diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index caa8a2f5..af372662 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "csp": {
         "default-src": "'self' ipc: http://ipc.localhost",
         "script-src": "'self' https://us.i.posthog.com https://eu.i.posthog.com https://us-assets.i.posthog.com https://eu-assets.i.posthog.com",
-        "connect-src": "'self' ipc: http://ipc.localhost ws://localhost:9710 ws://127.0.0.1:9710 ws://localhost:9711 ws://127.0.0.1:9711 https:",
+        "connect-src": "'self' ipc: http://ipc.localhost data: ws://localhost:9710 ws://127.0.0.1:9710 ws://localhost:9711 ws://127.0.0.1:9711 https:",
         "img-src": "'self' asset: http://asset.localhost data: blob: https:",
         "style-src": "'self' 'unsafe-inline' https://fonts.googleapis.com",
         "style-src-elem": "'self' 'nonce-tolaria-runtime-style' https://fonts.googleapis.com",
diff --git a/src/components/EditorTheme.css b/src/components/EditorTheme.css
index f27ffe9e..434d2b54 100644
--- a/src/components/EditorTheme.css
+++ b/src/components/EditorTheme.css
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@
 
 .editor__blocknote-container .tldraw-whiteboard .tl-container {
   --color-background: var(--card);
+  --tl-layer-menu-click-capture: 25;
   --tl-layer-panels: 30;
   --tl-layer-menus: 40;
   --tl-layer-toasts: 50;
diff --git a/src/components/TldrawWhiteboard.test.tsx b/src/components/TldrawWhiteboard.test.tsx
index fdce6e3a..92dca9c0 100644
--- a/src/components/TldrawWhiteboard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TldrawWhiteboard.test.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ const tldrawMock = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   Tldraw: vi.fn(),
 }))
 
+const assetImportMock = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  getAssetUrlsByImport: vi.fn((formatAssetUrl: (assetUrl?: string) => string) => ({
+    embedIcons: {},
+    fonts: {
+      tldraw_draw: formatAssetUrl('/assets/Shantell_Sans-Informal_Regular.woff2'),
+    },
+    icons: {
+      'tool-pencil': `${formatAssetUrl('/assets/0_merged.svg')}#tool-pencil`,
+    },
+    translations: {
+      en: formatAssetUrl(undefined),
+    },
+  })),
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@tldraw/assets/imports.vite', () => assetImportMock)
+
 vi.mock('tldraw', async () => {
   const { createElement } = await import('react')
 
@@ -65,7 +82,7 @@ function expectNoCdnUrls(urls: Record<string, string>) {
 function expectBundledTldrawAssetUrls(assetUrls: MockAssetUrls) {
   expect(assetUrls.fonts.tldraw_draw).toContain('Shantell_Sans-Informal_Regular.woff2')
   expect(assetUrls.icons['tool-pencil']).toContain('0_merged.svg#tool-pencil')
-  expect(assetUrls.translations.en).toContain('en.json')
+  expect(assetUrls.translations.en).toBe('data:application/json;base64,e30K')
   expectNoCdnUrls(assetUrls.fonts)
   expectNoCdnUrls(assetUrls.icons)
   expectNoCdnUrls(assetUrls.translations)
@@ -85,6 +102,7 @@ describe('TldrawWhiteboard', () => {
     )
 
     expect(screen.getByTestId('mock-tldraw')).toHaveAttribute('data-draw-font-url')
+    expect(assetImportMock.getAssetUrlsByImport).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(Function))
     expectBundledTldrawAssetUrls(renderedTldrawAssetUrls())
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/components/TldrawWhiteboard.tsx b/src/components/TldrawWhiteboard.tsx
index 5cd6ccce..b962b51b 100644
--- a/src/components/TldrawWhiteboard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TldrawWhiteboard.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ import {
 } from 'tldraw'
 import 'tldraw/tldraw.css'
 
-const tldrawAssetUrls = getAssetUrlsByImport()
+const EMPTY_TLDRAW_TRANSLATION_URL = 'data:application/json;base64,e30K'
+
+function resolveTldrawAssetUrl(assetUrl: string | undefined): string {
+  return assetUrl ?? EMPTY_TLDRAW_TRANSLATION_URL
+}
+
+const tldrawAssetUrls = getAssetUrlsByImport(resolveTldrawAssetUrl)
 
 interface TldrawWhiteboardProps {
   boardId: string
diff --git a/src/utils/tauriCsp.test.ts b/src/utils/tauriCsp.test.ts
index 308084b6..ea91ac53 100644
--- a/src/utils/tauriCsp.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/tauriCsp.test.ts
@@ -19,4 +19,11 @@ describe('Tauri Content Security Policy', () => {
     expect(csp['object-src']).toContain('asset:')
     expect(csp['object-src']).toContain('http://asset.localhost')
   })
+
+  it('allows bundled tldraw translation JSON fetched from inlined data URLs', () => {
+    const config = JSON.parse(readFileSync(`${process.cwd()}/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json`, 'utf8'))
+    const csp = config.app.security.csp as Record<string, string>
+
+    expect(csp['connect-src']).toContain('data:')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/tests/smoke/tldraw-whiteboard-notes.spec.ts b/tests/smoke/tldraw-whiteboard-notes.spec.ts
index 2a9abaa8..35b82f69 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/tldraw-whiteboard-notes.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke/tldraw-whiteboard-notes.spec.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ test('embedded tldraw interactions stay inside the whiteboard', async ({ page })
   expect(menuBox!.x).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(boardBox!.x - 1)
   expect(menuBox!.x).toBeLessThanOrEqual(buttonBox!.x + 1)
   await expectNoEditorNodeSelection(page)
+
+  await page.getByTestId('tools.more-button').click()
+  const ellipseTool = page.getByTestId('tools.more.ellipse')
+  await expect(ellipseTool).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5_000 })
+  await ellipseTool.click()
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('tools.ellipse')).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true')
+  await expectNoEditorNodeSelection(page)
 })
 
 test('embedded tldraw drawing uses the clicked coordinates while zoomed', async ({ page }) => {