diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.tsx b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.tsx
index 7d3675ac2..d2d000d87 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/Teleprompter.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { OntimeView } from 'ontime-types';
-import { type CSSProperties, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { type CSSProperties, useState } from 'react';
 
 import EmptyPage from '../../common/components/state/EmptyPage';
 import ViewParamsEditor from '../../common/components/view-params-editor/ViewParamsEditor';
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export default function TeleprompterLoader() {
 }
 
 function Teleprompter({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields }: TeleprompterData) {
+  'use memo';
+
   const options = useTeleprompterOptions();
   const selectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
   // the shared "Flip Screen" toggle from the navigation menu
@@ -48,28 +50,15 @@ function Teleprompter({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields }: TeleprompterDa
   const [flipV, setFlipV] = useState(options.flipV);
   const [showHelp, setShowHelp] = useState(false);
 
-  const viewOptions = useMemo(() => getTeleprompterOptions(customFields), [customFields]);
+  const viewOptions = getTeleprompterOptions(customFields);
 
-  const blocks = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      buildScript(rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields, {
-        scriptSource: options.scriptSource,
-        heading: options.heading,
-        hideEmpty: options.hideEmpty,
-        hidePast: options.hidePast,
-        showGroups: options.showGroups,
-      }),
-    [
-      rundown,
-      rundownMetadata,
-      customFields,
-      options.scriptSource,
-      options.heading,
-      options.hideEmpty,
-      options.hidePast,
-      options.showGroups,
-    ],
-  );
+  const blocks = buildScript(rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields, {
+    scriptSource: options.scriptSource,
+    heading: options.heading,
+    hideEmpty: options.hideEmpty,
+    hidePast: options.hidePast,
+    showGroups: options.showGroups,
+  });
 
   const {
     scrollerRef,
@@ -90,20 +79,17 @@ function Teleprompter({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields }: TeleprompterDa
     blocks,
   });
 
-  const handleFlip = useCallback((axis: 'h' | 'v') => {
+  const handleFlip = (axis: 'h' | 'v') => {
     if (axis === 'h') {
       setFlipH((current) => !current);
     } else {
       setFlipV((current) => !current);
     }
-  }, []);
+  };
 
-  const handleFontSize = useCallback((delta: number) => {
-    setFontScale((current) => clampFontScale(current + delta));
-  }, []);
-
-  const handleResetFontSize = useCallback(() => setFontScale(1), []);
-  const handleToggleHelp = useCallback(() => setShowHelp((current) => !current), []);
+  const handleFontSize = (delta: number) => setFontScale((current) => clampFontScale(current + delta));
+  const handleResetFontSize = () => setFontScale(1);
+  const handleToggleHelp = () => setShowHelp((current) => !current);
 
   useTeleprompterControls({
     controller,
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/script-block/ScriptBlock.tsx b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/script-block/ScriptBlock.tsx
index 7d573a568..6e418e67f 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/script-block/ScriptBlock.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/script-block/ScriptBlock.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { memo, useCallback } from 'react';
-
 import type { ScriptBlock } from '../teleprompter.types';
 
 interface ScriptBlockProps {
@@ -7,16 +5,18 @@ interface ScriptBlockProps {
   registerRef: (id: string, element: HTMLElement | null) => void;
 }
 
-export default memo(ScriptBlockView);
-
-function ScriptBlockView({ block, registerRef }: ScriptBlockProps) {
-  // the id is bound here rather than by the parent so that the callback stays
-  // stable: React re-runs a ref callback whenever its identity changes, which
-  // would unregister and re-register every block on every parent render
-  const setRef = useCallback((element: HTMLElement | null) => registerRef(block.id, element), [block.id, registerRef]);
+export default function ScriptBlockView({ block, registerRef }: ScriptBlockProps) {
+  'use memo';
 
   return (
-    <section className='teleprompter__block' ref={setRef} data-loaded={block.isLoaded || undefined}>
+    // the id is bound here rather than by the parent so the compiler can keep
+    // the callback stable: React re-runs a ref callback whenever its identity
+    // changes, which would unregister every block on every parent render
+    <section
+      className='teleprompter__block'
+      ref={(element) => registerRef(block.id, element)}
+      data-loaded={block.isLoaded || undefined}
+    >
       {block.groupTitle && <div className='teleprompter__group'>{block.groupTitle}</div>}
       {block.heading && <h2 className='teleprompter__heading'>{block.heading}</h2>}
       {/* the script is user data, it is rendered as text and never as markup */}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/useTeleprompterScroll.ts b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/useTeleprompterScroll.ts
index a8aee786e..c148cbaf9 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/useTeleprompterScroll.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/teleprompter/useTeleprompterScroll.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ interface UseTeleprompterScrollArgs {
   selectedEventId: string | null;
   /** percentage from the top of the screen */
   readingLinePos: number;
-  /** the rendered document, watched so a follow can retarget once blocks remount */
+  /** the rendered document, watched so a follow can retarget once its block exists */
   blocks: ScriptBlock[];
 }
 
@@ -234,6 +234,16 @@ export function useTeleprompterScroll({
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- autoplay is a starting condition, not a live one
   }, []);
 
+  /**
+   * Whether the loaded event currently has a block to scroll to.
+   *
+   * The follow watches this rather than the blocks array, because memoisation is
+   * a performance hint that React is free to discard: keying off array identity
+   * would let a rebuilt but otherwise identical list re-fire the jump and yank
+   * the script back while it is being read.
+   */
+  const hasSelectedBlock = selectedEventId !== null && blocks.some((block) => block.id === selectedEventId);
+
   // follow the loaded event
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!followLoaded || followLocked || !selectedEventId) return;
@@ -250,7 +260,7 @@ export function useTeleprompterScroll({
     catchUpTargetRef.current = clamp(top, 0, Math.max(maxScrollRef.current, 0));
     setAtEnd(false);
     ensureLoop();
-  }, [selectedEventId, followLoaded, followLocked, readingLinePos, blocks, ensureLoop]);
+  }, [selectedEventId, followLoaded, followLocked, readingLinePos, hasSelectedBlock, ensureLoop]);
 
   const lockFollow = useMemo(() => throttle(() => setFollowLocked(true), FOLLOW_LOCK_THROTTLE), []);