diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/SafeScrollPane.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/SafeScrollPane.java
index ac8727895..0425fbf0f 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/SafeScrollPane.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/SafeScrollPane.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 //
-// $Id: SafeScrollPane.java,v 1.4 2002/10/06 20:57:36 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SafeScrollPane.java,v 1.5 2002/11/05 05:51:18 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
 import java.awt.Component;
+import java.awt.Point;
 
+import javax.swing.JComponent;
 import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
 import javax.swing.JViewport;
 
@@ -24,7 +26,20 @@ public class SafeScrollPane extends JScrollPane
 
     protected JViewport createViewport ()
     {
-        JViewport vp = new JViewport();
+        JViewport vp = new JViewport() {
+            public void setViewPosition (Point p) {
+                super.setViewPosition(p);
+                // simple scroll mode results in setViewPosition causing
+                // our view to become invalid, but nothing ever happens to
+                // queue up a revalidate for said view, so we have to do
+                // it here
+                Component c = getView();
+                if (c instanceof JComponent) {
+                    System.out.println("Revalidating " + c);
+                    ((JComponent)c).revalidate();
+                }
+            }
+        };
         vp.setScrollMode(JViewport.SIMPLE_SCROLL_MODE);
         return vp;
     }