diff --git a/src/components/cursor-controller.js b/src/components/cursor-controller.js
index 1b095fc05948d88e38cbbcebd8b3141046ffb69f..79289c07d7cffdcb3ab2af9cdceb0585bef5aeeb 100644
--- a/src/components/cursor-controller.js
+++ b/src/components/cursor-controller.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent("cursor-controller", {
     cursor: { type: "selector" },
     camera: { type: "selector" },
     far: { default: 3 },
-    near: { default: 0 },
+    near: { default: 0.06 },
     cursorColorHovered: { default: "#2F80ED" },
     cursorColorUnhovered: { default: "#FFFFFF" },
     rayObject: { type: "selector" },