diff --git a/source/application.cpp b/source/application.cpp
index 467d200..1b34d1d 100644
--- a/source/application.cpp
+++ b/source/application.cpp
@@ -1485,12 +1485,13 @@ namespace gmtk
 
 			if (!view_transition_)
 			{
-				map_.world.apply<item const>([&](ecs::handle entity, item const & i)
-				{
-					auto box = geom::expand(geom::box<float, 2>::singleton(position(map_.world, i)), scale(map_.world, i) / 9.f);
-					if (geom::contains(box, mouse_world_))
-						selected_item_ = entity;
-				});
+				if (geom::contains(geom::shrink(view_box_[0], (view_box_[0].length() - view_box_[1].length()) / 2.f), mouse_world_[0]))
+					map_.world.apply<item const>([&](ecs::handle entity, item const & i)
+					{
+						auto box = geom::expand(geom::box<float, 2>::singleton(position(map_.world, i)), scale(map_.world, i) / 9.f);
+						if (geom::contains(box, mouse_world_))
+							selected_item_ = entity;
+					});
 
 				if (selected_item_ && item_killing_spree_)
 				{