diff --git a/src/Widget.cpp b/src/Widget.cpp
index bd43c50..82baaa8 100644
--- a/src/Widget.cpp
+++ b/src/Widget.cpp
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ void Widget::handle_reflow(ReflowEvent &event) {
 }
 
 void Widget::handle_mouse_move_event(MouseMoveEvent &event) {
-    event.accept(); // we will do our own propagation logic. TODO: remove automatic event propagation?
-    
     bool update_focus_to = true;
 
     std::cout << "point: " << event.point().x() << ", " << event.point().y() << std::endl;
@@ -164,6 +162,7 @@ void Widget::handle_mouse_move_event(MouseMoveEvent &event) {
         if (m_is_focused) {
             update_focus_to = false;
         } else {
+            event.accept();
             return;
         }
     }
@@ -176,16 +175,8 @@ void Widget::handle_mouse_move_event(MouseMoveEvent &event) {
     on_focus_update(focus_update_event);
     on_mouse_move(event);
 
-    if (!m_consumes_hits) {
-        for (auto &c : children()) {
-            auto e = MouseMoveEvent {
-                Point {
-                    event.point().x() - current_geometry().x(),
-                    event.point().y() - current_geometry().y()
-                }
-            };
-            c->dispatch_event(e);
-        }
+    if (m_consumes_hits) {
+        event.accept();
     }
 
     if (m_is_focused && m_window)