diff --git a/ext/fg/js/frontend.js b/ext/fg/js/frontend.js
index 2adbde36..9ec66fb1 100644
--- a/ext/fg/js/frontend.js
+++ b/ext/fg/js/frontend.js
@@ -185,10 +185,6 @@ class Frontend {
             type,
             {definitions, context: {sentence, url, focus, disableHistory: true}}
         );
-
-        if (this.options.scanning.selectText) {
-            textSource.select();
-        }
     }
 
     async findTerms(textSource) {
diff --git a/ext/mixed/js/text-scanner.js b/ext/mixed/js/text-scanner.js
index fc57d6c3..0adcc0bd 100644
--- a/ext/mixed/js/text-scanner.js
+++ b/ext/mixed/js/text-scanner.js
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ class TextScanner {
         const results = await this.publish('textSearch', {textSource, cause});
         if (results.some((r) => r)) {
             this.textSourceCurrent = textSource;
+            if (this.options.scanning.selectText) {
+                textSource.select();
+            }
         }
         this.pendingLookup = false;
     }