diff --git a/src/spice2x/overlay/imgui/impl_spice.cpp b/src/spice2x/overlay/imgui/impl_spice.cpp
index f4f03b5..09ac99e 100644
--- a/src/spice2x/overlay/imgui/impl_spice.cpp
+++ b/src/spice2x/overlay/imgui/impl_spice.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "touch/touch.h"
 #include "util/logging.h"
 #include "util/utils.h"
+#include "hooks/graphics/graphics.h"
 
 #if !defined(IMGUI_ENABLE_WIN32_DEFAULT_IME_FUNCTIONS) || \
     !defined(IMGUI_DISABLE_DEFAULT_ALLOCATORS) || \
@@ -175,10 +176,22 @@ static void ImGui_ImplSpice_UpdateMousePos() {
                     static_cast<int>(pos.y / io.DisplaySize.y * window_size.y));
         }
 
+        const auto active_window = ::GetForegroundWindow();
+
+        // if the main focus is a windowed subscreen, put the imgui cursor in a place that won't
+        // trigger any overlay, don't process anything else
+        const auto is_windowed_subscreen = 
+            (GRAPHICS_IIDX_WSUB && active_window == TDJ_SUBSCREEN_WINDOW) ||
+            (active_window == SDVX_SUBSCREEN_WINDOW);
+        if (is_windowed_subscreen) {
+            io.MousePos = ImVec2(-FLT_MAX, -FLT_MAX);
+            return;
+        }
+
         // set mouse position
         io.MousePos = ImVec2(-FLT_MAX, -FLT_MAX);
         POINT pos;
-        if (HWND active_window = ::GetForegroundWindow()) {
+        if (active_window) {
             if (active_window == g_hWnd
             || ::IsChild(active_window, g_hWnd)
             || ::IsChild(g_hWnd, active_window)
diff --git a/src/spice2x/touch/touch.cpp b/src/spice2x/touch/touch.cpp
index fbea901..13f4172 100644
--- a/src/spice2x/touch/touch.cpp
+++ b/src/spice2x/touch/touch.cpp
@@ -240,8 +240,11 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK SpiceTouchWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LP
         rawinput::touch::display_update();
     }
 
+    const auto is_windowed_sub =
+        (GRAPHICS_IIDX_WSUB && hWnd == TDJ_SUBSCREEN_WINDOW) || (hWnd == SDVX_SUBSCREEN_WINDOW);
+
     if (msg == WM_CLOSE) { 
-        if ((GRAPHICS_IIDX_WSUB && hWnd == TDJ_SUBSCREEN_WINDOW) || (hWnd == SDVX_SUBSCREEN_WINDOW)) {
+        if (is_windowed_sub) {
             log_misc("touch", "ignore WM_CLOSE for subscreen window");
             return false;
         }
@@ -461,11 +464,14 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK SpiceTouchWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LP
     };
 
     // check if imgui is handling this mouse event
-    if (overlay::OVERLAY != nullptr && overlay::OVERLAY->get_active() && ImGui::GetIO().WantCaptureMouse) {
+    if (is_windowed_sub) {
+        // do nothing, don't let imgui hijack clicks on the sub window
+        result.action = ACTION_PASS;
+
+    } else if (overlay::OVERLAY != nullptr && overlay::OVERLAY->get_active() && ImGui::GetIO().WantCaptureMouse) {
         result.action = ACTION_RETURN_DEFAULT;
 
     } else if (TOUCH_HANDLER != nullptr) {
-
         // call touch handler
         TOUCH_HANDLER->handle_message(result, hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
     }