diff --git a/src/renderer/src/Timeline.module.css b/src/renderer/src/Timeline.module.css
index 3dde6026..e1ac918e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/Timeline.module.css
+++ b/src/renderer/src/Timeline.module.css
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
+.time-wrapper {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
 .time {
   background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
   border-radius: 3;
   padding: 2px 4px;
   color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
   transition: opacity 0.2s;
-  pointer-events: auto;
 }
-.time:hover {
-  opacity: 0.1;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/Timeline.tsx b/src/renderer/src/Timeline.tsx
index 2e541611..d3005a1d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/Timeline.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/Timeline.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const CommandedTime = memo(({ commandedTimePercent }: { commandedTimePercent: st
 
 const timelineHeight = 36;
 
-const timeWrapperStyle: CSSProperties = { position: 'absolute', height: timelineHeight, left: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', pointerEvents: 'none' };
+const timeWrapperStyle: CSSProperties = { height: timelineHeight };
 
 function Timeline({
   durationSafe,
@@ -302,7 +302,15 @@ function Timeline({
     window.addEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove);
   }, [getMouseTimelinePos, handleScrub, seekAbs]);
 
+  const timeRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
   const onMouseMove = useCallback<MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>>((e) => {
+    // need to manually check, because we cannot use css :hover when pointer-events: none
+    // and we need pointer-events: none on time because we want to be able to click through it to segments behind (and they are not parent)
+    const rect = timeRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const isInBounds = rect && e.clientX >= rect.left && e.clientX <= rect.right && e.clientY >= rect.top && e.clientY <= rect.bottom;
+    timeRef.current?.style.setProperty('opacity', isInBounds ? '0.2' : '1');
+
     if (!mouseDownRef.current) { // no button pressed
       setHoveringTime(getMouseTimelinePos(e.nativeEvent));
     }
@@ -410,8 +418,8 @@ function Timeline({
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div style={timeWrapperStyle} onWheel={onWheel}>
-        <div className={styles['time']}>
+      <div style={timeWrapperStyle} className={styles['time-wrapper']}>
+        <div className={styles['time']} ref={timeRef}>
           {formatTimeAndFrames(displayTime)}{isZoomed ? ` ${displayTimePercent}` : ''}
         </div>
       </div>