diff --git a/web/src/display/crosshair.ts b/web/src/display/crosshair.ts
index 65f53594e..c84e37130 100644
--- a/web/src/display/crosshair.ts
+++ b/web/src/display/crosshair.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ export function createCrosshair(
     overlayCanvas.style.left = "0";
     overlayCanvas.style.pointerEvents = "none"; // Allow mouse events to pass through
     overlayCanvas.style.zIndex = "10";
-    
+    // The stylesheet paints every canvas black behind its picture; this one lies over the picture.
+    overlayCanvas.style.background = "transparent";
+
     // Match the target canvas size
     overlayCanvas.width = targetCanvas.width;
     overlayCanvas.height = targetCanvas.height;
diff --git a/web/src/display/crosshair_overlay_style.test.ts b/web/src/display/crosshair_overlay_style.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaf0fd3cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/display/crosshair_overlay_style.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { createCrosshair } from "./crosshair";
+
+const currentDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const mainCss = readFileSync(resolve(currentDir, "../../main.css"), "utf8");
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    document.head.innerHTML = "";
+    document.body.innerHTML = "";
+});
+
+// nr-use: the shell's stylesheet paints every canvas black, and the sight's overlay is a canvas
+// laid over the picture, so a captured light gun hid the whole game behind a black sheet.
+it("Given the shell's stylesheet, When the light-gun sight's overlay is created over the picture, Then the overlay is see-through", () => {
+    // jsdom has no 2D context; creating the sight draws nothing, so an empty one is enough.
+    vi.spyOn(HTMLCanvasElement.prototype, "getContext").mockReturnValue(
+        {} as CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    );
+    const style = document.createElement("style");
+    style.textContent = mainCss;
+    document.head.appendChild(style);
+    const wrap = document.createElement("div");
+    wrap.className = "screen-wrap";
+    const screen = document.createElement("canvas");
+    screen.id = "screen";
+    wrap.appendChild(screen);
+    document.body.appendChild(wrap);
+
+    createCrosshair(screen);
+
+    const overlay = wrap.querySelectorAll("canvas")[1];
+    expect(overlay).toBeDefined();
+    expect(getComputedStyle(screen).backgroundColor).toBe("rgb(0, 0, 0)");
+    expect(getComputedStyle(overlay).backgroundColor).toBe("rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)");
+});