diff --git a/src/PowderToySDL.cpp b/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
index ce0770ffc..bcec22e4e 100644
--- a/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
+++ b/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
@@ -406,11 +406,11 @@ void EventProcess(SDL_Event event)
 		// if mouse hasn't moved yet, sdl will send 0,0. We don't want that
 		if (hasMouseMoved)
 		{
-			mousex = event.motion.x;
-			mousey = event.motion.y;
+			mousex = event.button.x;
+			mousey = event.button.y;
 		}
 		mouseButton = event.button.button;
-		engine->onMouseClick(event.motion.x, event.motion.y, mouseButton);
+		engine->onMouseClick(mousex, mousey, mouseButton);
 
 		mouseDown = true;
 #if !defined(NDEBUG) && !defined(DEBUG)
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ void EventProcess(SDL_Event event)
 		// if mouse hasn't moved yet, sdl will send 0,0. We don't want that
 		if (hasMouseMoved)
 		{
-			mousex = event.motion.x;
-			mousey = event.motion.y;
+			mousex = event.button.x;
+			mousey = event.button.y;
 		}
 		mouseButton = event.button.button;
 		engine->onMouseUnclick(mousex, mousey, mouseButton);
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ void EventProcess(SDL_Event event)
 			{
 				//initial mouse coords, sdl won't tell us this if mouse hasn't moved
 				CalculateMousePosition(&mousex, &mousey);
+				engine->initialMouse(mousex, mousey);
 				engine->onMouseMove(mousex, mousey);
 				calculatedInitialMouse = true;
 			}
diff --git a/src/gui/interface/Engine.cpp b/src/gui/interface/Engine.cpp
index 9217dd28f..1d92fb937 100644
--- a/src/gui/interface/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/interface/Engine.cpp
@@ -276,6 +276,12 @@ void Engine::onMouseUnclick(int x, int y, unsigned button)
 		state_->DoMouseUp(x, y, button);
 }
 
+void Engine::initialMouse(int x, int y)
+{
+	mousexp_ = x;
+	mouseyp_ = y;
+}
+
 void Engine::onMouseMove(int x, int y)
 {
 	mousex_ = x;
diff --git a/src/gui/interface/Engine.h b/src/gui/interface/Engine.h
index 9ddf9e2b6..28e14052b 100644
--- a/src/gui/interface/Engine.h
+++ b/src/gui/interface/Engine.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace ui
 		void ShowWindow(Window * window);
 		int CloseWindow();
 
+		void initialMouse(int x, int y);
 		void onMouseMove(int x, int y);
 		void onMouseClick(int x, int y, unsigned button);
 		void onMouseUnclick(int x, int y, unsigned button);