diff --git a/soh/src/overlays/misc/ovl_kaleido_scope/z_kaleido_scope_PAL.c b/soh/src/overlays/misc/ovl_kaleido_scope/z_kaleido_scope_PAL.c
index c126ec600..efb97f747 100644
--- a/soh/src/overlays/misc/ovl_kaleido_scope/z_kaleido_scope_PAL.c
+++ b/soh/src/overlays/misc/ovl_kaleido_scope/z_kaleido_scope_PAL.c
@@ -1817,13 +1817,8 @@ void KaleidoScope_DrawInfoPanel(GlobalContext* globalCtx) {
             } else {
                 gDPSetPrimColor(POLY_KAL_DISP++, 0, 0, 255, 255, 255, 255);
             }
-            //TOOD CVAR
-            if (((CHECK_OWNED_EQUIP(pauseCtx->cursorY[PAUSE_EQUIP], pauseCtx->cursorX[PAUSE_EQUIP] - 1)) ||
-                (pauseCtx->pageIndex != PAUSE_EQUIP) && (pauseCtx->cursorX[PAUSE_EQUIP] != 0)) && (pauseCtx->pageIndex != PAUSE_ITEM ||
-                (gSaveContext.inventory.items[pauseCtx->cursorPoint[PAUSE_ITEM]] != ITEM_NONE))) {
-                POLY_KAL_DISP = KaleidoScope_QuadTextureIA4(POLY_KAL_DISP, pauseCtx->nameSegment, 128, 16, 0);
-            }
 
+            POLY_KAL_DISP = KaleidoScope_QuadTextureIA4(POLY_KAL_DISP, pauseCtx->nameSegment, 128, 16, 0);
         }
 
         if (pauseCtx->pageIndex == PAUSE_MAP && CVar_GetS32("gDebugEnabled", 0) != 0) {
@@ -1929,7 +1924,7 @@ void KaleidoScope_DrawInfoPanel(GlobalContext* globalCtx) {
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            if (!pauseCtx->pageIndex) { // pageIndex == PAUSE_ITEM
+            if (!pauseCtx->pageIndex && (!CVar_GetS32("gPauseAnyCursor", 0) || (gSaveContext.inventory.items[pauseCtx->cursorPoint[PAUSE_ITEM]] != ITEM_NONE))) { // pageIndex == PAUSE_ITEM
                 pauseCtx->infoPanelVtx[16].v.ob[0] = pauseCtx->infoPanelVtx[18].v.ob[0] =
                     WREG(49 + gSaveContext.language);
 
@@ -2098,6 +2093,12 @@ void KaleidoScope_UpdateNamePanel(GlobalContext* globalCtx) {
 
         osCreateMesgQueue(&pauseCtx->loadQueue, &pauseCtx->loadMsg, 1);
 
+        if (CVar_GetS32("gPauseAnyCursor", 0) &&
+        ((pauseCtx->pageIndex == PAUSE_EQUIP && pauseCtx->cursorX[PAUSE_EQUIP] != 0 && !CHECK_OWNED_EQUIP(pauseCtx->cursorY[PAUSE_EQUIP], pauseCtx->cursorX[PAUSE_EQUIP] - 1)) ||
+        (pauseCtx->pageIndex == PAUSE_ITEM && gSaveContext.inventory.items[pauseCtx->cursorPoint[PAUSE_ITEM]] == ITEM_NONE))) {
+            pauseCtx->namedItem = PAUSE_ITEM_NONE;
+        }
+
         if (pauseCtx->namedItem != PAUSE_ITEM_NONE) {
             if ((pauseCtx->pageIndex == PAUSE_MAP) && !sInDungeonScene) {
                 if (gSaveContext.language) {