diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/util/structure-labels.ts b/src/mol-plugin/util/structure-labels.ts
index e2057a51e522d6a499f96492357f962847ac4bd2..af3b335de97a4acf11cf66241e6736800de73812 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/util/structure-labels.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/util/structure-labels.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export async function getLabelRepresentation(ctx: RuntimeContext, structure: Str
     const repr = prev || ShapeRepresentation(getLabelsShape, Text.Utils);
     const data = getLabelData(structure, params);
     await repr.createOrUpdate(params.options, data).runInContext(ctx);
+    repr.setState({ pickable: false })
     return repr;
 }