diff --git a/src/archutils/Unix/X11Helper.cpp b/src/archutils/Unix/X11Helper.cpp
index 321994f849..735637ee20 100644
--- a/src/archutils/Unix/X11Helper.cpp
+++ b/src/archutils/Unix/X11Helper.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ bool X11Helper::MakeWindow( Window &win, int screenNum, int depth, Visual *visua
 		return false;
 
 	/* Hide the mouse cursor. */
+	// todo: we only want to do this in certain situations (e.g. an arcade) -aj
 	{
 		const char pBlank[] = { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 };
 		Pixmap BlankBitmap = XCreateBitmapFromData( Dpy, win, pBlank, 8, 8 );