diff --git a/src/video/components/popouts/CaptionSelectionPopout.tsx b/src/video/components/popouts/CaptionSelectionPopout.tsx
index 363f27b4..e98bc669 100644
--- a/src/video/components/popouts/CaptionSelectionPopout.tsx
+++ b/src/video/components/popouts/CaptionSelectionPopout.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ function makeCaptionId(caption: MWCaption, isLinked: boolean): string {
   return isLinked ? `linked-${caption.langIso}` : `external-${caption.langIso}`;
 }
 
-// TODO add option to clear captions
 export function CaptionSelectionPopout() {
   const descriptor = useVideoPlayerDescriptor();
   const meta = useMeta(descriptor);
@@ -42,10 +41,23 @@ export function CaptionSelectionPopout() {
         <div>Captions</div>
       </PopoutSection>
       <div className="relative overflow-y-auto">
+        <PopoutSection>
+          <PopoutListEntry
+            active={!currentCaption}
+            onClick={() => {
+              controls.clearCaption();
+              controls.closePopout();
+            }}
+          >
+            No captions
+          </PopoutListEntry>
+        </PopoutSection>
+
         <p className="sticky top-0 z-10 flex items-center space-x-1 bg-ash-200 px-5 py-3 text-sm font-bold uppercase">
           <Icon className="text-base" icon={Icons.LINK} />
           <span>Linked captions</span>
         </p>
+
         <PopoutSection className="pt-0">
           <div>
             {linkedCaptions.map((link) => (
diff --git a/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutAnchor.tsx b/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutAnchor.tsx
index 4443501a..3439f468 100644
--- a/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutAnchor.tsx
+++ b/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutAnchor.tsx
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ export function PopoutAnchor(props: Props) {
 
     if (state.interface.popout !== props.for) return;
 
-    let handle = -1;
+    let cancelled = false;
     function render() {
+      if (cancelled) return;
+
       if (ref.current) {
         const current = JSON.stringify(state.interface.popoutBounds);
         const newer = ref.current.getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -28,12 +30,12 @@ export function PopoutAnchor(props: Props) {
           updateInterface(descriptor, state);
         }
       }
-      handle = window.requestAnimationFrame(render);
+      window.requestAnimationFrame(render);
     }
 
-    handle = window.requestAnimationFrame(render);
+    window.requestAnimationFrame(render);
     return () => {
-      window.cancelAnimationFrame(handle);
+      cancelled = true;
     };
   }, [descriptor, props]);
 
diff --git a/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutProviderAction.tsx b/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutProviderAction.tsx
index 470f309e..de88057e 100644
--- a/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutProviderAction.tsx
+++ b/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutProviderAction.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ import { EpisodeSelectionPopout } from "@/video/components/popouts/EpisodeSelect
 import { CaptionSelectionPopout } from "@/video/components/popouts/CaptionSelectionPopout";
 import { useVideoPlayerDescriptor } from "@/video/state/hooks";
 import { useControls } from "@/video/state/logic/controls";
-import { useInterface } from "@/video/state/logic/interface";
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  useInterface,
+  VideoInterfaceEvent,
+} from "@/video/state/logic/interface";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 import "./Popouts.css";
 
@@ -22,9 +25,44 @@ function ShowPopout(props: { popoutId: string | null }) {
   return null;
 }
 
-// TODO bug: coords are sometimes completely broken
-export function PopoutProviderAction() {
+function PopoutContainer(props: { videoInterface: VideoInterfaceEvent }) {
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [right, setRight] = useState<number>(0);
+  const [bottom, setBottom] = useState<number>(0);
+  const [width, setWidth] = useState<number>(0);
+
+  const calculateAndSetCoords = useCallback((rect: DOMRect, w: number) => {
+    const buttonCenter = rect.left + rect.width / 2;
+
+    setBottom(rect ? rect.height + 30 : 30);
+    setRight(Math.max(window.innerWidth - buttonCenter - w / 2, 30));
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!props.videoInterface.popoutBounds) return;
+    calculateAndSetCoords(props.videoInterface.popoutBounds, width);
+  }, [props.videoInterface.popoutBounds, calculateAndSetCoords, width]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const rect = ref.current?.getBoundingClientRect();
+    setWidth(rect?.width ?? 0);
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      ref={ref}
+      className="absolute z-10 grid h-[500px] w-80 grid-rows-[auto,minmax(0,1fr)] overflow-hidden rounded-lg bg-ash-200"
+      style={{
+        right: `${right}px`,
+        bottom: `${bottom}px`,
+      }}
+    >
+      <ShowPopout popoutId={props.videoInterface.popout} />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export function PopoutProviderAction() {
   const descriptor = useVideoPlayerDescriptor();
   const videoInterface = useInterface(descriptor);
   const controls = useControls(descriptor);
@@ -34,26 +72,6 @@ export function PopoutProviderAction() {
     controls.closePopout();
   }, [controls]);
 
-  const distanceFromRight = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!videoInterface.popoutBounds) return 30;
-
-    const buttonCenter =
-      videoInterface.popoutBounds.left + videoInterface.popoutBounds.width / 2;
-
-    return Math.max(
-      window.innerWidth -
-        buttonCenter -
-        (ref.current?.getBoundingClientRect().width ?? 0) / 2,
-      30
-    );
-  }, [videoInterface.popoutBounds]);
-
-  const distanceFromBottom = useMemo(() => {
-    return videoInterface.popoutBounds
-      ? videoInterface.popoutBounds.height + 30
-      : 30;
-  }, [videoInterface.popoutBounds]);
-
   return (
     <Transition
       show={!!videoInterface.popout}
@@ -62,16 +80,7 @@ export function PopoutProviderAction() {
     >
       <div className="popout-wrapper pointer-events-auto absolute inset-0">
         <div onClick={handleClick} className="absolute inset-0" />
-        <div
-          ref={ref}
-          className="absolute z-10 grid h-[500px] w-80 grid-rows-[auto,minmax(0,1fr)] overflow-hidden rounded-lg bg-ash-200"
-          style={{
-            right: `${distanceFromRight}px`,
-            bottom: `${distanceFromBottom}px`,
-          }}
-        >
-          <ShowPopout popoutId={videoInterface.popout} />
-        </div>
+        <PopoutContainer videoInterface={videoInterface} />
       </div>
     </Transition>
   );
diff --git a/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutUtils.tsx b/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutUtils.tsx
index 3420e77f..018afb20 100644
--- a/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/video/components/popouts/PopoutUtils.tsx
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ export function ScrollToActive(props: ScrollToActiveProps) {
       wrapper?.querySelector(".active");
 
     if (wrapper && active) {
-      active.scrollIntoView({
-        block: "nearest",
-        inline: "nearest",
-      });
-
       let activeYPositionCentered = 0;
       const setActiveYPositionCentered = () => {
         activeYPositionCentered =
diff --git a/src/video/state/logic/controls.ts b/src/video/state/logic/controls.ts
index e6b73eca..b4367526 100644
--- a/src/video/state/logic/controls.ts
+++ b/src/video/state/logic/controls.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ export function useControls(
     },
     closePopout() {
       state.interface.popout = null;
-      state.interface.popoutBounds = null;
       updateInterface(descriptor, state);
     },
     setFocused(focused) {