diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 56de960..d8705ab 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -3018,15 +3018,15 @@ Element.prototype.removeHover = function() {
 Screen.prototype._initHover = function() {
   var self = this;
 
-  if (this.screen._hoverText) {
+  if (this._hoverText) {
     return;
   }
 
-  this.screen._hoverText = new Box({
-    screen: this.screen,
+  this._hoverText = new Box({
+    screen: this,
     left: 0,
     top: 0,
-    tags: this.parseTags,
+    tags: false,
     height: 'shrink',
     width: 'shrink',
     border: 'line',
@@ -3039,32 +3039,33 @@ Screen.prototype._initHover = function() {
     }
   });
 
-  this.screen.on('mousemove', function(data) {
-    if (self.screen._hoverText.detached) return;
-    self.screen._hoverText.rleft = data.x + 1;
-    self.screen._hoverText.rtop = data.y;
-    self.screen.render();
+  this.on('mousemove', function(data) {
+    if (self._hoverText.detached) return;
+    self._hoverText.rleft = data.x + 1;
+    self._hoverText.rtop = data.y;
+    self.render();
   });
 
-  this.screen.on('element mouseover', function(el, data) {
+  this.on('element mouseover', function(el, data) {
     if (!el._hoverOptions) return;
-    self.screen._hoverText.setContent(el._hoverOptions.text);
-    self.screen.append(self.screen._hoverText);
-    self.screen._hoverText.rleft = data.x + 1;
-    self.screen._hoverText.rtop = data.y;
-    self.screen.render();
+    self._hoverText.setContent(el._hoverOptions.text);
+    self.append(self._hoverText);
+    self._hoverText.parseTags = el.parseTags;
+    self._hoverText.rleft = data.x + 1;
+    self._hoverText.rtop = data.y;
+    self.render();
   });
 
-  this.screen.on('element mouseout', function() {
-    if (self.screen._hoverText.detached) return;
-    self.screen._hoverText.detach();
-    self.screen.render();
+  this.on('element mouseout', function() {
+    if (self._hoverText.detached) return;
+    self._hoverText.detach();
+    self.render();
   });
 
-  this.screen.on('element mouseup', function(el, data) {
+  this.on('element mouseup', function(el, data) {
     if (!el._hoverOptions) return;
-    self.screen.append(self.screen._hoverText);
-    self.screen.render();
+    self.append(self._hoverText);
+    self.render();
   });
 };