diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f21fe2cf..6252e9a2a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## version 2.54.0 - 2024/06/06
+* Fixed a big bug where clicking on tips (and shift-clicking on branches) on the RHS tree in a tanglegram would bring up a modal detailing a node in the LHS tree. ([#1783](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/1783))
+* Fixed a small bug where branch labels prevented you from hovering on the branch itself, a situation that was more common in tangletrees. ([#1783](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/1783))
+
 
+## version 2.54.0 - 2024/06/06
 
 * Add a link-out to use datasets in Nextclade (this functionality is only enabled when running within the larger nextstrain.org ecosystem.)
 This builds on functionality introduced in [Nextclade 3.7.0](https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/tag/3.7.0) allowing an Auspice dataset to be used as a nextclade dataset so that users can then add new sequences (via drag-and-drop) and see them placed on the tree. ([#1776](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/1776))
diff --git a/src/components/tree/infoPanels/click.js b/src/components/tree/infoPanels/click.js
index dc21c7281..7d5b8ef9f 100644
--- a/src/components/tree/infoPanels/click.js
+++ b/src/components/tree/infoPanels/click.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { numericToCalendar } from "../../../util/dateHelpers";
 import { getTraitFromNode, getFullAuthorInfoFromNode, getVaccineFromNode,
   getAccessionFromNode, getUrlFromNode } from "../../../util/treeMiscHelpers";
 import { MutationTable } from "./MutationTable";
+import { lhsTreeId} from "../tree";
 
 export const styles = {
   container: {
@@ -234,16 +235,21 @@ const Trait = ({node, trait, colorings, isTerminal}) => {
  * A React component to display information about a tree tip in a modal-overlay style
  * @param  {Object}   props
  * @param  {Object}   props.selectedNode
- * @param  {Object[]} props.nodes
+ * @param  {Object[]} props.nodesLhsTree
+ * @param  {Object[]|undefined} props.nodesRhsTree
  * @param  {function} props.clearSelectedNode
  * @param  {Object}   props.colorings
  * @param  {Object}   props.observedMutations
  * @param  {function} props.geneSortFn
  * @param  {function} props.t
  */
-const NodeClickedPanel = ({selectedNode, nodes, clearSelectedNode, colorings, observedMutations, geneSortFn, t}) => {
+const NodeClickedPanel = ({selectedNode, nodesLhsTree, nodesRhsTree, clearSelectedNode, colorings, observedMutations, geneSortFn, t}) => {
   if (!selectedNode) return null;
-  const node = nodes[selectedNode.idx];
+  const node = (selectedNode.treeId===lhsTreeId ? nodesLhsTree : nodesRhsTree)?.[selectedNode.idx];
+  if (!node) {
+    console.error('Internal error retrieving selected node');
+    return null;
+  }
   const panelStyle = { ...infoPanelStyles.panel};
   panelStyle.maxHeight = "70%";
   const isTerminal = !node.hasChildren;
diff --git a/src/components/tree/phyloTree/labels.js b/src/components/tree/phyloTree/labels.js
index de9a0e1b2..31fe9db88 100644
--- a/src/components/tree/phyloTree/labels.js
+++ b/src/components/tree/phyloTree/labels.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export const updateTipLabels = function updateTipLabels(dt) {
         .text((d) => tLFunc(d))
         .attr("class", "tipLabel")
         .style("font-size", fontSize.toString() + "px")
+        .style("pointer-events", "none")
         .style("visibility", (d) => (d.visibility === NODE_VISIBLE ? "visible" : "hidden"));
     }, dt);
   }
diff --git a/src/components/tree/reactD3Interface/callbacks.js b/src/components/tree/reactD3Interface/callbacks.js
index 139bfdadc..0ecc3fc85 100644
--- a/src/components/tree/reactD3Interface/callbacks.js
+++ b/src/components/tree/reactD3Interface/callbacks.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const onTipClick = function onTipClick(d) {
   /* The order of these two dispatches is important: the reducer handling
   `SELECT_NODE` must have access to the filtering state _prior_ to these filters
   being applied */
-  this.props.dispatch({type: SELECT_NODE, name: d.n.name, idx: d.n.arrayIdx, isBranch: false});
+  this.props.dispatch({type: SELECT_NODE, name: d.n.name, idx: d.n.arrayIdx, isBranch: false, treeId: d.that.id});
   this.props.dispatch(applyFilter("add", strainSymbol, [d.n.name]));
 };
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const onBranchClick = function onBranchClick(d) {
   /* if a branch was clicked while holding the shift key, we instead display a node-clicked modal */
   if (window.event.shiftKey) {
     // no need to dispatch a filter action
-    this.props.dispatch({type: SELECT_NODE, name: d.n.name, idx: d.n.arrayIdx, isBranch: true})
+    this.props.dispatch({type: SELECT_NODE, name: d.n.name, idx: d.n.arrayIdx, isBranch: true, treeId: d.that.id})
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/tree/tree.js b/src/components/tree/tree.js
index f91040fa4..5c358d94f 100644
--- a/src/components/tree/tree.js
+++ b/src/components/tree/tree.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import { untangleTreeToo } from "./tangle/untangling";
 import { sortByGeneOrder } from "../../util/treeMiscHelpers";
 
 export const spaceBetweenTrees = 100;
+export const lhsTreeId = "LEFT";
+const rhsTreeId = "RIGHT";
 
 class Tree extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ class Tree extends React.Component {
   setUpAndRenderTreeToo(props, newState) {
     /* this.setState(newState) will be run sometime after this returns */
     /* modifies newState in place */
-    newState.treeToo = new PhyloTree(props.treeToo.nodes, "RIGHT", props.treeToo.idxOfInViewRootNode);
+    newState.treeToo = new PhyloTree(props.treeToo.nodes, rhsTreeId, props.treeToo.idxOfInViewRootNode);
     if (attemptUntangle) {
       untangleTreeToo(newState.tree, newState.treeToo);
     }
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ class Tree extends React.Component {
     document.addEventListener('keyup', this.handlekeydownEvent);
     if (this.props.tree.loaded) {
       const newState = {};
-      newState.tree = new PhyloTree(this.props.tree.nodes, "LEFT", this.props.tree.idxOfInViewRootNode);
+      newState.tree = new PhyloTree(this.props.tree.nodes, lhsTreeId, this.props.tree.idxOfInViewRootNode);
       renderTree(this, true, newState.tree, this.props);
       if (this.props.showTreeToo) {
         this.setUpAndRenderTreeToo(this.props, newState); /* modifies newState in place */
@@ -209,7 +211,8 @@ class Tree extends React.Component {
         <NodeClickedPanel
           clearSelectedNode={this.clearSelectedNode}
           selectedNode={this.props.selectedNode}
-          nodes={this.props.tree.nodes}
+          nodesLhsTree={this.props.tree.nodes}
+          nodesRhsTree={this.props.treeToo?.nodes}
           observedMutations={this.props.tree.observedMutations}
           colorings={this.props.colorings}
           geneSortFn={this.state.geneSortFn}
diff --git a/src/reducers/controls.ts b/src/reducers/controls.ts
index 93683129f..1d4a5859b 100644
--- a/src/reducers/controls.ts
+++ b/src/reducers/controls.ts
@@ -234,11 +234,16 @@ const Controls = (state: ControlsState = getDefaultControlsState(), action): Con
         geoResolution: action.data
       });
 
-    case types.SELECT_NODE: {      
+    case types.SELECT_NODE: {
+      /**
+       * We don't store a (reference to) the node itself as that breaks redux's immutability checking,
+       * instead we store the information needed to access it from the nodes array(s)
+       */
       const existingFilterInfo = (state.filters?.[strainSymbol]||[]).find((info) => info.value===action.name);
       const existingFilterState = existingFilterInfo === undefined ? null :
         existingFilterInfo.active ? 'active' : 'inactive';
-      return {...state, selectedNode: {name: action.name, idx: action.idx, existingFilterState, isBranch: action.isBranch}};
+      const selectedNode = {name: action.name, idx: action.idx, existingFilterState, isBranch: action.isBranch, treeId: action.treeId};
+      return {...state, selectedNode};
     }
     case types.DESELECT_NODE: {
       return {...state, selectedNode: null}