diff --git a/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/ChartEditorState.hx b/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/ChartEditorState.hx
index e725b771e..2b27fc990 100644
--- a/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/ChartEditorState.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/ChartEditorState.hx
@@ -3534,7 +3534,7 @@ class ChartEditorState extends UIState // UIState derives from MusicBeatState
 
     // Show the mouse cursor.
     // Just throwing this somewhere convenient and infrequently called because sometimes Flixel's debug thing hides the cursor.
-    Cursor.show();
+    if (this.subState == null) Cursor.show();
 
     return true;
   }
@@ -6181,6 +6181,8 @@ class ChartEditorState extends UIState // UIState derives from MusicBeatState
     this.persistentDraw = false;
     stopWelcomeMusic();
 
+    Cursor.hide();
+
     LoadingState.loadPlayState(targetStateParams, false, true, function(targetState) {
       targetState.vocals = audioVocalTrackGroup;
     });
@@ -6583,6 +6585,8 @@ class ChartEditorState extends UIState // UIState derives from MusicBeatState
 
     fadeInWelcomeMusic(WELCOME_MUSIC_FADE_IN_DELAY, WELCOME_MUSIC_FADE_IN_DURATION);
 
+    Cursor.show();
+
     // Reapply the volume and playback rate.
     var instTargetVolume:Float = (menubarItemVolumeInstrumental.value / 100.0) ?? 1.0;
     var vocalPlayerTargetVolume:Float = (menubarItemVolumeVocalsPlayer.value / 100.0) ?? 1.0;