diff --git a/game/reconstructed/btl4gau2.cpp b/game/reconstructed/btl4gau2.cpp
index 87f3037..8d682be 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/btl4gau2.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/btl4gau2.cpp
@@ -657,6 +657,13 @@ void
 		if (base != NULL)
 		{
 			localView.SetColor(0xFF);						// vtbl+0x18
+			// issue #42 (doubled joystick): the binary repositions to the view
+			// ORIGIN before the blit -- @004c6f1c vtbl+0x24 (0,0) between
+			// SetColor and DrawBitMapOpaque.  The transcription had dropped it,
+			// so the FIRST draw worked (fresh cursor) and every forced redraw
+			// (the DISPLAY page round-trip's BecameActive) blitted at the state
+			// loop's last cursor (0xc, 0x55) -- the offset ghost joystick.
+			localView.MoveToAbsolute(0, 0);					// vtbl+0x24
 			localView.DrawBitMapOpaque(0 /*background*/, 0 /*rotation*/, base);	// vtbl+0x54
 		}
 		warehouse->bitMapBin.Release(joystickImage);