diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Fsr2Controller.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Fsr2Controller.cs
index b5c69aa..a5f4955 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Fsr2Controller.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Fsr2Controller.cs
@@ -248,6 +248,14 @@ namespace FidelityFX
             _renderCamera.rect = _originalRect;
             _renderCamera.ResetProjectionMatrix();
 
+            if (dest != null)
+            {
+                Debug.LogError("FSR2 is not set to output directly to the backbuffer! Please ensure that FSR2 is the final pass in the image effects chain.");
+                Graphics.Blit(src, dest);
+                enabled = false;
+                return;
+            }
+
             _dispatchCommandBuffer.Clear();
             
             // Update the input resource descriptions
@@ -262,25 +270,14 @@ namespace FidelityFX
                 _dispatchDescription.Reactive = Fsr2Pipeline.UavAutoReactive;
             }
 
-            if (dest == null)
-            {
-                // We are rendering to the backbuffer, so we need a temporary render texture for FSR2 to output to
-                _dispatchCommandBuffer.GetTemporaryRT(Fsr2Pipeline.UavUpscaledOutput, _displaySize.x, _displaySize.y, 0, default, DefaultFormat, default, 1, true);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // We have more image effects lined up after this, so FSR2 can output straight to the intermediate render texture
-                _dispatchCommandBuffer.SetGlobalTexture(Fsr2Pipeline.UavUpscaledOutput, dest, RenderTextureSubElement.Color);
-            }
+            // We are rendering to the backbuffer, so we need a temporary render texture for FSR2 to output to
+            _dispatchCommandBuffer.GetTemporaryRT(Fsr2Pipeline.UavUpscaledOutput, _displaySize.x, _displaySize.y, 0, default, DefaultFormat, default, 1, true);
 
             _context.Dispatch(_dispatchDescription, _dispatchCommandBuffer);
 
-            if (dest == null)
-            {
-                // Output the upscaled image to the backbuffer
-                _dispatchCommandBuffer.Blit(Fsr2Pipeline.UavUpscaledOutput, dest);
-                _dispatchCommandBuffer.ReleaseTemporaryRT(Fsr2Pipeline.UavUpscaledOutput);
-            }
+            // Output the upscaled image to the backbuffer
+            _dispatchCommandBuffer.Blit(Fsr2Pipeline.UavUpscaledOutput, dest);
+            _dispatchCommandBuffer.ReleaseTemporaryRT(Fsr2Pipeline.UavUpscaledOutput);
 
             if (autoGenerateReactiveMask)
             {