diff --git a/src/components/SponsorTimeEditComponent.tsx b/src/components/SponsorTimeEditComponent.tsx
index 74ad57fd..0f2af9c6 100644
--- a/src/components/SponsorTimeEditComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SponsorTimeEditComponent.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { RectangleTooltip } from "../render/RectangleTooltip";
 import SelectorComponent, { SelectorOption } from "./SelectorComponent";
 import { GenericUtils } from "../utils/genericUtils";
 import { noRefreshFetchingChaptersAllowed } from "../utils/licenseKey";
+import { DEFAULT_CATEGORY } from "../utils/categoryUtils";
 
 
 const utils = new Utils();
@@ -33,8 +34,6 @@ export interface SponsorTimeEditState {
     chapterNameSelectorOpen: boolean;
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_CATEGORY = "chooseACategory";
-
 const categoryNamesGrams: string[] = [].concat(...CompileConfig.categoryList.filter((name) => name !== "chapter")
     .map((name) => chrome.i18n.getMessage("category_" + name).split(/\/|\s|-/)));
 
diff --git a/src/js-components/previewBar.ts b/src/js-components/previewBar.ts
index a9d09e8a..e97640e3 100644
--- a/src/js-components/previewBar.ts
+++ b/src/js-components/previewBar.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Config from "../config";
 import { ChapterVote } from "../render/ChapterVote";
 import { ActionType, Category, SegmentContainer, SponsorHideType, SponsorSourceType, SponsorTime } from "../types";
 import { partition } from "../utils/arrayUtils";
-import { shortCategoryName } from "../utils/categoryUtils";
+import { DEFAULT_CATEGORY, shortCategoryName } from "../utils/categoryUtils";
 import { GenericUtils } from "../utils/genericUtils";
 import { findValidElement } from "../utils/pageUtils";
 
@@ -708,7 +708,8 @@ class PreviewBar {
         if (submittingSegments?.length > 0) segments = segments.concat(submittingSegments);
         const activeSegments = segments.filter((segment) => {
             return segment.hidden === SponsorHideType.Visible 
-                && segment.segment[0] <= currentTime && segment.segment[1] > currentTime;
+                && segment.segment[0] <= currentTime && segment.segment[1] > currentTime
+                && segment.category !== DEFAULT_CATEGORY;
         });
 
         this.setActiveSegments(activeSegments);
diff --git a/src/utils/categoryUtils.ts b/src/utils/categoryUtils.ts
index e6bc175e..d93c2c7b 100644
--- a/src/utils/categoryUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/categoryUtils.ts
@@ -50,4 +50,6 @@ export function getCategorySuffix(category: Category): string {
 
 export function shortCategoryName(categoryName: string): string {
     return chrome.i18n.getMessage("category_" + categoryName + "_short") || chrome.i18n.getMessage("category_" + categoryName);
-}
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+}
+
+export const DEFAULT_CATEGORY = "chooseACategory";
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