diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts
index f815edfc9..8f4ead199 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
         this.$tree.fancytree({
             titlesTabbable: true,
             keyboard: true,
+            toggleEffect: false,
             extensions: ["dnd5", "clones", "filter"],
             source: treeData,
             scrollOfs: {