diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt
index 42b8a27b80..09311589a2 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt
@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ import kotlin.random.Random
 
 /** A lot of the render time was spent on snapshot arrays of the TileGroupMap's groups, in the act() function.
  * This class is to avoid the overhead of useless act() calls. */
-open class ActionlessGroup:Group(){
+open class ActionlessGroup(val checkHit:Boolean=false):Group() {
     override fun act(delta: Float) {}
+    override fun hit(x: Float, y: Float, touchable: Boolean): Actor? {
+        if (checkHit)
+            return super.hit(x, y, touchable)
+        return null
+    }
 }
 
-open class TileGroup(var tileInfo: TileInfo, var tileSetStrings:TileSetStrings) : ActionlessGroup() {
+open class TileGroup(var tileInfo: TileInfo, var tileSetStrings:TileSetStrings) : ActionlessGroup(true) {
     val groupSize = 54f
 
     /*
@@ -88,8 +93,7 @@ open class TileGroup(var tileInfo: TileInfo, var tileSetStrings:TileSetStrings)
     val unitLayerGroup = UnitLayerGroupClass().apply { isTransform = false; setSize(groupSize, groupSize);touchable = Touchable.disabled }
     val unitImageLayerGroup = UnitImageLayerGroupClass().apply { isTransform = false; setSize(groupSize, groupSize);touchable = Touchable.disabled }
 
-
-    val cityButtonLayerGroup = Group().apply { setSize(groupSize, groupSize);
+    val cityButtonLayerGroup = Group().apply { isTransform = false; setSize(groupSize, groupSize);
         touchable = Touchable.childrenOnly; setOrigin(Align.center) }
 
     val circleCrosshairFogLayerGroup = ActionlessGroup().apply { isTransform = false; setSize(groupSize, groupSize) }
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldMapHolder.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldMapHolder.kt
index a7e3eb9237..77fd31f977 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldMapHolder.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldMapHolder.kt
@@ -468,7 +468,10 @@ class WorldMapHolder(internal val worldScreen: WorldScreen, internal val tileMap
                 tileGroup.cityButtonLayerGroup.isTransform = false // to save on rendering time to improve framerate
         if (scale < 1 && scale > 0.5f)
             for (tileGroup in tileGroups.values) {
-                tileGroup.cityButtonLayerGroup.isTransform = true
+                // ONLY set those groups that have active citybuttons as transformable!
+                // This is massively framerate-improving!
+                if (tileGroup.cityButtonLayerGroup.hasChildren())
+                    tileGroup.cityButtonLayerGroup.isTransform = true
                 tileGroup.cityButtonLayerGroup.setScale(scale)
             }
     }