diff --git a/src/frontend/index.scss b/src/frontend/index.scss
index 9807f32..af2312b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/index.scss
+++ b/src/frontend/index.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
     font-display: swap;
 }
 
+/* CSS Variables */
+:root {
+    --embeddable-pointer-events: all;
+}
+
 /* Override Excalidraw styles */
 
 body {
@@ -77,6 +82,6 @@ body {
 
 .excalidraw__embeddable__outer { /* 3rd layer */
     padding: 0px !important;
-    pointer-events: all !important;
+    pointer-events: var(--embeddable-pointer-events, all) !important;
     display: flex;
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomEmbeddableRenderer.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomEmbeddableRenderer.tsx
index ee65e42..9e6bb87 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomEmbeddableRenderer.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomEmbeddableRenderer.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { debounce } from './utils/debounce';
 import type { NonDeleted, ExcalidrawEmbeddableElement } from '@atyrode/excalidraw/element/types';
 import type { AppState } from '@atyrode/excalidraw/types';
 import {
@@ -85,3 +86,24 @@ export const renderCustomEmbeddable = (
     );
   }
 };
+
+// Track scrolling state
+let isScrolling = false;
+
+export const lockEmbeddables = () => {
+  if (!isScrolling) {
+    isScrolling = true;
+    // Set pointer-events to none during scrolling
+    document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--embeddable-pointer-events', 'none');
+  }
+  
+  // Reset the pointer-events after scrolling stops
+  debouncedScrollEnd();
+};
+
+// Create a debounced function to detect when scrolling ends
+const debouncedScrollEnd = debounce(() => {
+  isScrolling = false;
+  // Set pointer-events back to all when not scrolling
+  document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--embeddable-pointer-events', 'all');
+}, 150); // 150ms debounce seems reasonable, but can be adjusted as needed
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/ExcalidrawWrapper.tsx b/src/frontend/src/ExcalidrawWrapper.tsx
index 0d084c8..b2095e1 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/ExcalidrawWrapper.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/ExcalidrawWrapper.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { ExcalidrawImperativeAPI } from '@atyrode/excalidraw/types';
 import type { NonDeletedExcalidrawElement } from '@atyrode/excalidraw/element/types';
 import type { AppState } from '@atyrode/excalidraw/types';
 import { MainMenuConfig } from './ui/MainMenu';
-import { renderCustomEmbeddable } from './CustomEmbeddableRenderer';
+import { lockEmbeddables, renderCustomEmbeddable } from './CustomEmbeddableRenderer';
 import AuthDialog from './ui/AuthDialog';
 import BackupsModal from './ui/BackupsDialog';
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ interface ExcalidrawWrapperProps {
   setExcalidrawAPI: (api: ExcalidrawImperativeAPI) => void;
   initialData?: any;
   onChange: (elements: NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[], state: AppState) => void;
+  onScrollChange: (scrollX: number, scrollY: number) => void;
   MainMenu: any;
   renderTopRightUI?: () => React.ReactNode;
   isAuthenticated?: boolean | null;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export const ExcalidrawWrapper: React.FC<ExcalidrawWrapperProps> = ({
   setExcalidrawAPI,
   initialData,
   onChange,
+  onScrollChange,
   MainMenu,
   renderTopRightUI,
   isAuthenticated = null,
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ export const ExcalidrawWrapper: React.FC<ExcalidrawWrapperProps> = ({
         initialData: initialData ?? defaultInitialData,
         onChange: onChange,
         name: "Pad.ws",
+        onScrollChange: lockEmbeddables,
         validateEmbeddable: true,
         renderEmbeddable: (element, appState) => renderCustomEmbeddable(element, appState, excalidrawAPI),
         renderTopRightUI: renderTopRightUI ?? (() => (