diff --git a/src/Hacknet/ui/HacknetRoot.tsx b/src/Hacknet/ui/HacknetRoot.tsx
index 1d9eeb3d4..81a99e9e3 100644
--- a/src/Hacknet/ui/HacknetRoot.tsx
+++ b/src/Hacknet/ui/HacknetRoot.tsx
@@ -110,7 +110,15 @@ export function HacknetRoot(): React.ReactElement {
 
       {hasHacknetServers() && (
         <>
-          <Button onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>Spend Hashes on Upgrades</Button>
+          {/* 
+          The usage of focusRipple in this button is intentional. Without it, after closing the modal by pressing the
+          Esc button, this button has a weird ripple effect (only on Chrome).
+          The documentation says that focusRipple is false by default, but I have to explicitly set it to false to fix
+          this weird ripple effect.
+          */}
+          <Button focusRipple={false} onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
+            Spend Hashes on Upgrades
+          </Button>
           <br />
         </>
       )}
diff --git a/src/Hacknet/ui/HashUpgradeModal.tsx b/src/Hacknet/ui/HashUpgradeModal.tsx
index 46ebf5287..3d1ea5521 100644
--- a/src/Hacknet/ui/HashUpgradeModal.tsx
+++ b/src/Hacknet/ui/HashUpgradeModal.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function HashUpgradeModal(props: IProps): React.ReactElement {
   }
 
   return (
-    <Modal open={props.open} onClose={props.onClose}>
+    <Modal open={props.open} onClose={props.onClose} removeFocus={false}>
       <>
         <Typography>Spend your hashes on a variety of different upgrades</Typography>
         <Typography>