diff --git a/src/game/camera.c b/src/game/camera.c
index 4fa24b35..120d314b 100644
--- a/src/game/camera.c
+++ b/src/game/camera.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "pc/network/network.h"
 #include "pc/lua/smlua_hooks.h"
 #include "pc/djui/djui.h"
+#include "pc/djui/djui_panel_player.h"
 #include "first_person_cam.h"
 
 #define CBUTTON_MASK (U_CBUTTONS | D_CBUTTONS | L_CBUTTONS | R_CBUTTONS)
@@ -3660,7 +3661,7 @@ void zoom_out_if_paused_and_outside(struct GraphNodeCamera *camera) {
         areaMaskIndex = 0;
         areaBit = 0;
     }
-    if (gCameraMovementFlags & CAM_MOVE_PAUSE_SCREEN) {
+    if (gCameraMovementFlags & CAM_MOVE_PAUSE_SCREEN && !gDjuiPanelPlayerCreated) {
         if (sFramesPaused >= 2) {
             if (sZoomOutAreaMasks[areaMaskIndex] & areaBit) {
 
diff --git a/src/pc/djui/djui_panel.c b/src/pc/djui/djui_panel.c
index e29f8de0..9d3ab5ba 100644
--- a/src/pc/djui/djui_panel.c
+++ b/src/pc/djui/djui_panel.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "djui_panel_main.h"
 #include "djui_panel_pause.h"
 #include "djui_panel_join_message.h"
+#include "djui_panel_player.h"
 #include "src/pc/debuglog.h"
 #include "src/pc/utils/misc.h"
 #include "sounds.h"
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ void djui_panel_back(void) {
     play_sound(SOUND_MENU_CLICK_FILE_SELECT, gGlobalSoundSource);
 
     gDjuiPanelJoinMessageVisible = false;
+    gDjuiPanelPlayerCreated = false;
 }
 
 void djui_panel_update(void) {
diff --git a/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_dynos.c b/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_dynos.c
index 4fe037a7..b4e81b17 100644
--- a/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_dynos.c
+++ b/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_dynos.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "pc/network/network.h"
 #include "djui_panel_main.h"
 #include "djui_panel_options.h"
+#include "djui_panel_player.h"
 
 void djui_panel_dynos_create(struct DjuiBase* caller);
 
@@ -72,4 +73,5 @@ void djui_panel_dynos_create(struct DjuiBase* caller) {
     }
 
     djui_panel_add(caller, panel, NULL);
+    gDjuiPanelPlayerCreated = true;
 }
diff --git a/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_player.c b/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_player.c
index 74e28d24..7870512b 100644
--- a/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_player.c
+++ b/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_player.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ static struct DjuiSelectionbox* sPalettePresetSelection;
 static struct DjuiInputbox* sHexColorTextBox;
 static struct DjuiSlider *sSliderR, *sSliderG, *sSliderB;
 
+bool gDjuiPanelPlayerCreated = false;
+
 static void djui_panel_player_edit_palette_update_hex_code_box(void) {
     char buf[7];
     static const char digitToChar[] = "0123456789abcdef";
@@ -337,4 +339,5 @@ void djui_panel_player_create(struct DjuiBase* caller) {
 
     struct DjuiPanel* p = djui_panel_add(caller, panel, NULL);
     p->on_panel_destroy = djui_panel_player_destroy;
+    gDjuiPanelPlayerCreated = true;
 }
diff --git a/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_player.h b/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_player.h
index 0a84adba..4ad66e8d 100644
--- a/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_player.h
+++ b/src/pc/djui/djui_panel_player.h
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "djui.h"
 
+extern bool gDjuiPanelPlayerCreated;
+
 void djui_panel_player_create(struct DjuiBase* caller);