diff --git a/frontend/src/view-file-text.js b/frontend/src/view-file-text.js
index a39e3d0c6c..3655811b63 100644
--- a/frontend/src/view-file-text.js
+++ b/frontend/src/view-file-text.js
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ const options = {
   theme: 'default',
   textWrapping: true,
   lineWrapping: true,
-  readOnly: 'nocursor'
+  readOnly: true,
+  cursorBlinkRate: -1 // hide the cursor
 };
 
 class ViewFileText extends React.Component {