diff --git a/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/GameBoardTutorial.tsx b/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/GameBoardTutorial.tsx
index 8ffbbc9..ad3ec21 100644
--- a/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/GameBoardTutorial.tsx
+++ b/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/GameBoardTutorial.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ interface GameBoardProps {
     isIntermission: boolean;
   };
   onBlockSelect?: (block: Block) => void;
+  onUpdateState: (intermission: boolean) => void;
 }
 
 const GameBoardTutorial: React.FC<GameBoardProps> = ({
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ const GameBoardTutorial: React.FC<GameBoardProps> = ({
   totemCount,
   tutorialProps,
   onBlockSelect,
+  onUpdateState,
 }) => {
   const isMdOrLarger = useMediaQuery({ query: "(min-width: 768px)" });
   const ROWS = 10;
@@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ const GameBoardTutorial: React.FC<GameBoardProps> = ({
   const [score, setScore] = useState<number | undefined>(0);
   const [isIntermission, setIsIntermission] = useState(false);
 
+  const updateValue = () => {
+    onUpdateState(true);
+  };
+
   useEffect(() => {
     // Every time the initial grid changes, we erase the optimistic data
     // and set the data to the one returned by the contract
@@ -100,11 +106,6 @@ const GameBoardTutorial: React.FC<GameBoardProps> = ({
     }
   };
 
-  const updateValue = (intermission: boolean) => {
-    setScore((score ?? 0) + 15);
-    setIsIntermission(intermission);
-  };
-
   const handleBonusWaveTx = useCallback(async (rowIndex: number) => {
     setIsTxProcessing(true);
     try {
@@ -257,10 +258,7 @@ const GameBoardTutorial: React.FC<GameBoardProps> = ({
             tutorialStep={tutorialProps?.step ?? 0}
             intermission={tutorialProps?.isIntermission}
             tutorialTargetBlock={tutorialProps?.targetBlock ?? null}
-            onUpdate={(intermission: boolean) => {
-              // Ignore the intermission parameter since we only care about score updates
-              setOptimisticScore((prev) => (prev ?? 0) + 1);
-            }}
+            onUpdate={updateValue}
             ref={setBonus}
           />
         </div>
diff --git a/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/Tutorial.tsx b/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/Tutorial.tsx
index ce28819..d39da57 100644
--- a/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/Tutorial.tsx
+++ b/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/Tutorial.tsx
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ const Tutorial: React.FC<TutorialProps> = ({ showGrid, endTutorial }) => {
     [tutorialStep],
   );
 
+  const handleUpdateState = (intermission: boolean) => {
+    setIsIntermission(intermission);
+  };
+
   const tutorialTargetBlock = useMemo(() => {
     switch (tutorialStep) {
       case 1:
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ const Tutorial: React.FC<TutorialProps> = ({ showGrid, endTutorial }) => {
           targetBlock: tutorialTargetBlock,
           isIntermission,
         }}
+        onUpdateState={handleUpdateState}
       />
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/TutorialGrid.tsx b/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/TutorialGrid.tsx
index a1b8103..e3c5f20 100644
--- a/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/TutorialGrid.tsx
+++ b/client/src/ui/components/Tutorial/TutorialGrid.tsx
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ const TutorialGrid: React.FC<GridProps> = forwardRef(
 
     const isHighlighted = (block: Block) => {
       if (!tutorialTargetBlock) return false;
-
+      if (intermission) return false;
       if (tutorialTargetBlock.type === "row") {
         return block.y === tutorialTargetBlock.y;
       } else {
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ const TutorialGrid: React.FC<GridProps> = forwardRef(
         setBlocks(updatedBlocks);
         setIsMoving(true);
         setGameState(newGravityState);
+        onUpdate(true);
       } else {
         setGameState(newStateOnComplete);
       }