diff --git a/web/src/hooks/use-camera-activity.ts b/web/src/hooks/use-camera-activity.ts
index 76a982725..112812f2c 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/use-camera-activity.ts
+++ b/web/src/hooks/use-camera-activity.ts
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ export function useCameraActivity(
     enabled: isCameraEnabled,
     activeTracking: isCameraEnabled ? hasActiveObjects : false,
     activeMotion: isCameraEnabled
-      ? detectingMotion
-        ? detectingMotion === "ON"
-        : updatedCameraState?.motion === true
+      ? updatedCameraState?.motion === true || detectingMotion === "ON"
       : false,
     objects: isCameraEnabled ? (objects ?? []) : [],
     audio_detections: isCameraEnabled ? (audioDetections ?? []) : [],
diff --git a/web/src/views/live/DraggableGridLayout.tsx b/web/src/views/live/DraggableGridLayout.tsx
index 5d36ca1ba..e26c3071e 100644
--- a/web/src/views/live/DraggableGridLayout.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/live/DraggableGridLayout.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import { PlayerStats } from "@/components/player/PlayerStats";
 import { MdCircle } from "react-icons/md";
 import { useCameraActivity } from "@/hooks/use-camera-activity";
 import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
+import { MdCircle } from "react-icons/md";
+import { useCameraActivity } from "@/hooks/use-camera-activity";
 
 import { isEqual } from "lodash";
 import useSWR from "swr";
@@ -1081,9 +1083,8 @@ const BirdseyeLivePlayerGridItem = React.forwardRef<
   },
 );
 
-// Separate component so it can call useCameraActivity as a hook (no hooks in loops).
-// Direct WS subscription guarantees the dot reacts to motion changes in real-time
-// without relying on an intermediate callback → parent-state chain.
+// Separate component so useCameraActivity can be called as a hook (no hooks in loops).
+// Rendered outside the zoom transform div so it doesn't scale with the camera zoom.
 function CameraMotionDot({
   camera,
   autoLive,
@@ -1095,7 +1096,7 @@ function CameraMotionDot({
   if (autoLive === false || offline || !activeMotion) return null;
   return (
     <div className="absolute right-2 top-2 z-40">
-      <MdCircle className="mr-2 size-2 animate-pulse text-danger shadow-danger drop-shadow-md" />
+      <MdCircle className="size-2 animate-pulse text-danger drop-shadow-md" />
     </div>
   );
 }