        this._videoElement.addEventListener('loadeddata', this._initScreenshotCapture);
-
-        return stream;
+            // Store first capture for comparisons in {@code this._handleScreenshot}.
+            this._videoElement.addEventListener('loadeddata', this._initScreenshotCapture);
+            resolve();
+        });
     }
 
     /**