diff --git a/chat/chat.py b/chat/chat.py
index 8c5a10a9..5b0a99ce 100755
--- a/chat/chat.py
+++ b/chat/chat.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Chat(activity.Activity):
 		self._chat_view = richtext.RichTextView()
 		self._chat_view.connect("link-clicked", self.__link_clicked_cb)
 		self._chat_view.set_editable(False)
+		self._chat_view.set_cursor_visible(False)
 		sw.add(self._chat_view)
 		self._chat_view.show()
 		chat_vbox.pack_start(sw)
diff --git a/sugar_globals.py b/sugar_globals.py
index 859d6788..2f9c4553 100644
--- a/sugar_globals.py
+++ b/sugar_globals.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-data_dir = "/usr/share/sugar"
+data_dir = "/home/marco/sugar/share/sugar"