diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
index f436c53f9..05fd19c23 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ export default function GenericNode({
               <IconComponent
                 name={data.node?.flow ? "Ungroup" : name}
                 className={
-                  "generic-node-icon" +
-                  (!showNode && "absolute inset-x-6 h-12 w-12")
+                  "generic-node-icon " +
+                  (!showNode ? "absolute inset-x-6 h-12 w-12" : "")
                 }
                 iconColor={`${nodeColors[types[data.type]]}`}
               />
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/textAreaComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/textAreaComponent/index.tsx
index 48b466029..efb7469c0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/textAreaComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/textAreaComponent/index.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ export default function TextAreaComponent({
   }, [disabled]);
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex w-full items-center">
+    <div
+      className={
+        "flex w-full items-center " + (disabled ? "pointer-events-none" : "")
+      }
+    >
       <GenericModal
         type={TypeModal.TEXT}
         buttonText="Finishing Editing"