diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 4e2f208..2b2ab23 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 * bumps lightkurve to 2.5.0 to include upstream bug fixes. [#132]
 
+* Improve scatter viewer and mouseover performance. [#137]
+
 
 0.4.2 (07.23.2024)
 ------------------
diff --git a/lcviz/plugins/coords_info/coords_info.py b/lcviz/plugins/coords_info/coords_info.py
index 2f4c570..33f3956 100644
--- a/lcviz/plugins/coords_info/coords_info.py
+++ b/lcviz/plugins/coords_info/coords_info.py
@@ -89,10 +89,7 @@ def _cursor_fallback():
             if self.dataset.selected != 'auto' and self.dataset.selected != lyr.layer.label:
                 continue
 
-            # glue-jupyter 1.18 changed from lyr.scatter to lyr.scatter_mark
-            # TODO: once glue-jupyter is pinned to 1.18 or later, update this to:
-            # scatter = lyr.scatter_mark
-            scatter = getattr(lyr, 'scatter_mark', getattr(lyr, 'scatter', None))
+            scatter = lyr.scatter_mark
             lyr_x, lyr_y = scatter.x, scatter.y
             if not len(lyr_x):
                 continue
diff --git a/lcviz/viewers.py b/lcviz/viewers.py
index a2e7910..1d0e74d 100644
--- a/lcviz/viewers.py
+++ b/lcviz/viewers.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ def _apply_layer_defaults(self, layer_state):
         if getattr(layer_state.layer, 'meta', {}).get('Plugin', None) == 'Binning':
             # increased size of binned results, by default
             layer_state.size = 5
+        layer_state.points_mode = 'markers'
 
     def set_plot_axes(self):
         # set which components should be plotted