diff --git a/brozzler/js-templates/simpleclicks.js.j2 b/brozzler/js-templates/simpleclicks.js.j2
index 95f0008..14652b8 100644
--- a/brozzler/js-templates/simpleclicks.js.j2
+++ b/brozzler/js-templates/simpleclicks.js.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ var umbraBehavior = {
 	idleSince : null,
 	alreadyClicked : {},
 
+	// https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/master/src/css/hiddenVisibleSelectors.js
+	// n.b. returns true for elements with visibility:hidden, which occupy
+	// screen real estate but are not visible, or clickable with the ui
+	isVisible : function(elem) {
+		return !!(elem.offsetWidth || elem.offsetHeight || elem.getClientRects().length);
+	},
+
 	intervalFunc : function() {
 		var clickedSomething = false;
 		var somethingLeftBelow = false;
@@ -38,10 +45,11 @@ var umbraBehavior = {
 		}
 
 		for (var j = 0; j < documents.length; j++) {
-
 			var clickTargets = documents[j].querySelectorAll(cssSelector);
-
 			for ( var i = 0; i < clickTargets.length; i++) {
+				if (!this.isVisible(clickTargets[i])) {
+					continue;
+				}
 				if (clickTargets[i].umbraClicked && !clickUntilTimeout) {
 					continue;
 				}
@@ -78,12 +86,12 @@ var umbraBehavior = {
 				this.idleSince = null;
 			} else if (somethingLeftBelow) {
 				// console.log("scrolling because everything on this screen has been clicked but there's more below document.body.clientHeight="
-				// 				+ document.body.clientHeight);
+				//				+ document.body.clientHeight);
 				window.scrollBy(0, 200);
 				this.idleSince = null;
 			} else if (window.scrollY + window.innerHeight < document.documentElement.scrollHeight) {
 				// console.log("scrolling because we're not to the bottom yet document.body.clientHeight="
-				// 				+ document.body.clientHeight);
+				//				+ document.body.clientHeight);
 				window.scrollBy(0, 200);
 				this.idleSince = null;
 			} else if (this.idleSince == null) {
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4c00492..4601475 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def find_package_data(package):
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='brozzler',
-        version='1.1b9.dev164',
+        version='1.1b9.dev165',
         description='Distributed web crawling with browsers',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/brozzler',
         author='Noah Levitt',