diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9fea113..448a12b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(
   }
 
   ShowWindow(wnd, nShowCmd);
+  SetCursor(NULL);
 
   if (!CxbxrExec(wnd, cxbxPath, xbePath)) {
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/wndproc.cpp b/src/wndproc.cpp
index d668d28..4b10deb 100644
--- a/src/wndproc.cpp
+++ b/src/wndproc.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ LRESULT WINAPI MainWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 
         HANDLE remoteThread = CreateRemoteThread(g_cxbxHandle, NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE) loadLibraryFunc, remoteMem, NULL, NULL);
         CloseHandle(remoteThread);
+
+        LPVOID setCursorFunc = (LPVOID) GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle(TEXT("user32.dll")), "SetCursor");
+        DWORD nullCursor = 0;
+        HANDLE cursorThread = CreateRemoteThread(g_cxbxHandle, NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE) setCursorFunc, &nullCursor, NULL, NULL);
+        CloseHandle(cursorThread);
         return 0;
       }
       break;