diff --git a/src/Engine/Components/Trace/EngineTracePlayer.cpp b/src/Engine/Components/Trace/EngineTracePlayer.cpp
index ef2d50eb3670..7d0a4671ab5e 100644
--- a/src/Engine/Components/Trace/EngineTracePlayer.cpp
+++ b/src/Engine/Components/Trace/EngineTracePlayer.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ void EngineTracePlayer::playTrace(EngineController *game, const std::string &sav
     checkSaveFileSize(_trace->header.saveFileSize);
 
     game->resizeWindow(640, 480);
+    engine->config->window.MouseGrab.setValue(false);
+    engine->config->debug.NoVideo.setValue(true);
     game->tick();
 
     EngineTraceStateAccessor::patchConfig(engine->config.get(), _trace->header.config);
diff --git a/src/Engine/Components/Trace/EngineTraceRecorder.cpp b/src/Engine/Components/Trace/EngineTraceRecorder.cpp
index 7ad81201fcdd..febd14e2e560 100644
--- a/src/Engine/Components/Trace/EngineTraceRecorder.cpp
+++ b/src/Engine/Components/Trace/EngineTraceRecorder.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ void EngineTraceRecorder::startRecording(EngineController *game, const std::stri
     _trace = std::make_unique<EventTrace>();
 
     game->resizeWindow(640, 480);
+    engine->config->window.MouseGrab.setValue(false); // TODO(captainurist): move all of this, including resetForTest(), into a single place.
+    engine->config->debug.NoVideo.setValue(true);
     game->tick();
 
     int frameTimeMs = engine->config->debug.TraceFrameTimeMs.value();