diff --git a/engines/mads/action.cpp b/engines/mads/action.cpp
index ca29527748a..07af95e341a 100644
--- a/engines/mads/action.cpp
+++ b/engines/mads/action.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ namespace MADS {
 
 MADSAction::MADSAction(MADSEngine *vm) : _vm(vm) {
 	clear();
-	_currentAction = VERB_NONE;
 	_startWalkFlag = false;
 	_statusTextIndex = -1;
 	_selectedAction = 0;
@@ -124,18 +123,18 @@ void MADSAction::set() {
 			if (_selectedRow >= 0) {
 				if (_actionMode == ACTIONMODE_VERB) {
 					// Standard verb action
-					_currentAction = scene._verbList[_selectedRow]._id;
+					_action._verbId = scene._verbList[_selectedRow]._id;
 				} else {
 					// Selected action on an inventory object
 					int invIndex = userInterface._selectedInvIndex;
 					InventoryObject &objEntry = _vm->_game->_objects.getItem(invIndex);
 
-					_currentAction = objEntry._vocabList[_selectedRow]._vocabId;
+					_action._verbId = objEntry._vocabList[_selectedRow]._vocabId;
 				}
 
 				appendVocab(_action._verbId, true);
 
-				if (_currentAction == VERB_LOOK) {
+				if (_action._verbId == VERB_LOOK) {
 					// Add in the word 'add'
 					_statusText += kAtStr;
 					_statusText += " ";
@@ -164,11 +163,11 @@ void MADSAction::set() {
 
 					if (verbId > 0) {
 						// Set the specified action
-						_currentAction = verbId;
-						appendVocab(_currentAction, true);
+						_action._verbId = verbId;
+						appendVocab(_action._verbId, true);
 					} else {
 						// Default to a standard 'walk to'
-						_currentAction = VERB_WALKTO;
+						_action._verbId = VERB_WALKTO;
 						_statusText += kWalkToStr;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/engines/mads/action.h b/engines/mads/action.h
index 802dfb05763..26ab0626733 100644
--- a/engines/mads/action.h
+++ b/engines/mads/action.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ private:
 	void checkCustomDest(int v);
 public:
 	ActionDetails _action, _activeAction;
-	int _currentAction;
 	int8 _flags1, _flags2;
 	ActionMode _actionMode;
 	ActionMode2 _actionMode2;
diff --git a/engines/mads/events.cpp b/engines/mads/events.cpp
index a4e1a96a5af..70ca166aabf 100644
--- a/engines/mads/events.cpp
+++ b/engines/mads/events.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ void EventsManager::pollEvents() {
 		case Common::EVENT_RBUTTONDOWN:
 			_mouseClicked = true;
 			_mouseButtons = 1;
+			_mouseMoved = true;
 			return;
 		case Common::EVENT_LBUTTONUP:
 		case Common::EVENT_RBUTTONUP:
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ void EventsManager::initVars() {
 void EventsManager::resetMouseFlags() {
 	_mouseClicked = false;
 	_mouseReleased = false;
+	_mouseButtons = 0;
 }
 
 } // End of namespace MADS
diff --git a/engines/mads/screen.cpp b/engines/mads/screen.cpp
index a2cc75f381f..c881e9560e6 100644
--- a/engines/mads/screen.cpp
+++ b/engines/mads/screen.cpp
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void ScreenObjects::check(bool scanFlag) {
 
 		// Handling for easy mouse
 		ScrCategory category = scene._userInterface._category;
-		if (_vm->_easyMouse && !_vm->_events->_vD4 && category != _category
+		if (_vm->_easyMouse && _vm->_events->_mouseButtons && category != _category
 			&& scene._userInterface._category != CAT_NONE) {
 			_released = true;
 			if (category >= CAT_ACTION && category <= CAT_TALK_ENTRY) {
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ void ScreenObjects::check(bool scanFlag) {
 			scene._action.checkActionAtMousePos();
 		}
 
-		_released = _vm->_events->_mouseReleased;
+		//_released = _vm->_events->_mouseReleased;
 		if (_vm->_events->_vD2 || (_vm->_easyMouse && !_vm->_events->_vD4))
 			scene._userInterface._category = _category;