diff --git a/src/extras/ImageUtils.js b/src/extras/ImageUtils.js
index e575c0db3c4680cb1cc1577412ca78bb6e9e7f77..ca1d0a4861fb7f0914aaa49eb0a5c680a062b4e4 100644
--- a/src/extras/ImageUtils.js
+++ b/src/extras/ImageUtils.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * @author szimek / https://github.com/szimek/
  */
 
+var _canvas;
+
 var ImageUtils = {
 
 	getDataURL: function ( image ) {
@@ -20,11 +22,12 @@ var ImageUtils = {
 
 		} else {
 
-			canvas = document.createElementNS( 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml', 'canvas' );
-			canvas.width = image.width;
-			canvas.height = image.height;
+			if ( _canvas === undefined ) _canvas = document.createElementNS( 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml', 'canvas' );
+
+			_canvas.width = image.width;
+			_canvas.height = image.height;
 
-			var context = canvas.getContext( '2d' );
+			var context = _canvas.getContext( '2d' );
 
 			if ( image instanceof ImageData ) {
 
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ var ImageUtils = {
 
 			}
 
+			canvas = _canvas;
+
 		}
 
 		if ( canvas.width > 2048 || canvas.height > 2048 ) {