diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss
index 2b31e2dcb5c..f3c1fc375a8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
       top: 0;
       bottom: 0;
       background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba($base-shadow-color, .75), rgba($base-shadow-color, .65) 24px, rgba($base-shadow-color, .8));
+      pointer-events: none;
       content: "";
     }