diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/components/tooltip/index.tsx b/libs/shared/lib/components/tooltip/index.tsx
index 1234d0eae7f54caf9e15d608819ed2851a5e0fe4..6c5a62d3514ae42afa899f797937ce90246a0102 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/components/tooltip/index.tsx
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/components/tooltip/index.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ export interface BarTooltipProps {
 
 export const BarPlotTooltip = ({ x, y, children }: BarTooltipProps) => {
   return (
-    <div className="absolute font-sans bg-light border border-secondary text-secondary p-2" style={{ left: `${x}px`, top: `${y}px` }}>
+    <div
+      className="absolute font-sans bg-light border border-secondary text-secondary p-2 pointer-events-none"
+      style={{ left: `${x}px`, top: `${y}px` }}
+    >
       {children}
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPixi.tsx b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPixi.tsx
index 4bc162f306f020d231440af7e9add012c97875f5..257e6c3e5284acb8676bbe55b88a0fd0a6fd15c6 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPixi.tsx
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPixi.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type Props = {
   highlightedLinks?: LinkType[];
   graph?: GraphType;
   layoutAlgorithm: string;
+  showPopupsOnHover: boolean;
 };
 
 type LayoutState = 'reset' | 'running' | 'paused';
@@ -32,15 +33,19 @@ export const NLPixi = (props: Props) => {
   const [quickPopup, setQuickPopup] = useState<{ node: NodeType; pos: IPointData } | undefined>();
   const [popups, setPopups] = useState<{ node: NodeType; pos: IPointData }[]>([]);
 
-  const app = useMemo(()=>new Application({
-    background: 0xffffff,
-    antialias: true,
-    autoDensity: true,
-    eventMode: 'auto',
-    resolution: window.devicePixelRatio || 1,
-  }), []);
-  const nodeLayer = useMemo(()=>new Container(), []);
-  const linkLayer = useMemo(()=>new Container(), []);
+  const app = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      new Application({
+        background: 0xffffff,
+        antialias: true,
+        autoDensity: true,
+        eventMode: 'auto',
+        resolution: window.devicePixelRatio || 1,
+      }),
+    [],
+  );
+  const nodeLayer = useMemo(() => new Container(), []);
+  const linkLayer = useMemo(() => new Container(), []);
 
   const nodeMap = useRef(new Map<string, Graphics>());
   const linkMap = useRef(new Map<string, Graphics>());
@@ -620,7 +625,7 @@ export const NLPixi = (props: Props) => {
   return (
     <>
       {mouseInCanvas.current && popups.map((popup) => <NLPopup onClose={() => {}} data={popup} key={popup.node._id} />)}
-      {quickPopup && <NLPopup onClose={() => {}} data={quickPopup} />}
+      {props.showPopupsOnHover && quickPopup && <NLPopup onClose={() => {}} data={quickPopup} />}
       <div
         className="h-full w-full overflow-hidden"
         ref={ref}
diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPopup.tsx b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPopup.tsx
index 679486e82c93eee1faab5aa5c73a965607838d3a..2ff3cd5f6eac05f8a3ad84a1157c2c3425c0b0dc 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPopup.tsx
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPopup.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const NLPopup = (props: NodelinkPopupProps) => {
 
   return (
     <div
-      className="absolute card card-bordered z-50 bg-light rounded-none text-[0.9rem] min-w-[10rem]"
+      className="absolute card card-bordered z-50 bg-light rounded-none text-[0.9rem] min-w-[10rem] pointer-events-none"
       // style={{ top: props.data.pos.y + 10, left: props.data.pos.x + 10 }}
       style={{ transform: 'translate(' + (props.data.pos.x + 20) + 'px, ' + (props.data.pos.y + 10) + 'px)' }}
     >
diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/nodelinkvis.tsx b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/nodelinkvis.tsx
index 0da30d6a183f46fcf76bb412f7c8958a85cf4e60..2bdf3c3c686a2fd4f99faba6859ffd39df223979 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/nodelinkvis.tsx
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/nodelinkvis.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export interface NodelinkVisProps {
 
 const configuration: NodelinkVisProps = {
   layout: Layouts.FORCEATLAS2WEBWORKER as string,
-  showPopUpOnHover: true,
+  showPopUpOnHover: false,
   shapes: {
     similar: true,
     shape: 'circle',
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ export const NodeLinkVis = React.memo(({ data, ml, dispatch, configuration, hand
         onClickedNode(event, ml);
       }}
       layoutAlgorithm={configuration.layout}
+      showPopupsOnHover={configuration.showPopUpOnHover}
     />
   );
 });