diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index d893a358367..b390a8a8e54 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -1605,6 +1605,7 @@
     background: rgb(from $ui-highlight-color r g b / 20%);
     opacity: 0;
     animation: fade 0.7s reverse both 0.3s;
+    pointer-events: none;
   }
 }