diff --git a/quadratic-client/src/app/gridGL/UI/drawCursor.ts b/quadratic-client/src/app/gridGL/UI/drawCursor.ts
index 66e166e347..bf127fea17 100644
--- a/quadratic-client/src/app/gridGL/UI/drawCursor.ts
+++ b/quadratic-client/src/app/gridGL/UI/drawCursor.ts
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ export const drawFiniteSelection = (g: Graphics, color: number, alpha: number, r
       const startY = Math.min(Number(start.row.coord), Number(end.row.coord));
       const width = Math.abs(Number(end.col.coord) - Number(start.col.coord)) + 1;
       const height = Math.abs(Number(end.row.coord) - Number(start.row.coord)) + 1;
-      if (width > 1 || height > 1) {
-        const rect = sheet.getScreenRectangle(startX, startY, width, height);
-        g.drawShape(rect);
-      }
+      const rect = sheet.getScreenRectangle(startX, startY, width, height);
+      g.drawShape(rect);
     }
   });
   g.endFill();
diff --git a/quadratic-core/src/a1/a1_selection/a1_selection_exclude.rs b/quadratic-core/src/a1/a1_selection/a1_selection_exclude.rs
index 9f81e09147..88353e52e2 100644
--- a/quadratic-core/src/a1/a1_selection/a1_selection_exclude.rs
+++ b/quadratic-core/src/a1/a1_selection/a1_selection_exclude.rs
@@ -573,4 +573,19 @@ mod test {
             vec![CellRefRange::test_a1("B7:C7"), CellRefRange::test_a1("B8")]
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_3x3_exclude_middle() {
+        let mut selection = A1Selection::test_a1("A1:C3");
+        selection.exclude_cells(pos![B2], None);
+        assert_eq!(
+            selection.ranges,
+            vec![
+                CellRefRange::test_a1("A1:C1"),
+                CellRefRange::test_a1("A3:C3"),
+                CellRefRange::test_a1("A2"),
+                CellRefRange::test_a1("C2"),
+            ]
+        );
+    }
 }