diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/PlacementFragment.java b/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/PlacementFragment.java
index b8c4f6e27f..73de5aa17a 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/PlacementFragment.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/PlacementFragment.java
@@ -399,13 +399,16 @@ public class PlacementFragment{
                 mainStack.update(() -> {
                     if(control.input.commandMode != wasCommandMode){
                         mainStack.clearChildren();
-                        mainStack.addChild(control.input.commandMode ? commandTable : blockCatTable);
-                        wasCommandMode = control.input.commandMode;
+                        if(!mobile || !control.input.commandMode){
+                            mainStack.addChild(control.input.commandMode ? commandTable : blockCatTable);
 
-                        //hacky, but forces command table to be same width as blocks
-                        if(wasCommandMode){
-                            commandTable.getCells().peek().width(blockCatTable.getWidth());
+                            //hacky, but forces command table to be same width as blocks
+                            if(control.input.commandMode){
+                                commandTable.getCells().peek().width(blockCatTable.getWidth());
+                            }
                         }
+
+                        wasCommandMode = control.input.commandMode;
                     }
                 });