diff --git a/src/render/OpenGL.cpp b/src/render/OpenGL.cpp
index e1ecdd2f5..fd5ce1641 100644
--- a/src/render/OpenGL.cpp
+++ b/src/render/OpenGL.cpp
@@ -3170,18 +3170,36 @@ void CHyprOpenGLImpl::setViewport(GLint x, GLint y, GLsizei width, GLsizei heigh
 }
 
 void CHyprOpenGLImpl::setCapStatus(int cap, bool status) {
-    // check if the capability status is already set to the desired status
-    auto it            = m_capStatus.find(cap);
-    bool currentStatus = (it != m_capStatus.end()) ? it->second : false; // default to 'false' if not found
+    const auto getCapIndex = [cap]() {
+        switch (cap) {
+            case GL_BLEND: return CAP_STATUS_BLEND;
+            case GL_SCISSOR_TEST: return CAP_STATUS_SCISSOR_TEST;
+            case GL_STENCIL_TEST: return CAP_STATUS_STENCIL_TEST;
+            default: return CAP_STATUS_END;
+        }
+    };
 
-    if (currentStatus == status)
+    auto idx = getCapIndex();
+
+    if (idx == CAP_STATUS_END) {
+        if (status)
+            glEnable(cap);
+        else
+            glDisable(cap);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (m_capStatus[idx] == status)
         return;
 
-    m_capStatus[cap] = status;
-
-    // Enable or disable the capability based on status
-    auto func = status ? [](int c) { glEnable(c); } : [](int c) { glDisable(c); };
-    func(cap);
+    if (status) {
+        m_capStatus[idx] = status;
+        glEnable(cap);
+    } else {
+        m_capStatus[idx] = status;
+        glDisable(cap);
+    }
 }
 
 uint32_t CHyprOpenGLImpl::getPreferredReadFormat(PHLMONITOR pMonitor) {
diff --git a/src/render/OpenGL.hpp b/src/render/OpenGL.hpp
index a69ebbfeb..a6dbd3393 100644
--- a/src/render/OpenGL.hpp
+++ b/src/render/OpenGL.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <list>
 #include <string>
-#include <unordered_map>
 #include <stack>
 #include <map>
 
@@ -341,6 +340,13 @@ class CHyprOpenGLImpl {
 
     eEGLContextVersion m_eglContextVersion = EGL_CONTEXT_GLES_3_2;
 
+    enum eCachedCapStatus : uint8_t {
+        CAP_STATUS_BLEND = 0,
+        CAP_STATUS_SCISSOR_TEST,
+        CAP_STATUS_STENCIL_TEST,
+        CAP_STATUS_END
+    };
+
   private:
     struct {
         GLint   x      = 0;
@@ -349,7 +355,7 @@ class CHyprOpenGLImpl {
         GLsizei height = 0;
     } m_lastViewport;
 
-    std::unordered_map<int, bool>     m_capStatus;
+    std::array<bool, CAP_STATUS_END>  m_capStatus;
 
     std::vector<SDRMFormat>           m_drmFormats;
     bool                              m_hasModifiers = false;