diff --git a/app/src/main/scala/app/logorrr/views/block/ChunkListCell.scala b/app/src/main/scala/app/logorrr/views/block/ChunkListCell.scala
index a911f7a1..29d974ee 100644
--- a/app/src/main/scala/app/logorrr/views/block/ChunkListCell.scala
+++ b/app/src/main/scala/app/logorrr/views/block/ChunkListCell.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package app.logorrr.views.block
 
 import app.logorrr.model.LogEntry
-import app.logorrr.util.{CanLog, JfxUtils}
+import app.logorrr.util.{CanLog, JfxUtils, OsUtil}
 import app.logorrr.views.search.Filter
 import javafx.animation.{KeyFrame, Timeline}
 import javafx.beans.property.{ReadOnlyDoubleProperty, SimpleIntegerProperty}
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ class ChunkListCell(selectedLineNumberProperty: SimpleIntegerProperty
     }
   }
 
-  setOnMouseMoved(mouseMovedHandler)
+  // see #262 - until this is fixed don't activate the mousemoved handler on windows
+  if (OsUtil.isMac) {
+    setOnMouseMoved(mouseMovedHandler)
+  }
   setOnMouseClicked(mouseClickedHandler)